Prema signs Montoya to finish his squad for the 2025 F2 season

Sebastian Montoya won promotion to Formula 2 and within the 2025 season he’ll start for Prema Racing, returning to the team with which he last raced in 2022.

The 19-year-old son of seven-time Grand Prix winner Juan Pablo Montoya might be Gabriele Mini's partner within the Italian team, which took fifth place in the final classification in 2024.

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Montoya first joined Prema in 2020 to compete in Formula 4 and Formula Regional, before joining Hitech Grand Prix along with its move to Formula 3 in 2023.

He spent two seasons within the series, moving to Campos in 2024, where he finished seventeenth within the standings, taking a podium finish within the Spa-Francorchamps feature race.

“I am very excited to join Prema for the 2025 FIA Formula 2 season,” said Red Bull junior Montoya.

“This was the primary team I worked with and it's very cool to see how they’ve evolved.

“This is one of the best teams in Feeder series racing and currently in the world. I'm thrilled to be joining forces with them again and can't wait to get started.”

Since the championship was renamed in 2017, Prema has won three F2 drivers' championships, helping Charles Leclerc, Mick Schumacher and Oscar Piastri to glory.

Gabriele Mini, Prema Racing

Photo: Andrew Ferraro

This 12 months's drivers, Oliver Bearman and Andrea Kimi Antonelli, have moved to Formula 1 for 2025, and consequently, Prema can have a totally recent lineup next season.

Montoya's other newcomer, the Mini, stays within the Prem after ending second within the F3 standings behind Leonardo Fornaroli.

The Alpine junior will return to F2 after ending third within the Baku sprint race when he was called upon to interchange Bearman, who made a powerful debut as a substitute for the banned Kevin Magnussen on the Haas F1 team.

Prema boss Rene Rosin said of Montoya: “It's great to work with Sebastian again.

“We have really enjoyed working together in Formula 4 and Formula Regional, and as we approach the FIA ​​Formula 2 Championship in 2025, we’re sure there’s quite a lot of potential to be exploited.

“The step into F2 is never easy, but we are determined to prepare well together on home pitch and in testing and build on that.”

Montoya is the fifteenth driver confirmed for the 2025 F2 season after a flurry of announcements since last weekend's season finale in Abu Dhabi, when F1-bound Gabriel Bortoleto won the title for Invicta.

On Tuesday, Hitech announced that Dino Beganovic will partner Luke Browning, the Swede coming off a robust end to the season at DAMS.

Dino Beganovic, DAMS

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ART also announced that its first acquisition might be Ritomo Miyata, the 2023 Super Formula champion, who will join Rodin Motorsport for a second season in F2.

Roman Stanek and Kush Maini will return for a 3rd season of F2 in Invicta and DAMS respectively, while F3 race winner Sami Meguetounif has been announced at Trident to partner Max Esterson, the duo amongst nine drivers to have been promoted to full-time F3 thus far.

Formula 2025 grid 2 thus far

Invicta Races: Leonardo Fornaroli, Roman Stanek
Campos Races: Arvid Lindblad, to be confirmed
MP Motorsport: Richard Verschoor and Oliver Goethe
Hitech Pulse-Eight: Dino Beganovic and Luke Browning
According to Racing: Gabriele Mini and Sebastian Montoya
LADIES: Like Crawford, Kush Maini
ART Grand Prix: Ritomo Miyata, to be confirmed
Rodin Motorsports: Christian Mansell, to be confirmed
AIX Racing: TBC, TBC
Trident: Max Esterson and Sami Meguetounif
Van Amersfoort Races: TBC, TBC