The 2023 FIA Formula 2 Championship is a planned

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championship for

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cars that is sanctioned by the

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(FIA). The championship will be the fifty-seventh season of Formula 2 racing and the seventh season run under the

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moniker. It is an

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category that serves as the second tier of

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in the FIA Global Pathway. The category will be run in support of selected rounds of the 2023 FIA Formula One World Championship. As the championship is a spec series, all teams and drivers that compete in the championship will run the same car, the

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. 2023 is scheduled to be the final season using the

chassis and Mecachrome V634T 3.4-litre V6 single-turbocharged engine package which débuted in the 2018 season. A brand new chassis and engine package will be introduced for the 2024 season onwards. MP Motorsport will enter the championship as the reigning teams' champion, having secured their title at the final round of the 2022 season in Abu Dhabi.

Entries

The following teams and drivers are under contract to compete in the 2023 championship. As the championship is a spec series, all competitors will race with an identical

chassis with a V6 turbo engine developed by

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. Teams will compete with tyres supplied by Pirelli.

Team changes

German

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team PHM Racing took over the entry and assets of

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at the end of the 2022 season, and is set to run in cooperation with the Czech squad under the ''PHM Racing by Charouz'' moniker.

Driver changes

MP Motorsport MP Motorsport (previously Marcel Peters Motorsport) is a Dutch auto racing team currently competing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship. The team has also participated in Auto GP, Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and Formula Renault 2.0 Northern Europea ...

will see last years' champion Felipe Drugovich leave the series. His seat will be filled by Dennis Hauger, moving over from

Prema Racing Prema Powerteam (competing as Prema Racing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship, the FIA Formula 3 Championship and European Le Mans Series and as Prema Orlen Team in the FIA World Endurance Championship) is a motorsport team from Italy. It mainly ...

, with whom he came tenth in his rookie season. Carlin driver

Logan Sargeant Logan Hunter Sargeant (born December 31, 2000) is an American racing driver, who most recently competed in the FIA Formula 2 Championship with Carlin. He will compete for Williams Racing in the 2023 Formula One World Championship, having grad ...

will graduate to Formula One with Williams.

Liam Lawson Liam Lawson (born 11 February 2002) is a New Zealand motor racing driver set to compete in the 2023 Super Formula Championship with Team Mugen. Lawson, who is mentored by three-time New Zealand Grand Prix winner Ken Smith, previously competed f ...

will leave the series after two seasons and move to the Super Formula Championship to compete with Red Bull-affiliated Team Mugen.

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driver Marcus Armstrong left the series after three seasons and moved to Chip Ganassi Racing in IndyCar.

will fill Hauger's seat with

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member

Oliver Bearman Oliver Bearman (born 8 May 2005) is a British racing driver. He was the 2021 Italian and ADAC Formula 4 champion and is a member of the Ferrari Driver Academy. He most recently competed for Prema Racing in the 2022 FIA Formula 3 Championship, end ...

, who finished third in

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Jehan Daruvala Jehan Daruvala (born 1 October 1998) is an Indian racing driver currently serving as a reserve driver for the Mahindra Racing Formula E team. He was a protégé of the Force India F1 team, after being one of three winners of a 'One in a Billio ...

was replaced by

Frederik Vesti Frederik Vesti (born 13 January 2002) is a Danish racing driver who is set to compete in the FIA Formula 2 Championship with Prema Racing. He is a member of the Mercedes Junior Team and the inaugural champion of the Formula Regional European ...

, who will return to Prema after spending his rookie season in Formula 2 with

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and finishing ninth.

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signed

member Arthur Leclerc, who steps up to Formula 2 after two years with Prema in FIA Formula 3, to replace Nissany.

Virtuosi Racing Virtuosi Racing (previously known as Virtuosi UK, and UNI Virtuosi in Formula 2) is a British racing team currently competing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship. The team previously ran in the Auto GP series, in addition to running the Russian Tim ...

did not rehire

Marino Sato is a Japanese racing driver who most recently raced for Virtuosi Racing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship. He is the 2019 Euroformula Open champion. He is not related to former Formula One driver Takuma Sato. Racing career Formula 4 In ...

. He was replaced by

Amaury Cordeel Amaury Cordeel (; born 9 July 2002) is a Belgian racing driver set to compete in the 2023 FIA Formula 2 Championship with Virtuosi Racing. He has previously raced in the FIA Formula 3 Championship, Formula Renault Eurocup, Toyota Racing Series ...

, who came 17th in his debut Formula 2 season with

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in 2022. Newly formed team PHM Racing by Charouz retained none of the four drivers that drove for Charouz in 2022. Carlin-bound Fittipaldi was replaced by Roy Nissany, who will start his fifth Formula 2 season after coming 19th with

last season. The teams' second seat will be filled by

Brad Benavides Brad Domenico Benavides Agredo (born 20 July 2001) is an American racing driver who most recently competed in the 2023 FIA Formula 2 Championship with PHM Racing by Charouz. He previously competed in the FIA Formula 3 Championship with Carli ...

, who graduates from FIA Formula 3 after finishing the 2022 season in 23rd.

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signed Clément Novalak, who will leave reigning teams' champions

after coming fourteenth with them. He will return to Trident after last competing for the Italian squad in the

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will have a completely new driver lineup.

Jake Hughes Jake Hughes (born 30 May 1994) is a British racing driver and winner of the inaugural BRDC Formula 4 Championship. He has won multiple races at Formula 3 level, and is set to compete in the 2022–23 Formula E season with Neom McLaren. Caree ...

is leaving the series to join McLaren in Formula E after already ending his 2022 campaign prematurely to focus on securing a Formula E seat. He will be replaced by

Richard Verschoor Richard Verschoor (born 16 December 2000) is a Dutch racing driver set to compete for Van Amersfoort Racing in the Formula 2 Championship. Verschoor graduated to Formula 2 in 2021 with MP Motorsport before switching to Charouz Racing System, aft ...

, who will undertake his third Formula 2 campaign after coming 12th with Trident in 2022. Cordeel moved to Virtuosi Racing and will be replaced by

Juan Manuel Correa Juan Manuel Correa Borja (born August 9, 1999) is an American-Ecuadorian racing driver who races under an American license and is set to compete in the 2023 FIA Formula 2 Championship with Van Amersfoort Racing. Career Karting Correa began ...

, who will be making his full-time return to the championship after his injury in the crash that took

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's life in

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Campos Racing Campos Racing is a Spanish motor racing team, founded by former Formula One driver Adrián Campos. The team has been successful in Formula Three and the GP2 Series. History After retiring from racing, Campos formed his own team at the end of 1 ...

replaced Olli Caldwell with

Kush Maini Kush Maini (born 22 September 2000) is an Indian racing driver currently competing in the 2023 Formula 2 Championship for Campos Racing. He has previously competed in Formula 4, the Formula Renault Eurocup, the FIA World Endurance Champions ...

, who moves up to Formula 2 after a single year of FIA Formula 3 in which he came 14th.

Race calendar

Calendar changes

* The FIA Formula 2 championship is scheduled to make its debut in Australia, at the

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. * The

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will not feature on the calendar due to the

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not taking place in 2023.

Regulation changes

Technical regulations

Formula 2 and Formula 3 will run with 55% sustainable fuel in 2023. In a bid to decrease the championships' carbon footprint, an incremental gain in usage is planned until the 2027 season, where usage of 100% sustainable fuel is planned.

References

External links

FIA Formula 2 Championship official website
{{List of FIA Formula 2 rounds FIA Formula 2 Championship seasons FIA Formula 2 FIA Formula 2