The following teams and drivers competed in the 2019 championship. As the championship is a
spec series, all competitors raced with an identical
Dallara F2 2018 chassis with a V6 turbo engine developed by
Mecachrome. Teams competed with tyres supplied by
Pirelli.
Team changes withdrew from the championship at the end of the 2018 season.
Russian Time left the championship after six years competing in Formula 2 and its predecessor, the
GP2 Series. Their entry and assets were sold to
Virtuosi Racing, who had operated the team. The new entry competes under the name "UNI-Virtuosi Racing".
Fortec Motorsports had been granted an entry to the Formula 2 grid in 2018, but were later given permission to defer their entry until 2019. However, they were subsequently omitted from the draft entry list for the 2019 championship.
Charouz Racing System formed a partnership with
Sauber Motorsport, which ran
Alfa Romeo's team in Formula 1. His seat was taken by
Louis Delétraz, who left Charouz Racing System to join the team. He was joined by
Nobuharu Matsushita, who returned to Formula 2 after a year spent racing in the
Super Formula Championship, to replace
Sérgio Sette Câmara. Sette Câmara left Carlin to replace
Alexander Albon at
DAMS. Albon left the championship to join Formula 1 team
Toro Rosso. Arden drivers
Nirei Fukuzumi and
Maximilian Günther left the series. Fukuzumi moved to the Super Formula Championship with
Dandelion Racing, Reigning
GP3 Series champion
Anthoine Hubert and GP3 Series regular
Tatiana Calderón joined Arden in their place.
Artem Markelov and
Tadasuke Makino left Russian Time and the championship. Both drivers moved to Japan to compete in the Super Formula Championship; Markelov joined
Team LeMans while Makino joined
Nakajima Racing.
Guanyu Zhou graduated from the
2018 FIA Formula 3 European Championship, joining Russian Time's successors
UNI-Virtuosi. Zhou was partnered by
Luca Ghiotto, who raced with Russian Time in 2017 and
Campos Racing in 2018.
Nikita Mazepin joined the championship with
ART Grand Prix, the team he drove for when he finished runner-up in the
2018 GP3 Series. Mazepin was partnered with
Nyck de Vries, who left
Prema Racing to join the team. Mazepin and de Vries replaced 2018 series champion
George Russell—who left the team and the championship to join Formula 1 team
Williams—and
Jack Aitken, who switched to Campos Racing. Prema Theodore Racing named
Mick Schumacher as de Vries' replacement. Schumacher continued his association with the team after he won the
2018 FIA Formula 3 European Championship with them.
Arjun Maini left
Trident and the series to join RLR MSport in the
European Le Mans Series.
Giuliano Alesi joined the championship with Trident, the team he raced for in the GP3 Series. He was joined by
Ralph Boschung, who left
MP Motorsport before the Sochi round in .
Dorian Boccolacci also left MP Motorsport, joining Jack Aitken at Campos Racing.
Jordan King returned to the series with MP Motorsport, contesting the championship alongside his part-time
NTT IndyCar Series campaign.
Mahaveer Raghunathan returned to full-time competition for the first time since 2016, partnering King at MP Motorsport.
Callum Ilott and
Juan Manuel Correa joined the series, both signing with
Sauber Junior Team by Charouz. After collecting twelve penalty points on his racing license for incurring three Virtual Safety Car infringements during the Paul Ricard feature race, Mahaveer Raghunathan was banned from the series for the Red Bull Ring round. Raghunathan's MP seat was filled in Austria by
2018 Indy Lights champion and
2019 IndyCar Series driver
Patricio O'Ward.
Marino Sato replaced Maini prior to the Spa round. After encountering funding problems, Ralph Boschung left Trident prior to the Red Bull Ring round. Former
GP3 driver
Ryan Tveter joined the team in Boschung's place. Tveter was later replaced by Boccolacci. Boschung returned to the team ahead of the Hungarian round. Juan Manuel Correa, who was also involved in the incident, was forced to miss the rest of the season due to injuries. Sauber Junior Team by Charouz did not replace him at Monza, running only Callum Ilott. Giuliano Alesi's car was impounded by Belgian authorities as part of their investigation into the accident at Spa, limiting Trident to a single entry for the next round. Ralph Boschung was stood down to allow Alesi to compete. For the Sochi and Yas Marina rounds,
Matevos Isaakyan, who raced in the
2018 European Le Mans Series, took Juan Manuel Correa's seat at Sauber Junior Team by Charouz. Artem Markelov replaced Anthoine Hubert at BWT Arden for the same rounds, although the Russian raced with #22 as the #19 had been retired for the remainder of the season in honour of the late French driver. ==Calendar==