There’s 22 drivers across 11 teams on the Formula 2 grid this year, and a lack of rule changes suggests a similar pecking order to 2022 will arise. But could someone spring a surprise?
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1. Dennis Hauger
By driving for the reigning champion team every year since 2021, Hauger goes into his third season of racing with the number one on his car. The first time he did was in Formula 3, where he became champion, then he won two races when he stepped up to F2 with Prema in 2022. He plans to continue his form of winning titles in his sophomore campaigns in series with his move to MP.
2. Jehan Daruvala
It took a while for Daruvala to commit to a fourth season in F2, as he lost his Red Bull backing but also found a new opportunity by becoming Mahindra’s Formula E reserve driver. But joining F2’s top team puts him in a better place than ever before to win the title. The race pace is always there, but he needs to improve in qualifying.
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3. Zane Maloney
Recently signed as a Red Bull junior – despite his favourite Formula 1 team being Mercedes – Maloney was one of the standouts of the FIA F3 season. Now one of Barbados’ highest-profile athletes, he steps up to F2 after winning the final three F3 feature races of 2022 to be championship runner-up.
4. Enzo Fittipaldi
The grandson of two-times F1 world champion Emerson and younger brother of Haas reserve Pietro, Fittipaldi is another Red Bull junior. He went on an incredible run to eighth in 2022 with an unfancied team, made even more remarkable after undergoing brain surgery in late 2021 following a horrible crash in Jeddah.
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5. Theo Pourchaire
In 2021, Alfa Romeo’s reserve driver became the youngest ever winner in F1’s primary feeder series when he was just 17. That raised expectations for 2022, but they were not met despite two wins and second place in the standings. It’s the title or bust this season as Pourchaire approaches his third campaign.
6. Victor Martins
Reigning FIA F3 champion Martins is simultaneously a student, as a member of the Alpine Academy, and also a teacher through his own Victory Lane karting team and management company. He knows ART well, having become Formula Renault Eurocup and F3 champion with the team, and impressed in testing.
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7. Frederik Vesti
Vesti has a history of success with Prema, dominating the Formula Regional European Championship in 2019 and coming fourth in…
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