None of the stars of this year’s Formula 2 grid will be stepping up into a Formula 1 race seat for 2024, after a season in which there were 12 different race winners.
The competitiveness of teams in F2 can change from year-to-year and that had a big influence on which drivers were fighting at the front this season.
Thankfully, in the final season for the Dallara F2 2018 chassis, reliability was less of a talking point than in previous years, meaning fewer instances of drivers losing points to technical problems out of their control. That meant that the battles within teams accurately reflected who was performing strongly and who was not – even if they were mired in the midfield.
RaceFans’ rankings of the top 10 drivers of the season take that into account, as well as the experience of each driver. There were rookies who looked more capable of pole position or winning feature races at multiple tracks than the experienced title contenders, and some drivers who relied too much on reverse-grid races to boost their points haul.
Ayumu Iwasa and Theo Pourchaire are set to race in Super Formula next year, while others will focus on F1 and Formula E reserve driver roles with nothing left to prove – or spend – in F2.
10. Kush Maini
Campos
Podiums: 1
Points: 62
Rookie Kush Maini made good use of Campos’s strong qualifying package to be one of the best qualifiers in the field, even though his best qualifying result – a third place – did not occur until the season finale. He was let down by Campos’ lack of race pace though, which made points finishes scarce as the year went on. To earn his Melbourne sprint race podium he was, at one point, holding off six cars, and another defensive drive the next day in the feature race was only rewarded with ninth place. Aside from the anomaly that was the season-opening Bahrain weekend where he finished fourth in the feature race and team-mate Ralph Boschung won, Kush Maini’s best result on a Sunday was a fifth place.
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9. Enzo Fittipaldi
Rodin Carlin
Wins: 1
Podiums: 5
Points: 124
Enzo Fittipaldi is a great example of a driver who clearly improves in his driving year after year, but it has to be considered a slightly disappointing season for he and Rodin Carlin with only one win (although that was enough to put the team third in the standings). He was one of the most…
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