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Carlin are the reigning teams' champions.

The 2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship will be the third season of the FIA Formula 2 Championship, a motor racing championship for Formula 2 cars that is sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). It is an open-wheel racing category that serves as the second tier of formula racing in the FIA Global Pathway. The category is scheduled to be run in support of the 2019 FIA Formula 1 World Championship.

George Russell is the reigning drivers' champion, having won the title at the final round of the 2018 championship in Abu Dhabi. Russell will not return to defend his title as he graduated to Formula 1.[1][note 1] Carlin are the reigning teams' champions, having secured their first Formula 2 title in Abu Dhabi.

Entries

The following teams and drivers are under contract to compete in the 2019 championship:

Entrant Driver name
United Kingdom Arden International[2] TBA
TBA
France ART Grand Prix Russia Nikita Mazepin[3]
Netherlands Nyck de Vries[4]
United Kingdom Carlin Japan Nobuharu Matsushita[5]
TBA
France DAMS[6] Canada Nicholas Latifi[7]
TBA
Italy Prema Theodore Racing Indonesia Sean Gelael[8]
Germany Mick Schumacher[9]
Italy Trident France Giuliano Alesi[10]
TBA
United Kingdom UNI-Virtuosi[11] Italy Luca Ghiotto[12]
China Guanyu Zhou[13]

Team changes

Russian Time left the championship after six years competing in Formula 2 and its predecessor, the GP2 Series. Their entry and assets were sold to Virtuosi Racing, who had operated the team. The new entry will compete under the name "UNI-Virtuosi".[11][14]

Fortec Motorsports were awarded an entry to the Formula 2 grid in 2018, but were granted permission to defer their entry by a year and make their début in 2019.[15]

Driver changes

Lando Norris left the series as he was promoted to Formula 1 with McLaren.[16] His seat is due to be taken by Nobuharu Matsushita. Matsushita returned to Formula 2 after a year spent racing in the Super Formula Championship.[5]

Arden drivers Nirei Fukuzumi and Maximilian Günther left the series. Fukuzumi moved to the Super Formula Championship with Dandelion Racing,[17] while Günther joined the Formula E with Dragon Racing.[18]

Artem Markelov and Tadasuke Makino left Russian Time and the championship.[19] Makino returned to Japan to compete in the Super Formula Championship with Nakajima Racing.[17] Guanyu Zhou graduated from 2018 FIA Formula 3 European Championship, becoming the driver of the Russian Time successors UNI-Virtuosi.[13] Zhou will be partnered by Luca Ghiotto, who raced with Russian Time in 2017 and Campos in 2018.[12]

Nikita Mazepin is scheduled to join the championship with ART Grand Prix, the team he drove for when he finished runner-up in the 2018 GP3 Series.[3] Mazepin is due to be partnered with Nyck de Vries, who left Prema Theodore Racing to join the team.[4] Mazepin and de Vries will replace 2018 series champion George Russell—who left the team and the championship to join Formula 1 team Williams—and Jack Aitken.[1] Prema Theodore Racing announced Mick Schumacher as de Vries' replacement. Schumacher will continue his association with the team after he won the 2018 FIA Formula 3 European Championship with them.[9]

Giuliano Alesi joined the championship with Trident, the team he raced for in the GP3 Series.[10]

Alexander Albon left DAMS after renewing his relationship with Red Bull. He is scheduled to graduate to Formula 1 with Toro Rosso.[20]

Calendar

The following twelve rounds are scheduled to take place as part of the 2019 championship. Each round consists of two races: a Feature race, which is run over 170 km (105.6 mi) and includes a mandatory pit stop; and a Sprint race, which is run over 120 km (75 mi) and does not require drivers to make a pit stop.[note 2] The 2019 calendar is unchanged from 2018.

Round Circuit Feature race Sprint race
1 Bahrain Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir 30 March 31 March
2 Azerbaijan Baku City Circuit, Baku 27 April 28 April
3 Spain Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló 11 May 12 May
4 Monaco Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo 24 May 25 May
5 France Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet 22 June 23 June
6 Austria Red Bull Ring, Spielberg 29 June 30 June
7 United Kingdom Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone 13 July 14 July
8 Hungary Hungaroring, Mogyoród 3 August 4 August
9 Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot 31 August 1 September
10 Italy Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza 7 September 8 September
11 Russia Sochi Autodrom, Sochi 28 September 29 September
12 United Arab Emirates Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi 30 November 1 December
Source:[21]

Notes

  1. ^ Under the series' sporting regulations, the defending drivers' champion is not permitted to continue racing in the championship, so Russell would not be able to defend his title.
  2. ^ The Feature and Sprint races are time-certain. In the event that the full race distance cannot be completed, the Feature race will end after one hour and the Sprint race after forty-five minutes.

References

  1. ^ a b "George Russell joins Williams for Formula 1 2019". skysports.com. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  2. ^ "HWA evaluating F2 entry in 2019". motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 2 December 2018. Horner told Motorsport.com that the team has already decided not to continue in the third tier, but it will continue in F2.
  3. ^ a b Khorounzhiy, Valentin (27 November 2018). "Mazepin earns F2 promotion with ART". motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  4. ^ a b Allen, Peter (28 November 2018). "Nyck de Vries makes ART switch for 2019 F2 season". formulascout.com. Formula Scout. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  5. ^ a b Thukral, Rachit (26 November 2018). "Matsushita makes F2 return with Carlin". motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  6. ^ Allen, Peter (26 November 2018). "Sergio Sette Camara switches to DAMS for F2 post-season test". FormulaScout. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  7. ^ "Nicholas Latifi Stays with DAMS for 2019 Campaign". FIA Formula 2. FIA Formula 2. 11 December 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  8. ^ Allen, Peter (28 November 2018). "Sean Gelael stays at Prema F2 team for 2019 alongside Mick Schumacher". formulascout.com. Formula Scout. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  9. ^ a b Benyon, Jack (27 November 2018). "Schumacher joins F2 2019 grid with Prema". motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  10. ^ a b Klein, Jamie (7 December 2018). "Alesi steps up to F2 with Trident". motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  11. ^ a b Benyon, Jack (4 December 2018). "UNI-Virtuosi replaces Russian Time in Formula 2". motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  12. ^ a b Horton, Phillip (6 December 2018). "Luca Ghiotto completes UNI-Virtuosi's F2 driver line-up". motorsportweek.com. Motorsport Media Services. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  13. ^ a b Allen, Peter (5 December 2018). "Guan Yu Zhou steps up to F2 with UNI-Virtuosi". formulascout.com. Formula Scout. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  14. ^ Benyon, Jack (25 November 2018). "Russian Time sells Formula 2 team". motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  15. ^ Kalinauckas, Alex (24 February 2018). "Fortec Formula 2 entry on hold for one year". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  16. ^ "Lando Norris to drive for McLaren in 2019". McLaren. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  17. ^ a b Klein, Jamie (19 November 2018). "Honda to switch F2 racers Fukuzumi, Makino to Super Formula in 2019". Autosport. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  18. ^ Smith, Sam (7 November 2018). "Guenther to Join Lopez at Dragon". e-racing365.com. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  19. ^ Gillard, Aaron (14 November 2018). "Artem Markelov to bow out from FIA Formula 2 after Abu Dhabi finale". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  20. ^ Allen, Peter (26 November 2018). "Alex Albon to race in Formula 1 for Toro Rosso in 2019". formulascout.com. Formula Scout. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  21. ^ "2019 Season Calendar Confirmed". fiaformula2.com. FIA Formula 2 Championship. 5 December 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2018.

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