A pre-season test was held over three days from 24–26 February at the
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. During the test,
DAMS,
Rodin Motorsport and
Trident were found to have illegally modified their cars by drilling into the
diffusers to attach sensors. As a result, all six drivers driving for the three teams received ten-place grid penalties for both races of the opening round in Australia.
Round 1: Australia The season began at
Albert Park Circuit, where
Gabriele Minì set the fastest qualifying time. However, he was later penalised for impeding during the session, promoting
Victor Martins to feature race
pole position.
Jak Crawford and
Alex Dunne were demoted from their top-five qualifying positions by their penalties from testing, meaning Martins would be followed by
Richard Verschoor and
Roman Staněk on the feature race grid.
Leonardo Fornaroli qualified tenth, therefore starting the reverse-grid sprint race from first place, but was overtaken by
Joshua Dürksen at the race start. Martins crashed on the opening lap, and the race was later interrupted by two
safety car periods when Trident drivers
Max Esterson and
Sami Meguetounif spun into the gravel in separate incidents. Dürksen maintained his lead at the restarts to claim victory, his third in the category, followed by Formula 2 debutant Fornaroli in second place and
Luke Browning in third. The feature race was cancelled due to heavy rain. Two attempts were made to start the race, with drivers following the safety car over a number of
formation laps, however the session was ultimately
red-flagged and not resumed. At the end of the round, Dürksen's sprint race victory left him with a two-point advantage over Fornaroli in the Drivers' Championship.
Round 2: Bahrain Leonardo Fornaroli was fastest in qualifying at
Bahrain International Circuit, taking feature race pole position, followed by Victor Martins in second and Luke Browning in third. Joshua Dürksen started the sprint race from first place and maintained his lead through the start and through the first safety car interruption to recover
Sebastián Montoya's spun car. Dürksen was overtaken by
Dino Beganovic on lap 11 but reclaimed the lead at the second safety car restart on lap 19. Battling between the two drivers allowed Richard Verschoor and
Pepe Martí to enter the fight for the lead, with Martí passing Verschoor and Beganovic on the penultimate lap and taking first place from Dürksen on the final lap. Martí, who started the race 11th, achieved his second Formula 2 victory, followed over the line by Dürksen and Verschoor. Dürksen was later disqualified from the race for a technical infringement, promoting Beganovic to the podium and Verschoor to the lead of the championship. Pole-sitter Fornaroli kept his place at the start of the feature race, but was later overtaken on lap seven by
Alex Dunne, who started fourth. Luke Browning had qualified third but lost places at the start to drivers who had started on the soft tyre compound. After making his pit stop and changing to the soft compound, he recovered places and overtook Fornaroli and Martins for second place. Fornaroli had lost a position to Martins during the pit stops but later passed him in the closing laps, then held off a challenge by Martí on the final lap, to claim third place. Dunne crossed the line to take victory, his first podium finish in Formula 2. The round ended with Fornaroli leading the championship by one point over Dunne.
Round 3: Saudi Arabia Qualifying at
Jeddah Corniche Circuit saw
Jak Crawford take his first feature race pole position since , with Victor Martins and Leonardo Fornaroli qualifying second and third respectively. Roman Staněk qualified tenth but was demoted by a penalty for impeding, putting Richard Verschoor on sprint race pole position. Gabriele Minì, who started second, dropped out of the podium positions in the opening laps of the sprint race. Pepe Martí briefly took the lead but was soon overtaken by Verschoor and later fell behind
Arvid Lindblad, who had gained places from sixth on the grid. During his battle for the lead with Martí, Verschoor was judged to have forced Martí off the track and was issued a five-second time penalty. The safety car was briefly deployed in the closing laps to recover Crawford's spun car, and the leading drivers maintained their positions when racing resumed. Verschoor crossed the finish line first, but was demoted to fourth place by his penalty. Thus, Lindblad claimed his first Formula 2 victory and became the youngest race winner in the championship's history. Martí and Alex Dunne completed the podium. Pole-sitter Crawford maintained his lead at the start of the feature race. He lost a position to Martins during the pit stops, but soon recovered the place. Verschoor, who started in ninth place, elected for the alternate tyre strategy by starting on the harder compound. He inherited the lead when the front-runners pitted and gained enough time to emerge ahead of Martins when he made his pit stop in the closing laps. Verschoor overtook Crawford on the final lap to claim his fifth victory in Formula 2. This result promoted him to the lead of the championship, 12 points ahead of second-placed Martí.
Round 4: Italy (Imola) Dino Beganovic took feature race pole position with the fastest qualifying time at
Imola Circuit, followed by Sebastián Montoya and Victor Martins, whilst championship leader Verschoor qualified 19th.
Ritomo Miyata started the sprint race from first place, but was overtaken by Jak Crawford off the line and later fell to sixth. Crawford led the rest of the race distance to achieve his third victory in Formula 2. Arvid Lindblad improved from fifth on the grid to finish second, followed by Luke Browning in third. Beganovic was unchallenged at the start of the feature race as Montoya and Martins both stalled their cars – Montoya on the formation lap and Martins off the start line – which promoted Leonardo Fornaroli to second place. The front-runners made their pit stops in the early laps, during which Alex Dunne took advantage of a delay for Fornaroli to gain a position from him. Luke Browning, who started seventh, pitted a lap later and emerged as the lead runner on that strategy, ahead of Beganovic. Beganovic's failed attempt to overtake Browning allowed Dunne through, after which Dunne overtook Browning as well. Dunne took the victory, his second of the year, with Browning and Beganovic completing the podium. Dunne ended the round as championship leader, six points ahead of Browning.
Round 5: Monaco Qualifying at the
Circuit de Monaco uses a split group system, where drivers are arranged into Groups A and B with each group of eleven cars conducting their qualifying separately. Championship leader Dunne, in Group B, set the fastest overall time to claim his first Formula 2 pole position. Victor Martins set the fastest time in Group A to qualify second, and Leonardo Fornaroli was third.
Kush Maini started the sprint race from pole position. Luke Browning started second, but a slow start dropped him behind Gabriele Minì, Arvid Lindblad and Jak Crawford. Crawford and Lindblad then collided; Lindblad was found at fault and issued a time penalty. Minì followed closely behind Maini for most of the race but was unable to pass, and Maini crossed the finish line to take his second race win in Formula 2. Lindblad slowed down to back up the cars behind him, before speeding up in the closing laps in an attempt to build a gap behind and mitigate the effects of his penalty. The penalty ultimately demoted him to eighth place and promoted Browning to the podium. Feature race front-row starters Dunne and Martins collided at the first corner, causing a pile-up that eliminated five other drivers and caused the race to be red-flagged. The race later restarted behind the safety car with Fornaroli, Sebastián Montoya and Lindblad as the top three. A crash for Joshua Dürksen on lap seven briefly caused a virtual safety car to be deployed. Dino Beganovic crashed out on lap 14, causing another virtual safety car. The top three drivers had passed the pit lane entry when this was upgraded to a full safety car, allowing fourth-placed Crawford to make his pit stop and emerge ahead of the top three when they pitted one lap later. The race was then red-flagged for a second time on lap 18 due to barrier damage from Beganovic's accident, but was not restarted; reduced points were awarded due to less than 50% of the scheduled race distance being completed. Crawford achieved his fourth win in the category, followed by Fornaroli in second place. Lindblad crossed the line in third, but received a penalty for speeding in the pit lane, promoting Montoya to his first Formula 2 podium finish. Browning, who finished fourth, became the new championship leader at the round's conclusion, three points ahead of Dunne.
Round 6: Spain Arvid Lindblad took pole position at
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, his first in the category, with Sebastián Montoya and Kush Maini qualifying second and third respectively. Leonardo Fornaroli started the reverse-grid sprint race from the front, but was overtaken by Luke Browning and Jak Crawford at the start, with Crawford going on to take the lead. Teammates Montoya and Gabriele Minì later collided, causing Minì's retirement from the race and prompting a safety car period. A number of drivers including Richard Verschoor, Alex Dunne (who started 19th) and
Rafael Villagómez (who started 22nd) opted to pit for fresh soft-compound tyres. These drivers quickly overtook the frontrunners during the final six laps of the race, allowing Verschoor to take his second victory of the season, followed by Dunne in second and Villagómez with his first Formula 2 podium in third. Lindblad and Montoya held their top two places at the start of the feature race, whilst a poor start from Maini allowed Verschoor to take third place. The top three stayed in the same positions through the pit stops despite an undercut attempt by Montoya. Late in the race, Fornaroli encountered a mechanical issue and retired in the gravel, prompting a safety car, behind which the race finished. Lindblad achieved his second victory of the year with the podium completed by Montoya and Verschoor. Dunne, who finished the race fifth, reclaimed the lead of the championship, three points ahead of Verschoor.
Round 7: Austria Leonardo Fornaroli claimed pole position at the
Red Bull Ring, the first driver to do so more than once in 2025. Victor Martins and Richard Verschoor qualified second and third respectively.
John Bennett started the sprint race from first place, but was overtaken by Joshua Dürksen off the start line. The race was red-flagged on lap four after a collision between Sami Meguetounif, Arvid Lindblad and Luke Browning that resulted in Meguetounif's car rolling over the top of the other two. The drivers were uninjured and the race continued after a 40-minute stoppage. At the restart, a collision between
Oliver Goethe and Dino Beganovic caused Beganovic's retirement and the deployment of the safety car. When racing was resumed, Pepe Martí, who had started fifth, caught up to Dürksen and soon passed him for the lead. On the final lap, fourth-placed
Amaury Cordeel spun, causing the three cars behind him (Gabriele Minì, Fornaroli and Bennett) to crash into his stationary car. Martí achieved his second race win of the season, followed by Dürksen in second and Roman Staněk in third. The top three positions in the feature race went unchanged at the start until the pit stops, when pole-sitter Fornaroli lost positions to Martins and Verschoor having pitted later. Verschoor then overtook Martins for the net race lead. Seventh-place starter Alex Dunne had gained positions at the start and later also passed Martins, but was unable to challenge Verschoor. Martins was later overtaken by Martí, but contact during the pass resulted in Martí receiving a time penalty and allowed Fornaroli to pass both drivers for third place. Verschoor took his third victory of the year, followed over the line by Dunne and Fornaroli. However, Dunne was later disqualified for excess
plank wear, promoting Jak Crawford, who started the race 14th, to the podium. Verschoor's victory promoted him to the championship lead, 24 points ahead of second-placed Dunne.
Round 8: United Kingdom Feature race pole position at
Silverstone Circuit was taken by Victor Martins, with Alex Dunne qualifying second and Jak Crawford third. Leonardo Fornaroli started the sprint race on pole position and battled with Kush Maini for first place. Fornaroli reclaimed the lead and then built a gap ahead of second place. Maini dropped back in the closing laps, losing positions to Sebastián Montoya and Roman Staněk. Fornaroli went on to take his first race victory in over four years, having not won a race during his championship-winning FIA Formula 3 campaign the previous year, with Montoya and Staněk completing the podium. The feature race began in wet conditions. Pole-sitter Martins had a slow start and dropped behind Dunne and Crawford, with Crawford taking the lead. Luke Browning, who started 12th, quickly gained places and overtook Martins for third before the pit stops. The track then dried out enough for the drivers to start changing to
slick tyres. Crawford and Browning made their stops and began to gain time relative to Dunne. However, the safety car was then deployed to recover Staněk's car, which had spun and stalled. This allowed Dunne to pit and keep his position between Crawford and Browning. Joshua Dürksen then spun and stalled when racing resumed, triggering another safety car and causing the race to finish behind it. Crawford took his third victory of the year, followed by Dunne and Browning on the podium. Crawford's victory promoted him to second in the championship, six points behind Richard Verschoor, who finished seventh in both Silverstone races.
Round 9: Belgium Alex Dunne took his second pole position of the season in qualifying at
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, followed by Ritomo Miyata in second and Roman Staněk third. At the start of the sprint race, third-place starter Leonardo Fornaroli immediately claimed the lead at the first corner from Oliver Goethe and Amaury Cordeel. A collision at turn 1 eliminated both Luke Browning and Richard Verschoor from the race and caused the safety car to be deployed. After the restart, Victor Martins caught and passed Goethe and then overtook Cordeel, but contact between the two caused Cordeel's retirement and another safety car period. Most drivers outside the top five then elected to pit for new soft-compound tyres, but none were able to break into the podium positions. Fornaroli claimed his second successive sprint race victory, with Martins and Gabriele Minì, who had overtaken Goethe in the closing laps, completing the top three. Rain caused the feature race to begin with a rolling start from behind the safety car. The top three of Dunne, Miyata and Staněk remained close together in the opening laps, with Miyata and Staněk battling over second place. Staněk took the position during the pit stops, but later fell behind Miyata and Arvid Lindblad. A spin for Miyata then demoted him to fourth place. Race leader Dunne had built a gap behind until the safety car was deployed to recover Sebastián Montoya's car, which had spun and stalled. During the safety car period, Goethe stopped on track with an engine fire, resulting in the race being red-flagged and not resumed with 19 of 23 scheduled laps completed. Dunne finished first, followed by Lindblad and Staněk. However, Dunne was issued a time penalty post-race for not engaging the set-up procedure at the race start, and Lindblad was disqualified for running below the minimum tyre pressure. This promoted Staněk to his first Formula 2 feature race victory, with Miyata and Browning completing the podium. Fornaroli, who was promoted to fifth place in the race, took the lead of the championship by three points over Verschoor, who failed to score at Spa-Francorchamps.
Round 10: Hungary Pole position at the
Hungaroring was set by Roman Staněk, his first in Formula 2, with Leonardo Fornaroli and Jak Crawford qualifying second and third respectively. Pepe Martí started from the front in the sprint race and was closely followed by Arvid Lindblad for most of the race, with Lindblad briefly taking the lead on lap eight. Lindblad then began to drop back; he was overtaken by Alex Dunne and then by Crawford in the closing laps. Lindblad was later penalised for leaving the track and gaining an advantage, and was demoted to outside of the points positions. Dunne challenged Martí for position on the final lap but was unable to pass, allowing Martí to achieve his third sprint race victory of the season. Dunne and Crawford completed the podium. The feature race began with a rolling start due to damp track conditions, albeit with all drivers running slick tyres. Staněk maintained his lead from pole until the pit stop phase. Fornaroli stayed out longer and was able to
overcut Staněk, emerging ahead once both had pitted, however a
lock-up at the pit entry resulted in Fornaroli receiving a five-second penalty for speeding in the pit lane. Crawford caught Staněk in the closing laps but remained third after an unsuccessful overtake attempt. Fornaroli was able to make a gap behind to Staněk such that his penalty did not affect his position, and thus claimed his third race win in three rounds. His victory extended his championship lead to 17 points ahead of Crawford in second place.
Round 11: Italy (Monza) Luke Browning took his first Formula 2 pole position in qualifying at
Monza Circuit. Richard Verschoor had qualified second but his time was deleted for causing a red flag, meaning second and third went to Kush Maini and Roman Staněk, respectively. Dino Beganovic and Sami Meguetounif started the sprint race on the front row, but both were overtaken by Leonardo Fornaroli and Arvid Lindblad. Max Esterson's car stopping on track brought out the virtual safety car, during which Beganovic received a penalty for a safety car infringement that demoted him from the podium at the finish line. Fornaroli took his fourth win in seven races and was joined on the podium by Lindblad and Joshua Dürksen. Browning was overtaken by Oliver Goethe in the early laps of the feature race, but Goethe soon made his pit stop. Shortly afterwards, Lindblad collided with Alex Dunne, eliminating Dunne from the race and causing a safety car. The rest of the front-runners then made their pit stops under safety car conditions, which demoted Goethe to eighth place and allowed Browning back into the lead. Upon the restart, front wing damage for Lindblad caused him to go straight on at the first corner, colliding with second-placed Staněk and causing both cars to retire. Dürksen, who had started seventh, overtook Browning for the lead when racing resumed, but Browning regained the position in the closing laps. Browning thus achieved his first victory in Formula 2. Pepe Martí and Rafael Villagómez finished third and fourth having started 13th and 16th, respectively. Browning's victory promoted him to second place in the standings, 21 points behind Fornaroli, who finished the feature race fifth.
Round 12: Azerbaijan Pole position at
Baku City Circuit was taken by Jak Crawford; championship leader Fornaroli qualified second and Gabriele Minì was third. Rafael Villagómez started from the front in the sprint race but was overtaken by Dino Beganovic and Sebastián Montoya off the start line. Villagómez and Pepe Martí were then eliminated in a collision at the first corner. When racing resumed, Montoya was overtaken for second place by series debutant
Martinius Stenshorne, but Stenshorne soon retired with a mechanical issue. Luke Browning then passed Montoya, who then slowed with an apparent car issue, handing third place to Alex Dunne. Beganovic crossed the finish line to take his first Formula 2 victory, followed by Browning and Dunne on the podium. Fornaroli overtook pole-sitter Crawford at the start of the feature race. A crash by fourth-placed Stenshorne then brought out the safety car, during which every driver stopped to change tyres. Pit lane traffic dropped Fornaroli to fourth place, whilst Minì emerged in the lead ahead of Crawford and Martí. Crawford was soon able to retake the lead. Fornaroli then lost a place to Dunne before colliding with the rear of his car, dropping Dunne down the order and resulting in Fornaroli receiving a time penalty. Joshua Dürksen, who started 15th, made his way up to second place but was unable to pass Crawford, finishing 0.216 seconds behind him at the finish line. Crawford's win was his fourth of the season. Fornaroli recovered to third place but was demoted to fifth by his penalty, promoting Beganovic, who had passed Martí and Minì, to the podium. Crawford's victory put him second in the championship standings, with Fornaroli maintaining his lead by 19 points.
Round 13: Qatar With the chance to secure the championship one race early, Fornaroli clinched his third pole position of the season at
Lusail International Circuit.
Richard Verschoor took reverse grid pole for the sprint, and despite initially being overtaken by
Joshua Dürksen at the start, he swiftly regained the lead and maintained it until the end for his fourth win of the season. The race saw two safety car periods: one where rookie
James Wharton crashed out on lap 14 after colliding with teammate
Laurens van Hoepen, and another on lap 20 when Dürksen's AIX Racing teammate,
Cian Shields, spun out on gravel and stalled his car. Come the feature race,
Victor Martins got a better start than Fornaroli and took the lead at the first turn. As the race progressed, Beganovic would inherit the net race lead through his differing strategy. But when the safety car was deployed on lap 15 for
Oliver Goethe suffering a mechanical issue, it put him and everyone on his strategy on the same foot, as they were yet to make a pit stop. This allowed Martins' initial lead to be preserved, and he would remain uninterrupted to take what would be his final victory in Formula 2. Behind him,
Leonardo Fornaroli finished second to become the 2025 FIA Formula 2 Champion, the first Italian to do so, and the fifth driver to win the Formula 2 title directly after winning the
FIA Formula 3 Championship the previous year. == Results and standings ==