Championship leader Romain Grosjean is one of three drivers to have been dealt grid penalties for today's GP2 sprint race at the Nurburgring.

Grosjean was dropped five places for hitting Luca Filippi on the opening lap of yesterday's race, and will now line up from 22nd on the grid.

ART's Pastor Maldonado was also dropped five places for his part in a crash with iSport's Diego Nunes and will start from 26th, while Piquet GP's Alberto Valerio's three-place penalty came after he was deemed to have made an unsafe exit from the pits and will line up in 21st place.