Английская Википедия:2024 Formula 2 Championship
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The 2024 FIA Formula 2 Championship is a planned motor racing championship for Formula 2 cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The championship will be the fifty-eighth season of Formula 2 racing and the eighth season run under the FIA Formula 2 Championship moniker. It is an open-wheel racing category serving as the second tier of formula racing in the FIA Global Pathway. The category will be run in support of selected rounds of the 2024 Formula One World Championship. As the championship is a spec series, all teams and drivers competing in the championship will run the same car.
The 2024 season will see the debut of a new chassis and engine package.[1]
ART Grand Prix will enter the season as the reigning team champions, having secured their title at the final race of the 2023 season in Abu Dhabi.
Entries
The following teams and drivers are under contract to compete in the 2024 Formula 2 Championship. As the championship is a spec series, all teams will compete with an identical chassis with a V6 turbo engine developed by Mecachrome. All teams will compete with tyres supplied by Pirelli.
Team changes
After 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.[4]
Driver changes
Reigning champion Théo Pourchaire left ART Grand Prix and the series, moving to Japan to compete in the Super Formula Championship with Team Impul.[5] Williams Driver Academy member Zak O'Sullivan will replace him, having finished second in the previous year's FIA Formula 3 season.[6]
Frederik Vesti left Prema Racing after becoming the vice-champion the previous year and will be replaced by Andrea Kimi Antonelli, who secured the Formula Regional European Championship title in 2023.[7]
Rodin Carlin will replace VAR-bound Enzo Fittipaldi with reigning Super Formula Champion Ritomo Miyata, who switched to racing in Europe to prepare for his endurance racing efforts with Toyota.[8][9]
DAMS will field an all-American driver lineup in 2024, after both Ayumu Iwasa and Arthur Leclerc left the team, with the former returning to Japan to compete in Super Formula with Team Mugen.[10] The team signed Jak Crawford, who will move over from Hitech Pulse-Eight after coming 13th in the championship in 2023, and Juan Manuel Correa, who will leave Van Amersfoort Racing after coming 19th in his first year since returning after his accident in 2019.[11][12]
Invicta Racing will have an all-new driver lineup, after Amaury Cordeel and Jack Doohan departed the team, with the former joining Hitech Pulse-Eight.[13] Their lineup will consist of reigning FIA Formula 3 champion and McLaren junior Gabriel Bortoleto, partnered by Alpine junior Kush Maini, who switches from Campos Racing after coming eleventh with the team last season.[14]
Williams Driver Academy member Franco Colapinto, who graduates from FIA Formula 3 after coming fourth with the team in 2023 and debuting in the final round of last year's Formula 2 season, joins MP Motorsport for the full season.[15] He replaces Jehan Daruvala, who left the series after four seasons to join Maserati MSG Racing for Season 10 of the Formula E World Championship having already ended his 2023 campaign early.[16]
Van Amersfoort Racing signed Enzo Fittipaldi, who leaves Rodin Carlin to embark on his third full season in the championship, to replace DAMS-bound Juan Manuel Correa.[8][12]
Hitech Pulse-Eight saw both their drivers switch teams, with Jak Crawford joining DAMS and Isack Hadjar switching to Campos Racing.[11][17] They will be replaced by Paul Aron, who already made his debut at the final round of 2023 with Trident, and Amaury Cordeel, who will leave Invicta Racing to embark on his third season in the championship.[13]
Campos Racing will have an all-Red Bull junior lineup in 2024. Ralph Boschung and Invicta-bound Kush Maini will be replaced by Pepe Martí, who graduates from the outfit's Formula 3 team after coming fifth in 2023, and Isack Hadjar, who moves over from Hitech Pulse-Eight after coming 14th in 2023.[14][17]
Richard Verschoor returned to Trident for his fourth campaign in the championship after last racing for the team during the 2022 season.[18]
PHM Racing signed Joshua Dürksen, who will step up to Formula 2 after two seasons in the Formula Regional European Championship, where he took one podium.[19]
Race calendar
| Round | Circuit | Sprint race | Feature race |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Шаблон:Flagicon Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir | 1 March | 2 March |
| 2 | Шаблон:Flagicon Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Jeddah | 8 March | 9 March |
| 3 | Шаблон:Flagicon Albert Park Circuit, Melbourne | 23 March | 24 March |
| 4 | Шаблон:Flagicon Imola Circuit, Imola | 18 May | 19 May |
| 5 | Шаблон:Flagicon Circuit de Monaco, Monaco | 25 May | 26 May |
| 6 | Шаблон:Flagicon Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló | 22 June | 23 June |
| 7 | Шаблон:Flagicon Red Bull Ring, Spielberg | 29 June | 30 June |
| 8 | Шаблон:Flagicon Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone | 6 July | 7 July |
| 9 | Шаблон:Flagicon Hungaroring, Mogyoród | 20 July | 21 July |
| 10 | Шаблон:Flagicon Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot | 27 July | 28 July |
| 11 | Шаблон:Flagicon Monza Circuit, Monza | 31 August | 1 September |
| 12 | Шаблон:Flagicon Baku City Circuit, Baku | 14 September | 15 September |
| 13 | Шаблон:Flagicon Lusail International Circuit, Lusail | 30 November | 1 December |
| 14 | Шаблон:Flagicon Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi | 7 December | 8 December |
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Calendar changes
- The Formula 2 Championship will return to Imola after the round in 2023 was cancelled as a result of mass flooding which affected the region.[21]
- Formula 2 will make its debut in Qatar, supporting the Qatar Grand Prix at the Lusail International Circuit.
- The round at Circuit Zandvoort supporting the Dutch Grand Prix was removed from the calendar.
Regulation changes
Technical regulations
- The season will see the introduction of a brand new chassis and engine package. The Dallara F2 2018 chassis, which had been used by Formula 2 since 2018 season, will be replaced by a new chassis adapted to the current concept of a Formula One car. Like last season, a turbocharged 3.4-litre V6 Mecachrome engine will be used, albeit being an evolution of the previous one.[22]
- Formula 2 ran with 55% sustainable fuel supplied by Aramco in 2023.[23] An increase in sustainability is planned for 2024 to continue working towards usage of a 100% sustainable fuel by 2027.[24]
Sporting regulations
From this season new rules will be brought in both the Formula 2 and Formula 3 championships in order to try and prevent drivers benefitting from causing red flags during qualifying sessions. Thus, if stewards deem a driver to be the sole cause for the issuing of a red flag, then 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.[25]
References
External links
Шаблон:Formula Two years Шаблон:List of FIA Formula 2 rounds
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