Ritomo Miyata, Dino Beganvic, Sebastian Montoya and Joseph Pepe Marti are newest to be verified for 2025 F2 period ahead of Abu Dhabi test.
ART Grand Prix–
ART Grand Prix is delighted to introduce the arrival of Ritomo Miyata for the 2025 FIA Formula 2Championship A standout participant of TOYOTA GAZOO Racing, Miyata has actually continually verified his expertise on course, with an excellent document in both Japanese and global single-seater auto racing.
Miyata’s trip consists of several champion triumphes in Japan, where he declared titles in FIA-Formula 4, Super Formula Lights, Super Formula and Super GT GT500. Miyata brings important experience to the group, having actually currently contended in Formula 2 throughout the 2024 period. This prior experience will certainly be an essential property as he prepares to handle a brand-new obstacle with ART Grand Prix.
Ritomo Miyata, F2 Driver: “I am enjoyed introduce that I will certainly be contending in the 2025 FIA Formula 2 period with ARTGrand Prix I am deeply happy to Morizo- san (Akio Toyoda) and everybody at TGR for offering me one more chance to race in Formula 2. I would certainly additionally such as to share my wholehearted many thanks to ART Grand Prix for comfortably inviting me right into their group.
“ART Grand Prix is a prestigious team in the world of motorsport, and I feel honored and excited to compete alongside them as one of their drivers. Building on the lessons I learned during the 2024 season, I will give my absolute best together with Morizo-san, TGR, and ART Grand Prix. Thank you for your continued support as we take on the 2025 season together.”
Sébastien Philippe, ART Grand Prix Team Principal: “We are delighted to welcome Ritomo Miyata to ART Grand Prix for the 2025 Formula 2 season. With his prior F2 experience and impressive results in single-seater racing, Ritomo has all the qualities needed to take on this challenge. We are excited to work with him and support him in achieving his goals this season.”
Hitech GENERAL PRACTITIONER–
Hitech Pulse-Eight have actually verified that Dino Beganovic will certainly be tipping up to Formula 2 full time with the group following period, finishing their 2025 schedule. Beganovic finished to F2 for the last 2 rounds of the 2024 period, racking up 22 factors throughout the Lusail and Yas Marina weekend breaks, consisting of a P3 coating in the last Sprint Race of the year.
This followed his title-contending 2024 Formula 3 period in which he attained 2 triumphes and an additional 2 platforms on his method to winding up 6th in theStandings Prior to that, the Scuderia Ferrari Driver Academy participant won the 2022 Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine, and complying with the statement of his prepare for 2025, the Swede revealed his joy at the information.
“I’m thrilled to join Hitech GP for my first full season in Formula 2 next year,” statedBeganovic “Having had a short intro to F2 over the last pair of weeks, I have actually been truly thrilled by the vehicle and the degree of the champion.
“Stepping up full time in 2025 with one of the series’ top teams is an amazing opportunity,” Dino proceeded. “I’m tremendously grateful to Hitech, Scuderia Ferrari Driver Academy, and everyone else who made this possible. It’s a big, important step in my career and I can’t wait to start working with the team this week at the post-season test.”
Hitech Team Manager Clive Hatton included: “We’re pleased to invite Dino for our 2025 Formula 2 project. Having contended versus him for a number of years, it is wonderful to have him driving for Hitech and we anticipate collaborating with him.Dino’s document in single-seater auto racing goes over.
“After two highly competitive seasons in Formula 3, he took his F2 debut in his stride in Lusail, demonstrating that he was ready to take the next step up the ladder. His performance in Abu Dhabi one week later was outstanding. Together with Luke, we have a strong line-up to fight for the Formula 2 Championship title next year. They each bring F2 race experience that will be invaluable heading into testing and the new season.”
Prema–
Sebastian Montoya will certainly sign up with PREMA Racing for the 2025 FIA Formula 2 Championship, the group introduced today, tipping up from FIA Formula 3. The 19-year-old Colombian-American signed up with PREMA for the very first time in 2020, revealing excellent assurance and winding up 4th in Italian Formula 4 the list below year. He after that went up to Formula Regional, where he took 2 success in the Asian collection, prior to making a very early FIA Formula 3 launching in 2022.
Between 2023 and 2024, he contended full time in F3 while making outstanding looks in sportscars. Born in Miami, Sebastian is the kid of 2-time Indy 500 Champion Juan Pablo Montoya and is additionally aRed Bull Athlete He will certainly rejoin the group in the upcoming FIA Formula 2 post-season test at Yas Marina in Abu Dhabi as he wants to kick-start prep work for the periodahead The 2025 FIA Formula 2 Championship will certainly start on the 15th of March in Melbourne.
Rene Rosin: “It’s great to be working with Sebastian again. We really enjoyed the collaboration in Formula 4 and Formula Regional, and heading into the 2025 FIA Formula 2 Championship, we are sure there is good potential to be put to fruition. The step to F2 is never easy, but we are determined to prepare well together at home and in testing and build on that.”
Sebastian Montoya: “I’m very excited to join PREMA for the 2025 FIA Formula 2 season. It was the first team I worked with and that makes it very cool to see how they evolved. It is one of the best teams in feeder series racing and now in the world. I’m delighted to join forces with them again and cannot wait to get started.”
Campos Racing–
Campos Racing delights in to introduce that Pepe Mart í will certainly continue to be with the group to contend in the 2025 FIA Formula 2 period. The Barcelona- birthed vehicle driver will certainly come to be the brand-new colleague of British vehicle driver Arvid Lindblad, that was verified by Campos Racing last September to tip up to FIA Formula 2 with one of their autos.
Mart í, birthed in Sabadell, Barcelona, on June 13, 2005, has actually invested his whole auto racing job in single-seater competitors withCampos Racing Following an effective karting job, Mart í relocated to F4 Spain with Campos Racing, where he completed third in the last standings, safeguarding 2 success, 9 platforms, and 3 lead. In the following 2 periods, he remained to safeguard the shades of the Alzira- based group in FIA Formula 3, being a title challenger in 2023 with 3 success and 4 platforms, defined by outstanding race returns.
In 2024, the Catalan vehicle driver made his launching in FIA Formula 2, beginning the period on a high note by ending up 2nd and 3rd inBahrain Mart í additionally completed second in one of the races in Spielberg and finished the year in vogue by winning the sprint race at Yas Marina with an impressive efficiency in his novice period. With all the built up experience, Mart í is anticipated to be one of the motorists to see in the defend the title in 2025.
Mart í and Lindblad will certainly make their launching as colleagues today in the post-season examinations beginning Wednesday at the Yas Marina Circuit, which will certainly proceed up untilFriday The 2025 period schedule will certainly once more are composed of fourteen occasions. New to the timetable, the champion will certainly begin in Melbourne on the weekend break of March 15-16. In the complying with month, April, the champion will certainly relocate to Sakhir and Jeddah on April 12-13 and April 19-20. The European period will certainly begin in Imola on May 17-18, complied with by sees to Monaco (May 24-25) and Barcelona (May 31-June 1).
After a number of weeks off, the activity will certainly return to in Spielberg on June 28-29, complied with by 2 famous occasions in Silverstone (July 5-6) and Spa-Francorchamps (July 26-27). Hungaroring will certainly hold the last occasion prior to the summer season break on the weekend break of August 2-3. Monza will certainly hold races on September 6-7, with Baku returning on the weekend break of September 20-21. The last sprint will certainly happen in Lusail and Yas Marina on the weekend breaks of November 29-30 and December 6-7, specifically.
Adri án Campos (Team Principal of Campos Racing): “I am happy that Pepe and Campos Racing can continue working together for the fifth consecutive year. He is like family to us, and we understand each other perfectly as he is fully integrated into the team. It has been a fairly positive first year in FIA Formula 2, with four podiums, including a victory in Abu Dhabi, which should serve as the ultimate motivation for 2025. We will have two young drivers, Pepe and Arvid, with whom we aim to achieve great things once again.”
Pepe Mart í (Campos Racing Driver in FIA Formula 2): “I’m very excited to be returning today Campos Racing for my second season in FIA Formula 2 in 2025. Since the start of my single seater career, Adrián father and son have had faith in me and now we are facing our fifth season together. I am confident that with this team that I consider as family, and the hard work that we have put in during 2024, we will be very competitive and surely a top contender. The start of 2025 starts now with the post-season tests from this Wednesday. Vamos!”
2025 F2 line-up thus far–
Campos Racing: Arvid Lindblad, Joseph Pepe Marti
DAMS: Jak Crawford, Kush Maini
Invicta Racing: Leonardo Fornaroli, Roman Stanek
MP Motorsport: Richard Verschoor, Oliver Goethe
Rodin Motorsport: Christian Mansell
Trident: Max Esterson, Sam Meguetounif
Prema– Gabriele Mini, Sebastian Montoya
Hitech GENERAL PRACTITIONER– Luke Browning, Dino Beganovic
ART Grand Prix– Ritomo Miyata
F2 test–
The Formula 2 activity in Abu Dhabi is not yet over as the groups go back to the Yas Marina Circuit for 3 days of post-season screening as they place the ending up discuss their 2024 projects. Testing will certainly include a number of acquainted faces while we will certainly additionally see plenty of brand-new motorists obtaining made use of to the F2 vehicle over the program of the 3 days. So, prior to we start, below is all you require to understand about the upcoming test.
WHAT TO ANTICIPATE
The 3 days of activity offers groups the possibility to accumulate as much information as they can to prepare for the 2025 period. For the returning motorists, it’s additionally an opportunity to service their race craft or learn more about a brand-new group, while some of the newbies will certainly be learning more about their brand-new vehicle and tires with every lap.
The test will certainly range from December 11-13, the early morning sections going from 09:00 neighborhood time (GMT +4) to 12:00 on all 3 days while the mid-day’s activity will certainly go from 14:00 to 17:00 yet just on the initial 2 days. There will certainly be a mild modification in the last mid-day session on Friday with running collection to go up by an hour, beginning at 13:00 neighborhood time prior to the finishing at 16:00.
Pirelli have actually offered the Supersoft and Medium substance tires for the test, the very same substances made use of in the period ending over the race weekend break. Each vehicle driver will certainly have readily available to them 5 collections of Mediums and 3 collections of the Supersofts.
Entry listing–
NUMBER | CHAUFFEUR | GROUP |
---|---|---|
1 | Victor Martins | ART Grand Prix |
2 | Ritomo Miyata | ART Grand Prix |
3 | Gabriele Min ì | PREMA Racing |
4 | Sebasti án Montoya | PREMA Racing |
5 | Alexander Dunne | Rodin Motorsport |
6 | Christian Mansell | Rodin Motorsport |
7 | Jak Crawford | DAMS Lucas Oil |
8 | Kush Maini | DAMS Lucas Oil |
9 | Roman Stanek | Invicta Racing |
10 | Leonardo Fornaroli | Invicta Racing |
11 | Richard Verschoor | MP Motorsport |
12 | Oliver Goethe | MP Motorsport |
14 | John Bennett | Van Amersfoort Racing |
15 | Rafael Villag ómez | Van Amersfoort Racing |
16 | Dino Beganovic | Hitech Pulse-Eight |
17 | Luke Browning | Hitech Pulse-Eight |
20 | Arvid Lindblad | Campos Racing |
21 | Josep Mar ía Mart í | Campos Racing |
22 | Sami Meguetounif | Trident |
23 | Max Esterson | Trident |
24 | Joshua Duerksen (Day 1-2), Nicolas Varrone (Day 3) | AIX Racing |
25 | Cian Shields | AIX Racing |
[The story is as per press release]