It’s only January but the full 22-൩man grid f🔜or the upcoming FIA Formula 2 season has been confirmed.

There are a number of familiar names on the grid with arguable title favourite Theo Pourchaire sticking arou🦂nd for another year, while F2 stalwarts Jehan Daruvala and Roy Nissany remain in the series.

While the returnees are somewhat underwhelming, this year’s crop of rookies - making the move up from FIA Formula 3 - i♑s incre⛎dibly exciting.

Here’s five drivers you shou✃ld look out for - bey☂ond Pourchaire - in 2023:

Ollie Bearman - Prema

At just 17, ⛦Bearman is the y🔯oungest driver on this year’s F2 grid, with there being 11 years between him and the oldest, Nissany.

Part of the Ferrari’s young driver academy, Bearman is Britain’s biggest rising star looking to emulate the likes of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris. 

While he only has three years🧸 of single-seater experience,🍌 Bearman has excelled in every racing category since making his Italian F4 debut in 2020.

He ✃stormed to the Italian F4 title with ease in 2021 before making the step up to 𒁃F3.

Despite his young age and limited experience, Bearman remained in title contention up until the final round, cl𒁃aiming his maiden victory at Spa-Francorchamps.

Had it not been for a lacklustre Zandvoort round, perhaps Bearman would have been champio🅠n.

However, failure to take the title hasn’t halted his progress as he steps up to🌠 F2 with Prema.

Alon🍎gside Mercedes F1 junior Frederik Vesti, the Italian teaꦰm have a mighty line up.

Like with Russell and Norris in recent years, Bearman is another 🀅hot prospect British fans should be very excited about.

Jack Doohan - Virtuosi 

Likely to be Po🐼urchaire’s nearest title challenger, Jack D🦩oohan - the son of motorcycle legend Mick - remains in F2 for a second year.

His rookie year w༺as mixed, taking three victories and three pole positions, but struggling for o💧verall consistency.

In terms of raw speed, Doohan has consistently d🍃emonstrated he has what it takes to be an F1 driver of the future.

Doohan is part of Alpine’s F1 driver 💎academy and team boss Otm✨ar Szafnauer has already said that only the title would be good enough in 2023.

Zane Maloney - Carlin 

Another talen꧋ted driver making the step up from F3 to F2 in 2023 is Zane Malon🦩ey.

The Barbadian racing driver ended last year as runner-up to eventual🌟 champion Victor🌄 Martins.

Maloney ended♏ the campaign in scintillating form, winning three of the fin🃏al five races.

Hi𒅌s fine performa📖nces caught the attention of Helmut Marko and thus he was signed to Red Bull’s junior team for 2023.

🐽Like Be🐈arman, Maloney will be another exciting rookie to watch in 2023.

Isack Hadjar - Hitech

📖The second Red Bull junior on our list is 18-year-old Isack Hadjar.

In his rookie F3 seaso🅘n, Hadjar looked favourite to take the title following his dominant feature race v🏅ictory at the Red Bull Ring.

Things did fall ⛎apart in the second half of the year, failing to register a podium finish in any of the remai💫ning four rounds.

The Frenchman’s aggressive driving style makes him a fan favourite as🅰 he𝓀 remains with Hitech Grand Prix in 2023.

Ayumu Iwasa 

Perhaps a surprise choice given we’ve left off the F3 champion, Victor Marti♏ns, among other great talents.

Iwasa was argua♔bly the surprise of the 2022 season with a strong second half to the year, taking two feature races wins in France and Abu Dhabi.

Given it was his first year in the series, and he managed to out-score the likes of Doohan, Vesti and Dennis Hauger, it was very impress☂ive.

W🌱hile it’s uncertain whether Iwasa will be able to back it up in 2023, if he was able to take another step forward in perf𝓰ormance, he could be an unlikely title contender.

H🙈e’s part of the Red Bull junior team, and being Japanese may make him even more appealing given that the Honda association remains.