The 2024 season saw the debut of a new chassis and engine package.[1]
ART Grand Prix entered the championship as the reigning Teams' Champions, having secured their title at the final race of the 2023 season in Abu Dhabi.
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The following teams and drivers are competing in the 2024 Formula 2 Championship. As the championship is a spec series, all teams compete with an identical Dallara F2 2024 chassis with a V6 turbo engine developed by Mecachrome. All teams compete with tyres supplied by Pirelli.
Following the partnership that saw Invicta Watch Group become Virtuosi Racing's title sponsor in 2023, the company purchased an ownership stake in the team and entered the 2024 season under the Invicta Racing guise.[3]
After Rodin Cars became Carlin's majority shareholder in 2023 and rebranded the team as Rodin Carlin, the Carlin family departed the team, with Rodin taking full ownership and renaming the team Rodin Motorsport.[4] Rodin became the championship's first team ever to run under a non-European nationality.
PHM Racing now operated independently of Charouz Racing System, after the latter co-ran the team during the 2023 season. Ahead of the season, PHM also announced the AIX Investment Group as a new title sponsor, changing the team's name to PHM AIX Racing.[5]
DAMS became DAMS Lucas Oil following a strengthened sponsorship deal with American oil company Lucas Oil.[6]
Mid-season changes
The AIX Investment Group completed its acquisition of PHM Racing ahead of the fourth round of the season and rebranded the team to AIX Racing.[7]
Hitech Pulse-Eight also saw both their drivers switch teams, with Jak Crawford moving to DAMS and Isack Hadjar switching to Campos Racing.[16][25] They were replaced by Paul Aron, who already made his debut at the final round of 2023 with Trident after coming third in the 2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship, and Amaury Cordeel, who left Invicta Racing to embark on his third season in the championship after previously finishing 17th and 20th.[18]
Campos Racing driver Ralph Boschung ended his racing career after seven seasons in Formula 2, while his 2023 teammate Kush Maini moved to Invicta for his sophomore season.[26][20] The Spanish team had an all-Red Bull junior lineup in 2024, consisting of Pepe Martí, who graduated from the outfit's FIA Formula 3 team after coming fifth in 2023, and Isack Hadjar, who moved over from Hitech Pulse-Eight after coming 14th in 2023.[25]
PHM AIX Racing saw another long-term F2 driver leave the series, with Roy Nissany stepping away from the championship after six years of competition. He was replaced by Joshua Dürksen, who mirrored Antonelli in stepping up directly from the Formula Regional European Championship, albeit after two seasons of competing there and taking a single podium.[28]Josh Mason did also not return to the team, with Taylor Barnard being named as his replacement. He graduated to Formula 2 after a race-winning campaign with Jenzer Motorsport in FIA Formula 3, where he finished tenth in the championship.[29]
The season saw the introduction of a brand new chassis and engine package. The Dallara F2 2018 chassis, which had been used by Formula 2 since the 2018 season, was replaced by the new Dallara F2 2024 chassis, which was adapted to the current concept of a Formula One car. Like last season, a turbocharged 3.4-litre V6 Mecachrome engine is being used, albeit being an evolution of the previous one.[32]
Formula 2 ran with 55% sustainable fuel supplied by Aramco in 2023.[33] An increase in sustainability was implemented for 2024 to continue working towards the usage of 100% sustainable fuel by 2027.[34]
Sporting regulations
From this season, a new rule in order to try and prevent drivers benefitting from causing red flags during qualifying sessions was brought in for both the Formula 2 and FIA Formula 3 championships. Thus, if the stewards deem a driver to be the sole cause for the issuing of a red flag, the driver responsible will have their fastest lap time of that session deleted, as well as being prevented from taking any further part in that session.[35]
Kush Maini set the fastest qualifying time for the opening round at Bahrain International Circuit, but was later disqualified from the results for a technical infringement. Gabriel Bortoleto therefore inherited feature race pole position. Jak Crawford qualified tenth to start the reverse-grid sprint race from first place. ART Grand Prix drivers Victor Martins and Zak O'Sullivan gained places to run second and third in the opening laps, but would later drop outside the podium positions. In the following laps, eighth-place starter Zane Maloney made overtakes to take second place by lap six, and passed Crawford for the lead two laps later. Maloney held the position for the remainder of the race to claim his first Formula 2 race win. The podium was completed by Crawford and Pepe Martí, who started eleventh and claimed a podium finish on his Formula 2 debut.
Pole-sitter Bortoleto immediately fell to third place at the start of the feature race behind Isack Hadjar and Maloney, who improved from third to first. Bortoleto then collided with Hadjar at the first corner, causing Bortoleto to lose further positions and to take a penalty. Hadjar was then hit by Enzo Fittipaldi, eliminating both drivers from the race and necessitating the deployment of the safety car. The safety car was later deployed again to recover Victor Martins's broken-down car. Maloney maintained his lead during the restarts to claim victory in consecutive races. Martí and Paul Aron, both of whom started outside the top ten, finished second and third respectively. Maloney's double victory placed him first in the Drivers' Championship at the end of the round, 12 points ahead of second-placed Martí.
Oliver Bearman set the fastest qualifying time at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit, but later withdrew from the round to replace Carlos Sainz Jr. at Ferrari for the remainder of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.[36] Kush Maini inherited feature race pole position as the second-fastest qualifier. Paul Aron started the sprint race from first place and maintained his position at the start. The safety car was deployed on the opening lap when Victor Martins hit the wall and retired. Aron was overtaken for the lead by Richard Verschoor on lap 8, and again by Dennis Hauger for second place with three laps remaining. Verschoor crossed the line first, but was later disqualified from the results along with Trident teammate Roman Staněk for a technical violation, promoting Hauger to victory and Enzo Fittipaldi to the podium. Championship leader Zane Maloney, who had qualified 15th, improved to fourth in the race.
At the start of the feature race, pole-sitter Maini held his lead, and a poor start from third-placed Martins allowed Fittipaldi to move up into the podium positions. The safety car was deployed shortly afterwards to recover the collided cars of Pepe Martí and Roman Staněk. Fittipaldi gained a place on Jak Crawford during the early pit stops, and later overtook Maini for the net race lead. On lap 16, damage from contact with the wall forced Franco Colapinto into retirement. The resultant safety car allowed Amaury Cordeel, who started 20th, to make his pit stop and retain his position at the front. He held on to a podium position until the final corner of the final lap, when fifth-placed Hauger passed him and Crawford to claim third. Fittipaldi's victory was his second in the category, and promoted him to second in the Drivers' Championship, 15 points behind leader Maloney.
Dennis Hauger took his first pole position in Formula 2 in Melbourne ahead of Andrea Kimi Antonelli and Richard Verschoor. At the start of the sprint race, a collision between Isack Hadjar, Pepe Martí and Gabriel Bortoleto immediately off the start line eliminated the latter two. Hadjar then took the lead from sprint pole-sitter Roman Staněk at the first corner before the safety car was deployed. After racing resumed, a group of cars challenged Staněk for second place before Antonelli and Verschoor both spun out and Paul Aron damaged his front wing, causing another safety car period. Hauger, who started tenth, overtook Kush Maini on the penultimate lap to claim the final podium position. Hadjar crossed the finish line first but was later judged to have caused the first-lap crash. He received a 10-second time penalty, promoting Staněk to the top step of the podium, which marked his first win and podium finish in Formula 2.
Antonelli overtook Hauger for the lead of the feature race on the opening lap, but Hauger reclaimed the position shortly afterwards. Maini, who started fourth, soon passed both drivers to claim first place. Most of the top ten then made pit stops to shed their soft-compound tyres, with the exception of Maini, who started on the harder compound, and eighth-placed Hadjar. Pole-sitter Hauger crashed on his lap out of the pits, causing a safety car deployment. This allowed Hadjar to make his pit stop and emerge ahead of all drivers who had pitted. Hadjar took the lead when Maini made his pit stop and claimed his first victory of the season, with the podium completed by Aron and Maloney, who made overtakes after their pit stops. Maloney held his lead of the Drivers' Championship, 15 points ahead of Aron.
After three consecutive race retirements, Gabriel Bortoleto took pole position at Imola Circuit ahead of Oliver Bearman and Isack Hadjar. Amaury Cordeel started the sprint race from first place. On the first lap, Paul Aron took the lead from his teammate as a collision between Franco Colapinto, Roman Staněk, and Hadjar into the first corner led to several other incidents and eliminated the latter two, as well as Dennis Hauger, Enzo Fittipaldi, and Joshua Dürksen, necessitating the deployment of the safety car. Cordeel was overtaken for second place by Colapinto on lap 7, and again by Zane Maloney for the final podium position with three laps remaining. Aron held on to first place until the final lap, where he was passed by Colapinto around the outside at Tamburello corner. Colapinto claimed the fastest lap and his first Formula 2 race win.[37]
A slow start from pole-sitter Bortoleto dropped him to fourth place at the start of the feature race behind Bearman, Hadjar and Dürksen. During the early pit stops, race leader Bearman stalled and dropped outside of the points, and Bortoleto regained a position from Dürksen. Later in the race, Cordeel and Pepe Martí were eliminated after their wheels were fitted improperly and detached in the pit lane. Hadjar crossed the finish line to win a second consecutive feature race. He was followed by Bortoleto, who claimed his first Formula 2 podium, and Dürksen, who achieved his team's first points finish since 2022. Maloney retained the lead of the Drivers' Championship, with his advantage cut to five points over Aron.
Richard Verschoor took his maiden pole position in Formula 2 at the Circuit de Monaco, and Victor Martins set the fastest time in the second group to qualify second. Taylor Barnard started the sprint race from first place. Two safety car periods were called in the early laps; firstly when contact broke Martins's front wing at the first corner, causing him to hit the wall, and secondly when Pepe Martí crashed on lap six. With six laps remaining, contact involving championship leader Maloney, Zak O'Sullivan and Juan Manuel Correa caused Maloney to spin and Kush Maini to stall in avoidance, blocking the track and causing the race to be red-flagged. Barnard maintained his lead through both safety cars and after the race was resumed to take his first victory and points finish in Formula 2.
Pole-sitter Verschoor led at the start of the feature race and a slow start from Martins allowed Hadjar and Aron into second and third, respectively. Verschoor reported power issues on lap 19 and began to lose positions before eventually retiring. In the closing laps, 15th-place starter O'Sullivan was the only driver yet to pit in anticipation of a safety car. A virtual safety car came with two laps remaining when Joshua Dürksen collided with Maloney whilst exiting the pits, allowing O'Sullivan to change tyres and emerge ahead of Hadjar to claim his first Formula 2 victory. Podium finishes for Hadjar and Aron promoted them ahead of Maloney in the Drivers' Championship, with Aron leading by two points.
Paul Aron, the championship leader at the time, achieved his first Formula 2 pole position in qualifying at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, followed by Jak Crawford and Franco Colapinto. Kush Maini started the sprint race from first place. Off the start line, Maini dropped positions and allowed Victor Martins into the lead, and Ritomo Miyata improved from fourth to second. Martins led the rest of the race distance to achieve his first podium finish of the season. Miyata received a time penalty during the race for track limit violations, demoting him from the podium and promoting Maini and Juan Manuel Correa to second and third, respectively. Post-race, seven more drivers, including Correa, were issued track limit penalties, allowing Aron to take the final podium place.[38]
On lap one of the feature race, a collision between Martins and Dennis Hauger eliminated both drivers, which brought out the safety car. Pole-sitter Aron maintained his lead at the start and safety car restart ahead of Crawford and Colapinto, but was overtaken by Crawford shortly after the pit stop phase and lost further positions from a mistake that caused him to go through the gravel. Joshua Dürksen's car, which now led the race by virtue of having yet to pit, then broke down, causing a virtual safety car period and allowing Correa into the lead. After all drivers made their pit stops, Crawford claimed his first feature race victory in Formula 2, followed by Colapinto. The podium was completed by Correa, who made overtakes after his pit stop and passed Aron for third place to achieve his first Formula 2 podium finish since 2019. At the end of the round, Aron had extended his Drivers' Championship advantage to nine points over Isack Hadjar.
Dennis Hauger set his second pole position of the season in qualifying at the Red Bull Ring, ahead of Joshua Dürksen and Gabriel Bortoleto. Kush Maini started on pole position in the sprint race, but lost positions to Oliver Bearman and Pepe Martí at the start. Paul Aron, who started sixth, made his way into third place by lap 21. Bearman finished first to claim his first win and podium of the season, followed by Martí and Aron.
Maini, Jak Crawford and pole-sitter Hauger stalled on the formation lap prior to the feature race, leaving Dürksen as the first driver on the grid. Dürksen was overtaken by Bortoleto and Franco Colapinto in the early laps. Martí, who started eighth, illegally made his pit stop under virtual safety car conditions and emerged in front of Bortoleto, but was overtaken by Bortoleto and Hadjar and later was penalised for the pit stop infringement. Colapinto pitted for soft-compound tyres late in the race and used them to make his way up to second place. Bortoleto took his first Formula 2 victory and was joined on the podium by Colapinto and Hadjar. After the round, Aron's championship advantage had increased to 11 points over Hadjar.
Isack Hadjar put it on pole, with Martins and Hauger in second and third. The top three starters for the sprint race consisted of Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Maloney, and Maini. They maintained those positions until the end of the race, despite Maini getting overtaken by teammate Bortoleto on the last lap, for which the latter was penalised as he completed the overtake off-track. Victor Martins fought for a podium during the race, but he retired after being spun by his teammate Zak O'Sullivan. Antonelli set a winning margin of 8 seconds on the way to his first win of the season in heavy rain. Championship contenders Aron and Hadjar both crashed out of the race on lap 8.
Hadjar had a bad start off the line in the feature race, with Victor Martins and Oliver Bearman overtaking him. Contact on lap 1 between Antonelli and Maini led to a safety car, as well as a collision between Joshua Dürksen and Paul Aron, for which the latter was penalised. During the pit stop sequence, Jak Crawford received a 5-second time penalty for an unsafe release, which led to him being relegated from first position on track to third, with Hadjar and Maloney inheriting first and second place at the flag, respectively. Hadjar's win promoted him to the championship lead, 16 points ahead of Aron, who failed to score points in a round for the first time this season.
Points are awarded to the top eight classified finishers in the sprint race, and to the top ten classified finishers in the feature race. The pole-sitter in the feature race also receives two points, and one point is given to the driver who set the fastest lap in both the feature and sprint races, provided that driver finished inside the top ten. If the driver who set the fastest lap is classified outside the top ten, the point is given to the driver who set the fastest lap of those inside the top ten. No extra points are awarded to the pole-sitter in the sprint race as the grid for it is set by reversing the top ten qualifiers.
Sprint race points
Points are awarded to the top eight classified finishers, excluding the fastest lap point which is given to the top ten classified finishers.
Points are awarded to the top ten classified finishers. Bonus points are awarded to the pole-sitter and to the driver who set the fastest lap and finished in the top ten.
†– Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.
Rows are not related to the drivers: within each team, individual race standings are sorted purely based on the final classification in the race (not by total points scored in the event, which includes points awarded for fastest lap and pole position).<noinclude>
↑ Enzo Fittipaldi set the fastest lap but did not finish in the top 10, so he was ineligible to score the point for it. Zane Maloney scored the point for setting the fastest lap among those finishing in the top 10.
↑ Kush Maini set the fastest time in qualifying, but he was later disqualified due to his left undertray front external strake being below the required minimum height. Gabriel Bortoleto was promoted to pole position in his place.[39]
↑ Richard Verschoor finished first on track, but he was disqualified as his team installed an incorrect throttle pedal progressivity map on his car. Dennis Hauger therefore inherited the win.
↑ Oliver Bearman set the fastest time in qualifying, but he withdrew from the sprint and feature races to compete in the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix in Formula One. Kush Maini was promoted to pole position in his place.
↑ Isack Hadjar finished first on track, but he received a 10-second time penalty for causing a collision at the race start. Roman Staněk therefore inherited the win.
↑ Andrea Kimi Antonelli set the fastest lap but did not finish in the top 10, so he was ineligible to score the point for it. Pepe Martí scored the point for setting the fastest lap among those finishing in the top 10.
↑ Ritomo Miyata set the fastest lap but did not finish in the top 10, so he was ineligible to score the point for it. Paul Aron scored the point for setting the fastest lap among those finishing in the top 10.
↑ Dennis Hauger set the fastest time in qualifying, but he stalled his engine on the formation lap, forcing him to start from the pit lane. Pole position was left vacant, so Joshua Dürksen, in the second slot, was the first driver on the grid. Hauger is still recognised as the pole sitter.
↑ Jak Crawford finished first on track, but he received a 5-second time penalty for an unsafe release in the pit lane. Isack Hadjar therefore inherited the win.
↑ Gabriel Bortoleto set the fastest lap but did not finish in the top 10, so he was ineligible to score the point for it. Richard Verschoor originally scored the point for setting the fastest lap among those finishing in the top 10, but he was disqualified as the rear plank of his car was below the minimum thickness required. Isack Hadjar therefore inherited the point.
↑ Richard Verschoor finished first on track, but he was disqualified as the rear plank of his car was below the minimum thickness required. Kush Maini therefore inherited the win.
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