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===Driver changes===
===Driver changes===
[[Invicta Racing]]'s reigning champion [[Gabriel Bortoleto]] will depart the team and the championship after a single season as he graduates to [[Formula One]] with [[Sauber Motorsport|Stake F1 Team]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 November 2024 |title=Kick Sauber confirm rookie Bortoleto as second driver for 2025 |url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article/breaking-kick-sauber-confirm-rookie-bortoleto-as-second-driver-for-2025.2EL5ciR1wh3baHcobZqGl9 |language=en}}</ref> [[2024 FIA Formula 3 Championship|2024 FIA Formula 3 champion]] [[Leonardo Fornaroli]] will step up to the series to replace him, having already raced in the 2024 finale with [[Rodin Motorsport]].<ref name="Fornaroli Invicta">{{cite web |date=3 September 2024 |title=2024 F3 Champion Leonardo Fornaroli steps up to F2 with Invicta Racing |url=https://www.fiaformula2.com/Latest/b0Mz2SV802cSjJyH6DJuq/2024-f3-champion-leonardo-fornaroli-steps-up-to-f2-with-invicta-racing |website=FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website}}</ref>
Reigning Teams' Champion [[Invicta Racing]] have an all-new driver lineup as reigning Drivers' Champion [[Gabriel Bortoleto]] graduated to [[Formula One]] with [[Sauber Motorsport|Stake F1 Team]] and [[Kush Maini]] moved to [[DAMS]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 November 2024 |title=Kick Sauber confirm rookie Bortoleto as second driver for 2025 |url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article/breaking-kick-sauber-confirm-rookie-bortoleto-as-second-driver-for-2025.2EL5ciR1wh3baHcobZqGl9 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> Invicta recruited [[2024 FIA Formula 3 Championship|2024 FIA Formula 3 champion]] [[Leonardo Fornaroli]], who makes the full-time step up to Formula 2 after having already raced in the 2024 finale with [[Rodin Motorsport]], and [[Roman Staněk]], who joins the team for his third season in the championship after ending his 2024 campaign with Trident early.<ref name="Fornaroli Invicta">{{cite web |date=3 September 2024 |title=2024 F3 Champion Leonardo Fornaroli steps up to F2 with Invicta Racing |url=https://www.fiaformula2.com/Latest/b0Mz2SV802cSjJyH6DJuq/2024-f3-champion-leonardo-fornaroli-steps-up-to-f2-with-invicta-racing |website=FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite web |date=9 December 2024 |title=Roman Stanek moves to Invicta Racing for 2025 season |url=https://www.fiaformula2.com/Latest/33AvYmvisrKxQ6MT72yaFk/roman-stanek-moves-to-invicta-racing-for-2025-season |website=FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website}}</ref>

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[[Campos Racing]] replaced one [[Red Bull Junior Team|Red Bull junior]] with another as [[Arvid Lindblad]], fourth in FIA F3 with [[Prema Racing]] in 2024, graduates to F2 to replace 2024 runner-up [[Isack Hadjar]].<ref name="Lindblad Campos">{{cite web |date=12 September 2024 |title=Arvid Lindblad graduates to F2 with Campos Racing for 2025 |url=https://www.fiaformula2.com/Latest/3xjrtzZ67bwpE0qV3fdFtt/arvid-lindblad-graduates-to-f2-with-campos-racing-for-2025 |website=FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website}}</ref>

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[[MP Motorsport]] saw both [[Franco Colapinto]] and [[Dennis Hauger]] leave the team during the 2024 season, with Colapinto competing in Formula One with [[Williams Racing]] from the round at Monza onwards and Hauger moving to [[Indy NXT]] with [[Andretti Global]] ahead of the round at Abu Dhabi.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Andretti Global Adds Rookie Hauger to 2025 Lineup |url=https://www.indycar.com/news/2024/10/10-18-hauger-andretti-nxt |access-date=2024-10-18 |website=IndyCar.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-27 |title=Colapinto replaces Sargeant at Williams for remainder of F1 season |url=https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/colapinto-replaces-sargeant-for-remainder-of-f1-season/10648347/ |access-date=2024-08-27 |website=www.autosport.com |language=en}}</ref> The team re-signed the two drivers that substituted for Colapinto and Hauger in 2024 for the full 2025 season: Red Bull junior [[Oliver Goethe]], who came seventh in FIA F3 with Campos Racing, and [[Richard Verschoor]], who will return to the team he competed with in 2021 to embark on his fifth season in the championship.<ref>{{cite web |date=5 December 2024 |title=MP Motorsport confirm the signing of Oliver Goethe for the 2025 season |url=https://www.fiaformula2.com/Latest/FdJrT5W8GS8gFxmxkgkMI/mp-motorsport-confirm-the-signing-of-oliver-goethe-for-the-2025-season |website=FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website}}</ref><ref name="Verschoor MP">{{cite web |date=9 November 2024 |title=Richard Verschoor switches to MP Motorsport for remainder of season and 2025 campaign |url=https://www.fiaformula2.com/Latest/DVqm0Vwxdu7ldNk9OPO1L/richard-verschoor-switches-to-mp-motorsport-for-remainder-of-season-and-2025 |website=FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website}}</ref>

[[Hitech Racing|Hitech Pulse Eight]] also enter 2025 with an all-new driver lineup as [[Paul Aron]] joined the [[Alpine F1 Team]] as a reserve driver and [[Amaury Cordeel]] left the team.<ref>{{Cite web |title=F2 racer Aron joins Alpine as 2025 F1 reserve driver |url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article/f2-racer-paul-aron-joins-alpine-as-2025-f1-reserve-driver.5ngTBT8lQ3g4Zh3LF4ZbiG |access-date=2024-12-10 |website=Formula 1® - The Official F1® Website |language=en}}</ref> The team's lineup consists of two FIA F3 graduates who were already able to collect F2 experience through part-time outings in 2024: [[Williams Driver Academy]] member [[Luke Browning]], who finished the FIA F3 season in third, also driving for Hitech before a three-round F2 stint for ART Grand Prix, and [[Ferrari Driver Academy|Ferrari junior]] [[Dino Beganovic]], who came sixth in FIA F3 with Prema Racing and entered two F2 rounds with [[DAMS|DAMS Lucas Oil]].<ref>{{cite web |date=9 December 2024 |title=Hitech Pulse-Eight confirm Luke Browning for the 2025 season |url=https://www.fiaformula2.com/Latest/5F95nVuA0NN413y3MHIHo2/hitech-pulse-eight-confirm-luke-browning-for-the-2025-season |website=FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=10 December 2024 |title=Hitech Pulse-Eight complete 2025 lineup with Dino Beganovic|url=https://www.fiaformula2.com/Latest/1y6KuvLrCbkEkkdq16I7pv/hitech-pulse-eight-complete-2025-lineup-with-dino-beganovic |website=FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website}}</ref>


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[[Prema Racing]] have an all-new driver lineup as both [[Oliver Bearman]] and [[Andrea Kimi Antonelli]] will graduate to Formula One with [[Haas F1 Team]] and [[Mercedes-Benz in Formula One|Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team]] respectively.<ref>{{cite web |date=4 July 2024 |title=F2 star Ollie Bearman promoted to F1 with Haas for 2025 |url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article/breaking-f2-star-ollie-bearman-promoted-to-f1-with-haas-for-2025.3g8aG6ULdcvAxJYHB7v1j8 |access-date=24 April 2024 |website=formula1.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kimi Antonelli Joins George Russell As Mercedes-AMG F1 Driver for 2025 |url=https://www.mercedesamgf1.com/news/george-x-kimi-2025-driver-line-up-announced |access-date=31 August 2024 |website=Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team |language=en-US}}</ref> The team promoted FIA F3 runner-up [[Gabriele Minì]] to its F2 outfit, where the Italian already deputized for Bearman for one round in 2024, and signed [[Sebastián Montoya]], who finished seventeenth in FIA F3 with Hitech and returns to the team he raced for in [[2022 Formula Regional European Championship|FRECA in 2022]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 December 2024 |title=Minì set for FIA Formula 2 move in 2025 with PREMA Racing|url=https://premaracing.com/en/news/19432-mini-set-for-fia-formula-2-move-in-2025-with-prema-racing|access-date=9 December 2024 |website=Prema|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=10 December 2024 |title=PREMA Racing complete 2025 line-up with Sebastián Montoya|url=https://www.fiaformula2.com/Latest/62YKuwsuhFunhFF1lABYu4/prema-racing-complete-2025-line-up-with-sebastian-montoya|website=FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website}}</ref>
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[[Red Bull Junior Team|Red Bull junior]] [[Arvid Lindblad]] will join [[Campos Racing]], graduating from FIA Formula 3 after coming fourth in the championship with [[Prema Racing]].<ref name="Lindblad Campos">{{cite web |date=12 September 2024 |title=Arvid Lindblad graduates to F2 with Campos Racing for 2025 |url=https://www.fiaformula2.com/Latest/3xjrtzZ67bwpE0qV3fdFtt/arvid-lindblad-graduates-to-f2-with-campos-racing-for-2025 |website=FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website}}</ref>


[[DAMS|DAMS Lucas Oil]] signed [[Kush Maini]], who leaves Invicta Racing after coming 13th in his second F2 season, to replace [[Juan Manuel Correa]], who had already left the team ahead of the final two rounds of the 2024 season.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=9 December 2024|title=DAMS Lucas Oil completes 2025 Formula 2 line up with Kush Maini|url=https://damslucasoil.com/2024/12/09/dams-lucas-oil-completes-2025-formula-2-line-up-with-kush-maini/|access-date=9 December 2024|website=DAMS Lucas Oil |language=en-US}}</ref>
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[[MP Motorsport]] saw both [[Franco Colapinto]] and [[Dennis Hauger]] leave the team during the 2024 season, with Colapinto competing in Formula One with [[Williams Racing]] from the round at Monza onwards and Hauger moving to [[Indy NXT]] with [[Andretti Global]] ahead of the round at Abu Dhabi.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Andretti Global Adds Rookie Hauger to 2025 Lineup |url=https://www.indycar.com/news/2024/10/10-18-hauger-andretti-nxt |access-date=2024-10-18 |website=IndyCar.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-27 |title=Colapinto replaces Sargeant at Williams for remainder of F1 season |url=https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/colapinto-replaces-sargeant-for-remainder-of-f1-season/10648347/ |access-date=2024-08-27 |website=www.autosport.com |language=en}}</ref> The team re-signed the two drivers that substituted for Colapinto and Hauger in 2024 for the full 2025 season: [[Red Bull Junior Team|Red Bull junior]] [[Oliver Goethe]], who came seventh in FIA F3 with Campos Racing, and [[Richard Verschoor]], who will return to the team he competed with in 2021 to embark on his fifth season in the championship.<ref>{{cite web |date=5 December 2024 |title=MP Motorsport confirm the signing of Oliver Goethe for the 2025 season |url=https://www.fiaformula2.com/Latest/FdJrT5W8GS8gFxmxkgkMI/mp-motorsport-confirm-the-signing-of-oliver-goethe-for-the-2025-season |website=FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website}}</ref><ref name="Verschoor MP">{{cite web |date=9 November 2024 |title=Richard Verschoor switches to MP Motorsport for remainder of season and 2025 campaign |url=https://www.fiaformula2.com/Latest/DVqm0Vwxdu7ldNk9OPO1L/richard-verschoor-switches-to-mp-motorsport-for-remainder-of-season-and-2025 |website=FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website}}</ref>


[[ART Grand Prix]] signed [[2023 Super Formula Championship|2023 Super Formula]] champion [[Ritomo Miyata]], who finished his rookie F2 season nineteenth in the standings with [[Rodin Motorsport]].<ref name="Miyata">{{Cite web |date=10 December 2024|title=Ritomo Miyata joins ART Grand Prix for 2025 season |url=https://www.fiaformula2.com/Latest/1mTC66pmRhpOhsz8lXuPfi/ritomo-miyata-joins-art-grand-prix-for-2025-season|access-date=2024-10-09 |website=fiaformula2.com|language=en-US}}</ref>
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[[Prema Racing]] will have an all-new driver lineup as both [[Oliver Bearman]] and [[Andrea Kimi Antonelli]] will graduate to Formula One with [[Haas F1 Team]] and [[Mercedes-Benz in Formula One|Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team]] respectively.<ref>{{cite web |date=4 July 2024 |title=F2 star Ollie Bearman promoted to F1 with Haas for 2025 |url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article/breaking-f2-star-ollie-bearman-promoted-to-f1-with-haas-for-2025.3g8aG6ULdcvAxJYHB7v1j8 |access-date=24 April 2024 |website=formula1.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kimi Antonelli Joins George Russell As Mercedes-AMG F1 Driver for 2025 |url=https://www.mercedesamgf1.com/news/george-x-kimi-2025-driver-line-up-announced |access-date=31 August 2024 |website=Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team |language=en-US}}</ref>


[[Rodin Motorsport]] will see the departure of [[Zane Maloney]] as he graduates to [[2024–25 Formula E World Championship|Formula E]] with [[Lola Cars|Lola]] [[Yamaha Motor Company|Yamaha]] [[Abt Sportsline|ABT]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mackley |first=Stefan |date=25 September 2024 |title=Maloney joins Abt for Formula E 2024/25 season |url=https://www.autosport.com/formula-e/news/maloney-joins-abt-for-formula-e-2024-25-season/10657808/ |access-date=25 September 2024 |website=autosport.com}}</ref> [[Christian Mansell]], who finished fifth in FIA F3 in 2024 with [[ART Grand Prix]] and debuted in F2 with Trident during the final three rounds of 2024, will replace him.<ref name="Mansell Rodin">{{cite web |date=19 November 2024 |title=Rodin Motorsport confirm Christian Mansell for 2025 Formula 2 season |url=https://www.fiaformula2.com/Latest/57qBGhLCqaijfNzPBhGPLy/rodin-motorsport-confirm-christian-mansell-for-2025-formula-2-season |website=FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website}}</ref>
[[Rodin Motorsport]] also renewed their lineup as [[Zane Maloney]] graduated to [[2024–25 Formula E World Championship|Formula E]] with [[Lola Cars|Lola]] [[Yamaha Motor Company|Yamaha]] [[Abt Sportsline|ABT]] and [[Ritomo Miyata]] moved to [[ART Grand Prix]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mackley |first=Stefan |date=25 September 2024 |title=Maloney joins Abt for Formula E 2024/25 season |url=https://www.autosport.com/formula-e/news/maloney-joins-abt-for-formula-e-2024-25-season/10657808/ |access-date=25 September 2024 |website=autosport.com}}</ref><ref name="Miyata"/> Rodin signed [[Christian Mansell]], who finished fifth in FIA F3 in 2024 with [[ART Grand Prix]] and debuted in F2 with Trident during the final three rounds of 2024.<ref name="Mansell Rodin">{{cite web |date=19 November 2024 |title=Rodin Motorsport confirm Christian Mansell for 2025 Formula 2 season |url=https://www.fiaformula2.com/Latest/57qBGhLCqaijfNzPBhGPLy/rodin-motorsport-confirm-christian-mansell-for-2025-formula-2-season |website=FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website}}</ref>


[[AIX Racing]] driver [[Taylor Barnard]] left the championship after ten rounds of the 2024 season and moved to [[2024–25 Formula E World Championship|Formula E]] to race with [[McLaren Formula E Team|NEOM McLaren Formula E Team]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 August 2024|title=Taylor Barnard joins Sam Bird at NEOM McLaren for Season 11 |url=https://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/506642 |access-date=27 August 2024 |website=The Official Home of Formula E |language=en}}</ref>
[[AIX Racing]] driver [[Taylor Barnard]] left the championship after ten rounds of the 2024 season and moved to [[2024–25 Formula E World Championship|Formula E]] to race with [[McLaren Formula E Team|NEOM McLaren Formula E Team]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 August 2024|title=Taylor Barnard joins Sam Bird at NEOM McLaren for Season 11 |url=https://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/506642 |access-date=27 August 2024 |website=The Official Home of Formula E |language=en}}</ref>


[[Max Esterson]], who came 21st in FIA F3 with [[Jenzer Motorsport]], joins [[Trident Motorsport|Trident]] in place of the MP-bound Verschoor after having already replaced the Dutch driver during the final two rounds of the 2024 season.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Max Esterson to compete in the FIA F2 2025 with Trident|url=https://www.tridentmotorsport.com/en/news/max-esterson-to-compete-in-the-fia-f2-2025-with-trident.html|access-date=4 December 2024|date=4 December 2024|website=tridentmotorsport.com}}</ref>
[[Trident Motorsport|Trident]] saw both Verschoor and Staněk leave the team during the 2024 season, with Verschoor joining MP Motorsport ahead of his full-time switch in 2025 and Staněk sitting out the rest of the season before joining Invicta Racing in 2025.<ref name="Verschoor MP" /><ref name=":1" /> The team signed two FIA F3 graduates in [[Max Esterson]], who came 21st with [[Jenzer Motorsport]] and already deputized for Verschoor during the final two rounds of 2024, and [[Sami Meguetounif]], who will make his F2 debut after finishing eighth with Trident's FIA F3 outfit.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Max Esterson to compete in the FIA F2 2025 with Trident|url=https://www.tridentmotorsport.com/en/news/max-esterson-to-compete-in-the-fia-f2-2025-with-trident.html|access-date=4 December 2024|date=4 December 2024|website=tridentmotorsport.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sami Meguetounif to compete in the 2025 F2 Championship with Trident|url=https://www.tridentmotorsport.com/en/news/sami-meguetounif-to-compete-in-the-2025-f2-championship-with-trident.html|access-date=9 December 2024|date=9 December 2024|website=tridentmotorsport.com}}</ref>


== Race calendar ==
== Race calendar ==
The championship is scheduled to visit the same 14 destinations as the year before.
The championship is scheduled to visit the same 14 destinations as the year before, with only one major change: the [[Albert Park Circuit]] is set to be the season opener for the first time in Formula 2 history, a consequence of Formula One's [[Australian Grand Prix]] holding the opening round of [[2025 Formula One World Championship|their season]] for the first time since {{F1|2019}}.
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The 2025 FIA Formula 2 Championship is a planned motor racing championship for Formula 2 cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The championship is the fifty-ninth season of Formula 2 racing and the ninth season run under the FIA Formula 2 Championship moniker. It is an open-wheel racing category serving as the second tier of formula racing in the FIA Global Pathway. The category is scheduled to be run in support of selected rounds of the 2025 Formula One World Championship. As the championship is a spec series, all teams and drivers competing in the championship will run the same car, the Dallara F2 2024.

Invicta Racing will enter the championship as the reigning Teams' Champions, having secured their title at the final race of the 2024 season in Abu Dhabi.

Entries

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The following teams are scheduled to compete in the 2025 Formula 2 Championship. As the championship is a spec series, all teams will compete with an identical Dallara F2 2024 chassis with a V6 turbo engine developed by Mecachrome. All teams will compete with tyres supplied by Pirelli.

Entrant No. Driver name
United Kingdom Invicta Racing 1 Italy Leonardo Fornaroli
2 Czech Republic Roman Staněk
Spain Campos Racing 3 United Kingdom Arvid Lindblad
4 Spain Pepe Martí[1]
Netherlands MP Motorsport 5 Netherlands Richard Verschoor
6 Germany Oliver Goethe
United Kingdom Hitech Pulse-Eight 7 Sweden Dino Beganovic
8 United Kingdom Luke Browning
Italy Prema Racing 9 Italy Gabriele Minì
10 Colombia Sebastián Montoya
France DAMS Lucas Oil 11 United States Jak Crawford[2]
12 India Kush Maini
France ART Grand Prix 14 Japan Ritomo Miyata
15 TBA
New Zealand Rodin Motorsport 16 Australia Christian Mansell
17 TBA
Germany AIX Racing 20 TBA
21 TBA
Italy Trident 22 United States Max Esterson
23 France Sami Meguetounif
Netherlands Van Amersfoort Racing 24 TBA
25 TBA

Driver changes

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Reigning Teams' Champion Invicta Racing have an all-new driver lineup as reigning Drivers' Champion Gabriel Bortoleto graduated to Formula One with Stake F1 Team and Kush Maini moved to DAMS.[3][4] Invicta recruited 2024 FIA Formula 3 champion Leonardo Fornaroli, who makes the full-time step up to Formula 2 after having already raced in the 2024 finale with Rodin Motorsport, and Roman Staněk, who joins the team for his third season in the championship after ending his 2024 campaign with Trident early.[5][6]

Campos Racing replaced one Red Bull junior with another as Arvid Lindblad, fourth in FIA F3 with Prema Racing in 2024, graduates to F2 to replace 2024 runner-up Isack Hadjar.[7]

MP Motorsport saw both Franco Colapinto and Dennis Hauger leave the team during the 2024 season, with Colapinto competing in Formula One with Williams Racing from the round at Monza onwards and Hauger moving to Indy NXT with Andretti Global ahead of the round at Abu Dhabi.[8][9] The team re-signed the two drivers that substituted for Colapinto and Hauger in 2024 for the full 2025 season: Red Bull junior Oliver Goethe, who came seventh in FIA F3 with Campos Racing, and Richard Verschoor, who will return to the team he competed with in 2021 to embark on his fifth season in the championship.[10][11]

Hitech Pulse Eight also enter 2025 with an all-new driver lineup as Paul Aron joined the Alpine F1 Team as a reserve driver and Amaury Cordeel left the team.[12] The team's lineup consists of two FIA F3 graduates who were already able to collect F2 experience through part-time outings in 2024: Williams Driver Academy member Luke Browning, who finished the FIA F3 season in third, also driving for Hitech before a three-round F2 stint for ART Grand Prix, and Ferrari junior Dino Beganovic, who came sixth in FIA F3 with Prema Racing and entered two F2 rounds with DAMS Lucas Oil.[13][14]

Prema Racing have an all-new driver lineup as both Oliver Bearman and Andrea Kimi Antonelli will graduate to Formula One with Haas F1 Team and Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team respectively.[15][16] The team promoted FIA F3 runner-up Gabriele Minì to its F2 outfit, where the Italian already deputized for Bearman for one round in 2024, and signed Sebastián Montoya, who finished seventeenth in FIA F3 with Hitech and returns to the team he raced for in FRECA in 2022.[17][18]

DAMS Lucas Oil signed Kush Maini, who leaves Invicta Racing after coming 13th in his second F2 season, to replace Juan Manuel Correa, who had already left the team ahead of the final two rounds of the 2024 season.[4]

ART Grand Prix signed 2023 Super Formula champion Ritomo Miyata, who finished his rookie F2 season nineteenth in the standings with Rodin Motorsport.[19]

Rodin Motorsport also renewed their lineup as Zane Maloney graduated to Formula E with Lola Yamaha ABT and Ritomo Miyata moved to ART Grand Prix.[20][19] Rodin signed Christian Mansell, who finished fifth in FIA F3 in 2024 with ART Grand Prix and debuted in F2 with Trident during the final three rounds of 2024.[21]

AIX Racing driver Taylor Barnard left the championship after ten rounds of the 2024 season and moved to Formula E to race with NEOM McLaren Formula E Team.[22]

Trident saw both Verschoor and Staněk leave the team during the 2024 season, with Verschoor joining MP Motorsport ahead of his full-time switch in 2025 and Staněk sitting out the rest of the season before joining Invicta Racing in 2025.[11][6] The team signed two FIA F3 graduates in Max Esterson, who came 21st with Jenzer Motorsport and already deputized for Verschoor during the final two rounds of 2024, and Sami Meguetounif, who will make his F2 debut after finishing eighth with Trident's FIA F3 outfit.[23][24]

Race calendar

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The championship is scheduled to visit the same 14 destinations as the year before, with only one major change: the Albert Park Circuit is set to be the season opener for the first time in Formula 2 history, a consequence of Formula One's Australian Grand Prix holding the opening round of their season for the first time since 2019.

Round Circuit Sprint race Feature race
1 Australia Albert Park Circuit, Melbourne 15 March 16 March
2 Bahrain Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir 12 April 13 April
3 Saudi Arabia Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Jeddah 19 April 20 April
4 Italy Imola Circuit, Imola 17 May 18 May
5 Monaco Circuit de Monaco, Monaco 24 May 25 May
6 Spain Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló 31 May 1 June
7 Austria Red Bull Ring, Spielberg 28 June 29 June
8 United Kingdom Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone 5 July 6 July
9 Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot 26 July 27 July
10 Hungary Hungaroring, Mogyoród 2 August 3 August
11 Italy Monza Circuit, Monza 6 September 7 September
12 Azerbaijan Baku City Circuit, Baku 20 September 21 September
13 Qatar Lusail International Circuit, Lusail 29 November 30 November
14 United Arab Emirates Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi 6 December 7 December
Source:[25]

Results and standings

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Scoring system

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Points will be awarded to the top eight classified finishers in the sprint race, and to the top ten classified finishers in the feature race. The pole-sitter in the feature race will also receive two points, and one point will be given to the driver who set the fastest lap in both the feature and sprint races, provided that driver finished inside the top ten. If the driver who set the fastest lap is classified outside the top ten, the point will be given to the driver who set the fastest lap of those inside the top ten. No extra points will be awarded to the pole-sitter in the sprint race as the grid for it will be set by reversing the top ten qualifiers.

Sprint race points

Points will be awarded to the top eight classified finishers, excluding the fastest lap point which will be given to the top ten classified finishers.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   FL 
Points 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 1
Feature race points

Points will be awarded to the top ten classified finishers. Bonus points will be awarded to the pole-sitter and to the driver who set the fastest lap and finished in the top ten.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   Pole   FL 
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 2 1

References

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  2. ^ "Jak Crawford to remain with DAMS Lucas Oil for 2025 F2 season". DAMS Lucas Oil. 9 October 2024. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Kick Sauber confirm rookie Bortoleto as second driver for 2025". 6 November 2024.
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  5. ^ "2024 F3 Champion Leonardo Fornaroli steps up to F2 with Invicta Racing". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. 3 September 2024.
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  7. ^ "Arvid Lindblad graduates to F2 with Campos Racing for 2025". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. 12 September 2024.
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  11. ^ a b "Richard Verschoor switches to MP Motorsport for remainder of season and 2025 campaign". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. 9 November 2024.
  12. ^ "F2 racer Aron joins Alpine as 2025 F1 reserve driver". Formula 1® - The Official F1® Website. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
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  20. ^ Mackley, Stefan (25 September 2024). "Maloney joins Abt for Formula E 2024/25 season". autosport.com. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  21. ^ "Rodin Motorsport confirm Christian Mansell for 2025 Formula 2 season". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. 19 November 2024.
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