2024 F2 Season Preview

With the 2024 F2 season set to get underway, here is a guide to everything that you need to know ahead of the new campaign.

After a thrilling title battle in 2023 which went to the wire and won by Theo Pourchaire, F2 now begins a new era with the introduction of a new spec car plus plenty of fresh driver changes.

This season also has brought more hype than ever before so here is everything that you must know ahead of the new campaign from teams and drivers to calendar tweaks plus rule changes.

 

Teams and Drivers

Entrant	Number	Driver
ART GP	1	Victor Martins
	2	Zak O’Sullivan
PREMA	3	Oliver Bearman
	4	Andrea Kimi Antonelli
Rodin Motorsport	5	Zane Maloney
	6	Ritomo Miyata
DAMS	7	Jak Crawford
	8	Juan Manuel Correa
Invicta Racing	9	Kush Maini
	10	Gabriel Bortoleto
MP Motorsport	11	Dennis Hauger
	12	Franco Colapinto
VAR	14	Enzo Fittipaldi
	15	Rafael Villagomez
Hitech GP	16	Amaury Cordeel
	17	Paul Aron
Campos	20	Isack Hadjar
	21	Pepe Marti
Trident	22	Richard Verschoor
	23	Roman Stanek
PHM AIX Racing	24	Joshua Duerksen
	25	Taylor Barnard

Driver Changes

• Reigning champion, Theo Pourchaire left ART GP and F2 to join Super Formula because the previous season’s champion is ineligible to return to the category, with his seat taken by Zak O’Sullivan who steps up from F3.
• Frederik Vesti left PREMA and F2 for World Endurance Championship, with 2023 FRECA champion – Andrea Kimi Antonelli stepping up to F2 in his seat.
• Enzo Fittipaldi left Rodin to join VAR as Richard Verschoor’s replacement as the Dutchman returned to Trident, whilst Ritomo Miyata has replaced Fittipaldi at Rodin.
• Ayumu Iwasa and Arthur Leclerc left DAMS and F2 at the end of last season, with Jak Crawford and Juan Manuel Correa named as their replacements in moves from Hitech GP and VAR.
• Jack Doohan left Invicta after three seasons to become Alpine’s F1 reserve driver on a full-time basis, with his seat now filled by fellow Alpine junior, Kush Maini who switched from Campos.
• Amaury Cordeel left Invicta to join Hitech GP following Jak Crawford’s switch to DAMS, with his seat taken by Gabriel Bortoleto who graduates into the series as the reigning F3 champion.
• Franco Colapinto has joined MP Motorsport for a full season after he replaced Jehan Daruvala at the 2023 season finale in Abu Dhabi.
• Rafael Villagomez has graduated from F3 to F2 as Manuel Correa’s replacement at VAR.
• Paul Aron has joined Hitech GP as Isack Hadjar’s replacement after the Frenchman switched to Campos.
• Isack Hadjar replaced Ralph Boschung at Campos with the Swiss driver subsequently announcing his retirement.
• Pepe Marti will graduate from F3 to F2 with Campos as he replaces Kush Maini, following the Indian’s move to Invicta.
• Richard Verschoor has returned to Trident after one season at VAR and replaced Paul Aron who drove for the team at last season’s final round following Clement Novalak’s departure.
• Joshua Duerksen will graduate to F2 with PHM Aix Racing in place of Roy Nissany who has left the team.
• Taylor Barnard will graduate from F3 to F2 with PHM Aix Racing as he replaces Joshua Mason due to budget issues, with Mason having previously replaced Brad Benavides midway through 2023.

Team Changes

• Rodin completed full ownership of Carlin’s entry and rebranded to Rodin Motorsport after the Carlin family left the team, following their Rodin-Carlin entry in 2023 season.
• Invicta purchased an ownership stake which led the team to be rebranded as Invicta Racing after having ran under the Invicta-Virtuosi Racing name in 2023.
• PHM AIX Racing now operates independently of Charouz after having co-ran the team together in 2023.
• DAMS’ official entry will now be DAMS Lucas Oil following a strengthening of partnership with Lucas Oil.

 

Calendar 

Round	Venue	Date
1*	Sakhir, Bahrain	29 February – 2 March
2*	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	7-9 March
3	Melbourne, Australia	22-24 March
4	Imola, Italy	17-19 May
5	Monaco	23-26 May
6	Barcelona, Spain	21-23 June
7	Styria, Austria	28-30 June
8	Silverstone, Great Britain	5-7 July
9	Budapest, Hungary	19-21 July
10	Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium	26-28 July
11	Monza, Italy	30 August – 1 September
12	Baku, Azerbaijan	13-15 September
13	Lusail, Qatar	29 November – 1 December
14	Yas Marina, Abu Dhabi	6-8 December

* Bahrain and Saudi Arabia will be run from Thursday – Saturday due to Ramadan starting on Sunday 10 March, whilst the remainder of the season will run between Friday –  Sunday on race weekends.

• Imola returns to the calendar after the event was cancelled in 2023 due to floods in the Emilia Romagna region of Italy.
• F2 won’t race at Zandvoort, Netherlands, this season and instead will head to Lusail, Qatar, in support of the Qatar GP.

 

Rule Changes

• This season sees the debut of the Dallara F2 2024 chassis and engine package, although the 3.4 litre V6 mecachrome has been retain albeit with evolution.
• If a driver causes a red flag in Qualifying, they will lose their fastest lap at that point of the session and won’t be allowed to participate in the rest of session.