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Dams driver Ayumu Iwasa led the field from lights to flag in the first Formula 2 Australian Feature Race. The Red Bull Junior took pole position by 6 tenths ahead of both ART’s of Pourchaire and Martins. Iwasa claimed his 4th victory in Formula 2, retaining the lead during two safety car interventions and dramatic…
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Formula 2 returned this weekend for a brand new circuit on the F2 2023 Circuit Calendar in Melbourne, Australia. Dennis Hauger made history becoming the first person to win at this circuit as he led from from lights to flag amongst all the chaos of weather and safety cars. With the move from Prema to…
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Frederik Vesti drove from sixth to first to claim his first win of the season in the F2 Jeddah Feature Race. The F2 Jeddah Feature Race saw a dramatic shootout between PREMA Racing driver Frederik Vesti and ART Grand Prix’s Victor Martins for the win, before Martins spun out of the race. Vesti leapt up…
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With 2 safety cars, and many changes to the top 5 throughout 20 laps Ayumu Iwasa defends and take top position in the Round 2 F2 Sprint Race in Jeddah Winning his first F2 Race of the 2023 season from fourth position remained calm, and collected amongst the drama that unfolded throughout the race. 2022…
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Ralph Boschung has ended his seven-year streak of finishing off the top of the podium, winning the first F2 Sprint race of 2023 in Bahrain. Swiss driver Ralph Boschung cruised past the chequered flag 10.8 seconds ahead of second place Dennis Hauger. F2 rookie Victor Martins took third, with his teammate Théo Pourchaire gaining five…
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Japanese racer Ayumu Iwasa will continue with DAMS for the 2023 F2 season, it has been announced this morning. The multiple-race winner from 2022 will partner Arthur Leclerc at the French outfit next year and will look to be at the sharp end of the championship after his strong fifth-place finish this year. Iwasa managed…
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The 2019 British Formula 4 Champion joins the Redbull Young Driver Programme and will complete Formula 1 testing duties for Redbull Zane Maloney will follow a full time schedule in F2, however Redbull has not confirmed what team he will be racing for in 2023.
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Formula 2 driver Amaury Cordeel has been caught speeding after posting a TikTok in which he was seen going 179km/h in a 50km/h zone in his hometown of Temse. The 20-year-old Belgian was found guilty this month, despite having had committed the offence back in December of 2020. The video posted on his TikTok account…
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F2 veteran Marcus Armstrong is set to pilot Chip Ganassi Racing’s fourth Indycar entry on road and street courses in the 2023 season. Following Jimmie Johnson’s move to NASCAR team ownership with the Petty GMS Motorsports organization, the car will run under #11. Armstrong will be teaming up with New Zealand compatriot and six-time champion…
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Roy Nissany and Brad Benavides are set to race for PHM Racing by Charouz in Formula 2 next season. Formula 3, American-Spanish racing driver Benavides is set to make his debut in formula 2, alongside former DAMS Driver and entering his 5th season in F2 Nissany to complete the driver line up. It will be…
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One driver promoted to Formula 2 for his rookie season, whilst another starts his second season with a new team. Ferrari junior driver Arthur Leclerc steps up to Formula 2 with DAMS for his rookie season in 2023. The 22-year-old finished 2nd in the Formula European Championship in 2020 with PREMA Racing before running two…
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While we still have one more final race of the 2022 season we can now announce the calendar for the 2023 Formula 2 season! With the introduction to Melbourne, Australia added to the new season’s calendar drivers will compete in 14, a total of 28 races across 13 countries as support racing for the Formula…
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Thats another seat filled for the 2023 season as Williams Racing sign the American Logan Sergeant to their team to replace the outgoing Nicholas Latifi. All this depends on him acquiring the relevant super license points over the last few races of this season by appearing in Free Practice 1 sessions. Something Williams is sure…
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Women working in F1, F2 and F3 were among a group of professionals who came together last weekend to actively promote the participation of women in all areas of motorsport. The FIA Women in Motorsport Commission held its second networking event of 2022 at the Italian Grand Prix on 8th September, bringing together more than…
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Recently crowned F2 Champion Felipe Drugovich has been signed as the first member of the Aston Martin driver development program. As development driver, Felipe will gain extensive experience working with engineers, standing in as reserve driver and gain all important experience in the car; first appearance being in the car will be during FP1 at…
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Felipe Drugovich is the 2022 FIA Formula 2 world champion after establishing a commanding and unbeatable lead despite a DNF in Monza. The 22-year old Brazilian has had an incredible campaign this season amassing five race wins, four pole positions and a total of 233 points. With three races left to go in the 2022…
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Felipe Drugovich gets his fourth race win of the season at Zandvoort alongside Richard Verschoor in P2 and Ayumu Iwasa in P3. Placing one hand on the F2 title, Felipe Drugovich has extended his championship lead after taking a feature race win at his team’s home race. The MP Motorsport driver made his intentions clear…
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A dominant and well managed drive from Marcus Armstrong saw him take his third Formula 2 race win in Zandvoort alongside Clement Novalak in P2 and Dennis Hauger in P3. Starting in P2, Armstrong got a much better start off the line than pole sitter Novalak and took the lead of the race into turn…
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It was announced yesterday afternoon that in 2023, Formula 2 and Formula 3 will be the first to use sustainable fuel, which in turn, will help the development ahead of Formula 1’s switch to 100% sustainable fuels in 2026. Next year will see a partnership with Aramco, with both championships set to run with 55-percent…
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MCLAREN HAS ANNOUNCED THE SIGNING OF OSCAR PIASTRI FOLLOWING CRB RULING The signing draws a line under a remarkable situation, where Alpine lost two drivers, a team principle accusing their own driver of lacking integrity and another team spending a lot of money to ask a driver NOT to drive for them. The Contract Regonition…