2025 Formula 2 grid: Who are they and who are they racing for?

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With just over a month to wait for the first round of racing in the 2025 FIA Formula 2 Championship, all 11 teams have confirmed their lineups for the upcoming season.

There will be 14 rounds to come across 2025 with the stars of tomorrow awaiting to compete for their futures and trying to compete for the championship. 

In the field of drivers entering themselves into contention to compete for the 2025 Formula 2 Championship, there is a variety of experience, returning driers and rookies who are entering the championship for the first time.

Many of the rookies will be looking to make their Formula 2 debuts in the opening round at Melbourne, with many making the jump from FIA Formula 3 with other drivers making permanent steps up from championship such as GB3.

Going through each team, and each driver one by one, let's preview the 2025 FIA Formula 2 grid. We begin with the 2024 Teams Champions - Invicta Racing.

1. Leonardo Fornaroli - Invicta Racing (ITA)

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First up, we have the 2024 FIA Formula 3 champion who will be making his first full season in the Formula 2 season with Invicta Racing - following the pathway of the 2023 Formula 3 champion Gabriel Bortoleto.

Following his success at Trident, at Monza, where he made that stunning late pass on Christian Mansell, that was at the time the deciding factor in the entire championship. This was before a disqualification to Gabriele Mini made the gap a lot bigger in points and would have made him champion regardless of the overtake.

However, Fornaroli did make the pass and won the championship on circuit. Most remarkably, Fornaroli did not pick up a single victory across the season, showing consistency is key in feeder series championships as he became the second Trident driver in as many seasons to win the drivers championship with the team.

The Italian driver will make the permanent step up to Formula 2 for his rookie season in 2025, and will be aiming to replicate Gabriel Bortoleto one step further, to win the Formula 2 title with the same team in his rookie season.

2. Roman Stanek - Invicta Racing (CZE)

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To complete the lineup at Invicta Racing is a returning driver to the championship in Roman Stanek from the Czech Republic.

Once a race-winner in the championship, because of a disqualification to Isack Hadjar, Stanek will be making his return to the championship at the circuit where his first win came - Albert Park, Melbourne in Australia.

Stanek withdrew from his seat at Trident midway through his second season, in 2024, due to funding related issues and was replaced by Christian Mansell. However, he has managed to circulate the funds to join the 2024 Formula 2 teams champions - Invicta Racing.

He will partner up with Fornaroli and will start a Formula 2 season for the third time, with his second team. He will be hoping to add to his winning total of one with the teams champions.

3. Josep 'Pepe' Maria Marti - Campos Racing (ESP)

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Over at Campos Racing, they have retained one of their lineup from the 2024 season in the form of Josep 'Pepe' Maria Marti, who will look to build on the one race victory he secured in the 2024 season.

Marti took his maiden and only Formula 2 victory to date in the final sprint race of the 2024 season, in Abu Dhabi back in December but ultimately the team could only reach second place in the Teams' Standings and fell just short to Invicta Racing.

The Spanish driver has been embedded within the Campos family since 2021 when he finished third in the Spanish F4 Championship. Marti has progressed throughout his feeder series career with Campos including two seasons in the Formula 3 championship across 2022 and 2023.

Marti competed with Campos in last year's Formula 2 and was teammate of Isack Hadjar during his intense championship fight with Gabriel Bortoleto. The Spaniard will now be the more experienced driver out of he and his new Campos teammate.

4. Arvid Lindblad - Campos Racing (GBR)

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Arvid Lindblad is one of Britain's rising stars in motorsport and at just 17 the Red Bull junior driver is set to make his Formula 2 debut for Campos Racing at Albert Park in Melbourne, Australia as he is set to partner Pepe Marti.

Lindblad makes a straight jump up to Formula 2 following an excellent Formula 3 rookie campaign where he ended up being in a championship fight with Prema Racing, and emerged fourth overall in a great effort from the Brit.

The 17-year old won his debut Formula 3 race in the Bahrain sprint back in February 2024, and went onto win another three times throughout the 2024 campaign making it four in total. This would see Lindblad end up with more victories than any of the drivers that competed in the season's championship.

Lindblad, who is part of the Red Bull Driver Academy will be hoping to put himself in the conversation of getting a seat on the Formula 1 grid with their being the constant driver changing environment of Racing Bulls and the Red Bull senior team in the world of Formula 1.

5. Oliver Goethe - MP Motorsport (GER)

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Onto the Dutch outfit MP Motorsport, and the first driver to discuss of their driver lineup is German Oliver Goethe, who is the third Red Bull junior in succession of this piece.

Fresh from his cameos with MP Motorsport following Franco Colapinto's graduation to Formula 1 at the 2024 Italian Grand Prix, Goethe will be looking to kick on from where he left off as the 20-year old made a good impression on his team as they have re-hired him for 2025.

Despite three DNF results to his name in his first five races, Goethe kicked on for the final three races. He reached the highest finishing position of fourth in the Qatar feature race, which gave him 12 points. That was his first points scoring finish. He would score a further two points in the season finale in Abu Dhabi, bringing his total to 14 points overall.

Goethe will be competing in his first full season of Formula 2 in 2025 and he will have a very experienced environment around him as MP Motorsport has taken the 2022 drivers and teams titles previously, with Felipe Drugovich taking the title. Also, a very experienced teammate awaits Goethe.

6. Richard Verschoor - MP Motorsport (NLD)

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Without doubt the most experienced driver on the 2025 grid, Richard Verschoor makes a return to MP Motorsport for the 2025 Formula 2 campaign.

Verschoor, who sits third on the all time list for race starts in the Formula 2 era is set to pull level with the current record holder Ralph Boschung with 130, will partner Goethe for the 2025 Formula 2 season.

With four victories to his name, Verschoor will be hoping he can add to that total with the team that finished third in the 2024 Teams' Standings behind Invicta Racing and Campos.

The 24-year old will be starting his fifth season of the FIA Formula 2 Championship as Verschoor will be returning to the team he started his 2021 adventure with and Verschoor will be hoping MP Motorsport can give him a car that can help him challenge near the front of the field.

7. Luke Browning - Hitech TGR (GBR)

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Over at Hitech, continuing his journey with the team that saw him through his time in FIA Formula 3, Luke Browning will make the full time step up to Formula 2 with the team for the 2025 season.

Browning, who made his Formula 2 debut in 2024 at the Baku City Circuit in Azerbaijan, impressed as he scored points in the final three rounds of the season, which are the only rounds of the championship he has participated in so far.

The Williams Academy driver reached a highest finishing position of sixth in the Abu Dhabi sprint race, in addition to a seventh place finish in his first feature race in Baku. This would therefore be his first points finish.

He has picked up seven points in his Formula 2 journey so far and will be hoping to continue progress in his first full season of 2025 as Browning become part of an all-rookie partnership with Hitech TGR

8. Dino Beganovic - Hitech TGR (SWE)

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To complete Hitech TGR's all-rookie lineup is Swedish and Ferrari Academy driver Dino Beganovic who makes the full time step up for the 2025 Formula 2 campaign.

Beganovic made his debut at the Losail International Circuit in Qatar back in November for DAMS Lucas Oil, in place of Juan Manuel Correa and would partner American racer Jak Crawford. 

The 21-year old impressed almost instantly by accumulating four top 10 finishes across the four races he has had so far and three-points scoring finishes. Beganovic's first points came in the Qatar feature race, where he took 10 points after finishing fifth.

Beganovic also took his maiden podium at Abu Dhabi in December and will be one to watch, to see whether this form can continue or not into the 2025 campaign as he partners fellow 2024 Formula 3 graduate Luke Browning at Hitech.

9. Sebastian Montoya - Prema Racing (COL)

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Following an underwhelming 2024 overall for feeder series powerhouses Prema Racing, they will be hoping for a response in 2025. The first driver to discuss as part of their lineup is Sebastian Montoya, son of multiple Formula 1 Grand Prix winner Juan-Pablo Montoya.

Montoya will be graduating from the Formula 3 championship in 2024, where he has competed in two full seasons of the series with Hitech and Campos across the two seasons. The Colombian driver managed to have a highest finishing position of second in the Belgian feature race of 2024.

Despite failing to pick up a victory in Formula 3 across the two seasons, Montoya will make the step up to Formula 2, who have led the likes of Charles Leclerc, Mick Schumacher and Oscar Piastri to the Formula 2 title.

Montoya will be hoping he can do the same as he makes the step up to the championship and will be part of the second all-rookie lineup of the 2025 FIA Formula 2 grid.

10. Gabriele Mini - Prema Racing (ITA)

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To complete the lineup at Prema is another rookie in the form of 2024 FIA Formula 3 runner-up Gabriele Mini, who will be the chosen one to partner Sebastian Montoya for the 2025 Formula 2 campaign.

Mini came very close to winning the Formula 3 title in 2024, in what was a ferocious championship fight that boiled down to the very final moments of the racing season but ultimately for the Alpine junior driver - it was not to be.

The Italian driver has already had his Formula 2 debut which came in September at the Baku City Circuit which is situated in Azerbaijan. It was mixed results across the weekend for Mini. The Italian driver would take his maiden podium and points in the sprint race before failing to finish in the feature race.

Mini will be looking to make an impression on the Formula 2 championship and progress it further with Prema, who he started his feeder series career with back in 2020 with the Italian F4 Championship - a championship that he won.

11. Jak Crawford - DAMS Lucas Oil (USA)

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Continuing with DAMS in 2025 for the second consecutive season as well as starting his third full season is American Jak Crawford.

The Aston Martin Development Driver endured an improved second season following an underwhelming rookie year with Hitech in 2023. 2024 with DAMS saw a victory and saw the American driver be a consistent performer as he ended up fifth in the final standings.

Crawford, 19, has two wins to his Formula 2 career so far with his most recent coming in the Spanish feature race at the Circuit Barcelona-Catalunya. He will be managing his Formula 2 duties alongside being the 2024/25 Formula E reserve driver for Andretti.

The American driver will take the number 11 car and will form part of an experienced lineup at DAMS Lucas Oil, with both drivers set to endure on their third full season in the championship.

12. Kush Maini - DAMS Lucas Oil (IND)

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To complete the lineup of experience for the 2025 FIA Formula 2 season, for DAMS Lucas Oil, is Indian racing driver and former member of Alpine Academy Kush Maini.

Maini has endured two full seasons so far in FIA Formula 2 after enduring his first full season of racing with Campos Racing in 2023 before being teammates with Gabriel Bortoleto in 2024, at Invicta Racing as Bortoleto went onto take the drivers' title. 

There would be success for Maini too as he helped the team to glory in the Teams' Standings for the first time in the championship. It was also a successful year personally for Maini as he took his maiden Formula 2 victory in the Hungarian sprint race.

Maini will partner Crawford which is no doubt set to be the most experienced driver lineup on the Formula 2 grid for 2025 and DAMS will be hoping it's a success for them as they aim to build on a sixth-placed finish in 2024

14.Victor Martins - ART Grand Prix (FRA)

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Over at ART, they have retained their French driver Victor Martins for his third consecutive season with the team in the FIA Formula 2 Championship.

Martins has appeared in the last two full seasons of FIA Formula 2, in 2023 and 2024, with the ART Grand Prix outfit, following his graduation from the FIA Formula 3 Championship after winning the title in 2022. Out of his two campaigns so far, Martins' best was the year of 2023 when he partnered that year's champion Theo Pourchaire in all-French lineup.

The French racing driver would finish fifth that season in comparison to his 2024 finishing position of seventh. Out of both seasons, Martins has won twice and picked up 15 podiums, as well as four pole positions and nine fastest laps.

Martins will join up with the ART Grand Prix team without the backing of the Alpine Academy, after the driver and academy partnership ended at the end of the 2022 FIA Formula 2 campaign. He will be hoping to mount a title charge in his third campaign.

15. Ritomo Miyata - ART Grand Prix (JPN)

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Returning to Formula 2 for a second season is Japanese racing and Toyota Academy racer Ritomo Miyata, who has joined over from his rookie season in 2024 with Rodin Motorsport.

Miyata participated throughout the 2024 campaign in 2024 and failed to have a successful season when comparing against his teammate for the majority of the season Zane Maloney, who has now graduated to the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship.

The 25-year old achieved a highest finishing position of fifth for Rodin in 2024, which he finished in twice across one round in Melbourne, Australia which is set to be his first venue of the 2025 FIA Formula 2 Championship.

After being the team's first driver announcement, for their 2025 lineup, Miyata will be hoping to kick on and have a much better season in the championship.

16. Christian Mansell - Rodin Motorsport (AUS)

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After being part of a thrilling Formula 3 Championship almost until the end, Christian Mansell has earned a graduation to the Formula 2 Championship, as he joins Rodin Motorsport for 2025.

Mansell has had some Formula 2 experience prior to the start of the season, although very little. The Australian racing driver competed in the final three rounds of the 2024 campaign in place of Roman Stanek at Trident, who withdrew due to funding related issues.

The 20-year old will be part of an all-rookie lineup at Rodin Motorsport in 2025, with him graduating from the FIA Formula 3 Championship, where he ended fifth overall with a highest race finish of second, which he managed to do three times across the campaign.

After finishing in the points three times in the first six races of his Formula 2 career, Mansell will be hoping to build on this as he is set to endure his first full season of the championship with Rodin Motorsport in 2025.

17. Alex Dunne - Rodin Motorsport (IRL)

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To complete the 2025 Rodin Motorsport lineup and to become the first driver from the Republic of Ireland to race in Formula 2 is Offaly's very own Alex Dunne.

The highly-talented 19-year old will make the step up to FIA Formula 2 after just one rookie season of FIA Formula 3 for MP Motorsport as he shared a team with highly respected names such as German Tim Tramnitz and Kacper Sztuka. 

Dunne managed to pick up two podiums across his one and only season of FIA Formula 3 with a highest finish of second in the Spanish sprint race in Barcelona, with his other podium being in the final sprint race of the season at Monza, where he finished third.

The Irish driver is bound to make history for his nation and will form an all-rookie lineup at Rodin Motorsport alongside being the 2024/25 NEOM McLaren Formula E reserve driver.

20. Joshua Durksen - AIX Racing (PRY)

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Over at AIX Racing, a history maker in his first season of 2024, and looking to create even more history in 2025 is Joshua Durksen.

The Paraguayan racing driver made the very big jump from Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine to Formula 2 in 2024, alongside now Formula 1 driver Andrea Kimi Antonelli.

It became evident that Durksen had talent to show too as over the course of the season he developed significantly into a history maker for Formula 2 and his nation Paraguay. Across 2024, he became the first driver from his nation to pick up a podium in Imola and would later become the first to take victory with two in 2024, in Baku and Abu Dhabi. 

Durksen will be hoping to develop further and improve in 2025 by adding to his total of wins and perhaps even putting a challenge for the title together.

21. Cian Shields - AIX Racing (GBR)

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To complete the lineup at AIX Racing will be rookie Cian Shields who will graduate from FIA Formula 3 to compete full time in the 2025 Formula 2 championship, alongside Joshua Durksen.

Shields has already made his Formula 2 debut for AIX Racing as he competed in the final two rounds of the 2024 season at Qatar and Abu Dhabi in place of Dutch driver Niels Koolen, who failed to make an impression.

The Scotland-born racer has only endured one season of Formula 3, which was in 2024 and it was a far from ideal season for Shields. He failed to score a point, with a highest finishing position of 30th.

He will be hoping to prove any doubters wrong that he is deserving of a seat and produce results for the AIX Racing team who have entrusted their faith in him for the 2025 season as he pairs up with Paraguayan Durksen.

22. Sami Meguetounif - Trident (FRA)

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Over at Trident who are the penultimate team to visit on this 2025 FIA Formula 2 grid preview. The Italian outfit, who are powerhouses in feeder series racing, will be trusting the talent of two rookies for the 2025 season. First up is French racer Sami Meguetounif.

Meguetounif will be continuing his Formula 1 feeder series progression with Trident, after having a decent rookie season in the 2024 FIA Formula 3 Championship, which he participated in with the team. 

​The 20-year old took two impressive feature race victories in his Formula 3 campaign of 2024, with Trident, so will be familiar with the team. Both victories came in feature races at Italian venues, with the first coming at Imola. 

His second and final FIA Formula 3 victory would come in the very final race of the campaign at Monza, but his headlines were overshadowed by then teammate Leonardo Fornaroli. Meguetounif will enter his next chapter of feeder series racing with the team that he spent his most recent chapter with - Trident.

23. Max Esterson - Trident (USA)

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To complete Trident's 2025 Formula 2 lineup is young American talent Max Esterson to make it an all-rookie lineup as Esterson joins Meguetounif in the Italian team's driver lineup. Both drivers having graduated from Formula 3.

Esterson raced for Jenzer Motorsport in the 2024 FIA Formula 3 campaign in what was his first full season. Despite Jenzer struggling at the bottom of the Teams Standings throughout the Formula 3 campaign of 2024, Esterson did himself proud.

The 22-year old managed to hold his own against teammates Charlie Wurz and Matias Zagazeta as he finished above them both in the final standings following the season finale in Monza.

Esterson finished 21st in the championship with 11 points and achieved a highest finishing position of sixth. The American driver will be hoping to use his experience to impress in FIA Formula 2 as he races with Trident.

24. John Bennett - Van Amersfoort Racing (GBR)

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Arriving at the final team to discuss a driver lineup, and hoping to improve on being the worst team in 2024, Van Amersfoort Racing (VAR) have entrusted the faith of John Bennett to help them rise back to competing.

Bennett will be arguably making the biggest leap from his previous feeder series to Formula 2, as the Brit makes the step up from finishing runner-up in the 2024 GB3 Championship behind New Zealander Louis Sharp.

The 21-year old has had some Formula 2 experience prior to the 2025 season, as he took the place of Enzo Fittipaldi at VAR for the final two rounds in Qatar and Abu Dhabi. It was in these two rounds that Bennett certainly impressed the Dutch outfit. 

In the Qatar feature race he came from a lap down to finish eighth, which saw him achieve his only points scoring finish as he claimed four to his tally. He will be hoping to impress further as he looks to navigate the challenge of the jump between championships whilst also displaying his talent.

25. Rafael Villagomez - Van Amersfoort Racing (MEX)

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Last but not least and to complete the 2025 FIA Formula 2 Championship grid, is returning Mexican Rafael Villagomez, who will endure his second consecutive season with Van Amersfoort Racing.

Villagomez is a driver who has been embedded within the Van Amersfoort family for the past two seasons after having his rookie Formula 2 campaign with the team in 2024 but also spending his two Formula 3 campaigns with the team in 2022 and 2023.

The 23-year old failed to have the best of campaigns in 2024, in comparison to his teammate for the majority of the season Enzo Fittipaldi. Fittipaldi finished 15th with 61 points, including a victory in Saudi Arabia. In comparison, Villagomez finished 24th in the standings out of 32 and scored 13 points.

Villagomez will partner with John Bennett, who he partnered for the final two rounds of the 2024 season, when Fittipaldi vacated the seat prior to the penultimate round in Qatar. He will be hoping to make improvements on his rookie season and use the lessons learnt.

Brandon Whiteside
Writer - F1 Journal