Team and driver information for the FIA Formula 2 Championship: The Road to F1.
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F2 and F3 Farewell to Adrian Campos, the historic patron of Campos Racing. January 28, 2021. Another Ferrari junior Robert Shwartzman is expected to remain in F2 for a second season in 2021. The Russian driver, who is also affiliated to SMP Racing, sits fourth in the championship after.
The provisional calendars for the FIA Formula 2 and Formula 3 championships for 2021 have been revealed as the categories go their separate ways next season.
As confirmed last week, F2 and F3 will no longer race on the same Formula 1 weekends as part of cost-saving measures.
Both therefore feature fewer rounds than before, but will have three races each weekend, meaning a total of 24 races for F2 and 21 for F3.
F2 Racing 2021 Schedule
The F2 calendar features classic circuits Monaco, Silverstone and Monza alongside five fly-away events in Eastern Europe and the Middle East: Bahrain, Baku, Sochi, Abu Dhabi and the new Jeddah street circuit in Saudi Arabia.
The headline on the F3 calendar is a season finale at the Circuit of Americas in Austin, Texas – the first time that either main support category has been to North America in the modern era.
That follows European rounds at Barcelona, Paul Ricard, the Red Bull Ring, Hungaroring, Spa-Francorchamps and Zandvoort.
“As announced last week, one of our costs control measures for 2021 is to limit the number of rounds which will automatically lessen the teams’ budget,” series chief Bruno Michel said.
F2 Race Calendar 2021
“But thanks to F1 and the FIA’s support, we will now have three races per event.
“The 2021 F2 provisional calendar is a mixture of European and overseas circuits, with venues that have always been very popular amongst the drivers and the fans alike. The addition of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia makes it all the more exciting.
“I’m quite interested to see the F3 cars run at Zandvoort and Austin. These are two exciting new venues for us. We will also go back to Le Castellet where we saw great racing in previous years.”
2021 F2 calendar
March 26-28: Sakhir, Bahrain
May 21-23: Monte Carlo, Monaco
June 4-6: Baku, Azerbaijan
July 16-18: Silverstone, UK
September 10-12: Monza, Italy
October 8-10: Sochi, Russia
November 26-28: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
December 3-5: Yas Marina, Abu Dhabi
2021 F3 calendar
May 7-9 : Barcelona, Spain
June 25-27: Le Castellet, France
July 2-4: Spielberg, Austria
August 30-July 1: Budapest, Hungary
August 27-29: Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium
September 3-5: Zandvoort, Netherlands
October 22-24: Austin, USA
Red Bull Racing on Friday gave Jehan Daruvala a one-year extension, adding that the promising Indian racer will continue racing with Carlin in the upcoming Formula 2 season. (More Sports News)
The 22-year-old, who is being hailed as the next big thing in Indian motorsports, created history last month, when he successfully culminated his maiden FIA Formula 2 Championship with a well-deserved victory.
Daruvala's victory in his rookie season was preceded by a hard fought podium a week prior.
The Red Bull Junior program has been instrumental in producing some of the world's best F1 racers over the years including, four-time World F1 Champion Sebastian Vettel, Max Verstappen, Daniel Ricciardo, Alex Albon, Pierre Gasly, Carlos Sainz and many others.
Daruvala's continuation in the Red Bull Junior Program was inevitable, given his stand out performances in arguably one of the most competitive seasons ever. 16 different drivers were on the podium while 12 of them won a race each.
Daruvala was also the fastest overall in the official post season testing, besides finishing on top in two out of the three days of testing.
'I am very thankful to Red Bull for their continued faith in me. I'm extremely excited to be staying in F2 and with Carlin for 2021 as a Red Bull Junior,' said Daruvala.
'We made a lot of progress last year. It was great to end the season on such a high with my first F2 win and then back that up with front running pace in post-season testing,' he added.
Daruvala will continue to team up with Carlin for his second season. His excellent points haul in the last two rounds last season, helped Carlin rise to third in the Team Championship.
Team Principal Trevor Carlin said, 'We're extremely pleased that we have the opportunity to carry on the great progress we have been making with Jehan (Daruvala) and have another attack on the FIA F2 Championship.
'Jehan did a great job last season as an F2 rookie, to really show his true potential by the second half of the season.
'To finish the year off with a third place and then a win really confirms what we knew from the start,' he said.
The 2021 season kicks off in Bahrain on March 26 and will now have three races at each weekend. All eight weekends will continue to run concurrently with Formula 1, ending on December 12 in Abu Dhabi.
Prior to the F2 campaign, Daruvala will participate in the Asian F3 Championship for the all-Indian team -- Mumbai Falcons.