Lineup Virtual Spanish Grand Prix announced: Six F1 drivers at the start

Next Sunday the fifth virtual F1-Grand Prix will be held in Spain. Prior to this Grand Prix a number of new names have been announced which will be on the grid. Besides the regular F1-drivers there will be footballers, golfers and junior drivers on the starting list for Sunday.

The six F1 drivers who have competed in almost every Grand Prix will also be at the start of the upcoming race: Charles Leclerc, Alex Albon, George Russell, Nicholas Latifi, Lando Norris and Antonio Giovinazzi will all compete in the virtual Grand Prix. This makes Williams once again the only team that will let both drivers participate in the race.

Several top athletes participate

In addition to the six F1 drivers, Thibaut Courtois is also taking part again. The goalkeeper of Real Madrid will be Giovinazzi's teammate at Alfa Romeo next Sunday. Sergio Aguero, attacker at Manchester City, will take Max Verstappen's place at Red Bull Racing. Brazilian Arthur Melo will be the third soccer player to join the team. The midfielder of Barcelona will ride in front of Haas on Sunday.

There will also be a number of drivers in the junior categories. Antonio Fuoco, who will drive for Charouz in the F2 next season, will join Ferrari. Another F2 driver, Max Fewtrell, will drive for Renault. In addition, Pietro Fittipaldi will drive for Haas. Finally, Lewis Hamilton's brother Nicolas Hamilton will drive next to Norris at McLaren.

Full line-up

Mercedes: 
Stoffel Vandoorne
Esteban Gutierrez

Ferrari:
Charles Leclerc
Antonio Fuoco

Red Bull Racing:
Alex Albon
Sergio Aguero

McLaren:
Lando Norris
Nicolas Hamilton

Renault:
Max Fewtrell
Ian Poulter

AlphaTauri:
Tonio Liuzzi
Andrea Pirillo

Racing Point:
Jimmy Broadbent
David Schumacher

Alfa Romeo:
Antonio Giovinazzi
Thibaut Courtois

Haas:
Pietro Fittipaldi
Arthur Melo

Williams:
George Russell
Nicholas Latifi