Last year's race was quite eventful, with championship frontrunners Giorgio Pantano and Bruno Senna retiring on the last lap, with Senna retiring just before the finish line.

Past Winners include last year's Campos duo Vitaly Petrov and Lucas di Grassi, who both competed this year.

This race saw a driver reshuffle with Davide Valsecchi moving to Barwa Addax Team in place of Romain Grosjean who now races in F1.

Formula Three Euroseries Race Winner Stefano Coletti replaces Valsecchi at Durango.

The round also saw the departure of FMS, who sold their stake back to Scuderia Coloni.