Nyck de Vries will reunite with ART Grand Prix for the 2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship after being confirmed as the team’s second driver ahead of testing in Abu Dhabi later this week.
F2 2018
Standing grid starts are set to return in Formula 2 from the next round of the season in Budapest at the end of the month after two race weekends' worth of rolling starts due to recurring clutch issues.
Formula 2 has announced it will introduce rolling starts following two formation laps behind the Safety Car from this weekend's feature race in Austria onwards to get around the clutch problems and resulting stalls a number of drivers have faced so far this season.
Complete results from the sprint race for round five of the FIA Formula 2 Championship at Paul Ricard in France. FIA Formula 2 - France Feature Race Results
Lando Norris feels that Formula 2 drivers and teams are being "let down" by recurring issues with the new-spec 2018 car, feeling there is an unpreventable risk of something going wrong on the car every time they go out on-track.
Lando Norris has set his sights on top-five finishes in the first two Formula 2 races of the 2018 season in Bahrain this weekend as the McLaren youngster kicks off his first full season in the category.
Mercedes-backed youngster George Russell will step up to Formula 2 for the 2018 season with ART Grand Prix, partnering Jack Aitken.