Red Bull F1 will send 6 of the 22 training drivers supported by the junior team in 2023 to FIA-F2. This is the largest number of F1 driver academies in GP2/F2 history.
Red Bull finishes 2022 FIA-F3 in 2nd placeZayn Maloneyrecovered from preseason surgery and finished 8th in rookie seasonEnzo Fittipaldiwas added to the junior team.
Zane Maloney and Enzo Fittipaldi will team up in Carlin in 2023 FIA-F2 and join Logan Sargent, who has been promoted to Williams F1 driver this year, to participate in Super Formula as Red Bull’s training driver.Liam Lawsonfills the empty sheets.
Liam Lawson will enter Super Formula from Team Mugen, which once ran Redbub Jr. at the time in Japan with Pierre Gasly, Daniel Ticktum, Patricio O’Ward and Yuri Bips.
2021 FIA-F3 ChampionDeni Haugerremains in the support despite a tricky rookie F2 season that saw him finish 10th in the standings with Prema.
Dennis Hauger has moved to MP Motorsport, who led Felipe Dolgovic to the 2022 title. He is likely to be joined by his 2022 team-mate, Mahindra’s Formula E reserve driver Ewan Darbala, who dropped out of development after three years with Red Bull.
He is also a training driver for Honda.Ayumu Iwasafinished fifth in the standings, seven points behind top rookie Sargent in last year’s F2 rankings, after a very impressive season with DAMS. In 2023, he will remain in DAMS and enter the second season in FIA-F2, and Arthur Leclerc (the younger brother of Charles Leclerc), a training driver of Ferrari F1, will be a teammate.
Also, Red Bull is a F3 graduateIsaac HajarWhenJack CrawfordThe two of them will also be put into F2. . They finished 4th and 7th respectively in Formula 3 last year and form a full Red Bull-backed line-up for the Hitech GP. Isaac Hajar is particularly appreciated by Red Bull.
F2’s six drivers represent Red Bull’s biggest ever commitment to a major feeder series in F1, surpassing the total of five drivers supported by Ferrari in 2020. Of those five, Mick Schumacher was the only one to enter F1.
Mercedes will support Frédéric Besty in his second year in Formula 2 after switching from ART Grand Prix to Prema, while Alpine F1 veteran Jack Doohan will continue in Virtuosi for his second season.
Red Bull will only support one driver in FIA-F3 this year, already announcedSebastian Montoya(Juan Pablo Montoya’s son) will make his first full-time start with Hitech, following a spot race at Monza last year.
Of the Japanese driver who entered the third place in French F4Soudai Araowill participate in GB3 (former British F3) from Hitec.
Red Bull also announced the F4 driver’sArvid Lindbladthe newestEnzo Deligny(Spanish F4) andEnzo Tarunvanikkul(cart) will continue to be supported.
