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2025 Formula 2 Championship

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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.

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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 TBA
Netherlands MP Motorsport 5 Germany Oliver Goethe
6 Netherlands Richard Verschoor
United Kingdom Hitech Pulse-Eight 7 TBA
8 TBA
Italy Prema Racing 9 TBA
10 TBA
France DAMS Lucas Oil 11 United States Jak Crawford[1]
12 TBA
France ART Grand Prix 14 TBA
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 TBA
Netherlands Van Amersfoort Racing 24 TBA
25 TBA

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 Stake F1 Team.[2] 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.[3]

Red Bull junior Arvid Lindblad will join Campos Racing, graduating from FIA Formula 3 after coming fourth in the championship with Prema Racing.[4]

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.[5][6] 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.[7][8]

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-AMG Petronas F1 Team respectively.[9][10]

Rodin Motorsport will see the departure of Zane Maloney as he graduates to Formula E with Lola Yamaha ABT.[11] 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.[12]

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.[13]

Max Esterson, who came 21st in FIA F3 with Jenzer Motorsport, joins Trident in place of the MP-bound Verschoor after having already replaced the Dutch driver during the final two rounds of the 2024 season.[14]

Race calendar

The championship is scheduled to visit the same 14 destinations as the year before.

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:[15]

Results and standings

Scoring system

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

  1. ^ "Jak Crawford to remain with DAMS Lucas Oil for 2025 F2 season". DAMS Lucas Oil. 9 October 2024. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Kick Sauber confirm rookie Bortoleto as second driver for 2025". 6 November 2024.
  3. ^ "2024 F3 Champion Leonardo Fornaroli steps up to F2 with Invicta Racing". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. 3 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Arvid Lindblad graduates to F2 with Campos Racing for 2025". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. 12 September 2024.
  5. ^ "Andretti Global Adds Rookie Hauger to 2025 Lineup". IndyCar.com. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
  6. ^ "Colapinto replaces Sargeant at Williams for remainder of F1 season". www.autosport.com. 27 August 2024. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  7. ^ "MP Motorsport confirm the signing of Oliver Goethe for the 2025 season". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. 5 December 2024.
  8. ^ "Richard Verschoor switches to MP Motorsport for remainder of season and 2025 campaign". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. 9 November 2024.
  9. ^ "F2 star Ollie Bearman promoted to F1 with Haas for 2025". formula1.com. 4 July 2024. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  10. ^ "Kimi Antonelli Joins George Russell As Mercedes-AMG F1 Driver for 2025". Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  11. ^ Mackley, Stefan (25 September 2024). "Maloney joins Abt for Formula E 2024/25 season". autosport.com. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  12. ^ "Rodin Motorsport confirm Christian Mansell for 2025 Formula 2 season". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. 19 November 2024.
  13. ^ "Taylor Barnard joins Sam Bird at NEOM McLaren for Season 11". The Official Home of Formula E. 27 August 2024. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  14. ^ "Max Esterson to compete in the FIA F2 2025 with Trident". tridentmotorsport.com. 4 December 2024. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  15. ^ "FIA Formula 2 Championship 2025 season calendar announced". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. Retrieved 22 May 2024.