Itꩲ’s only January but the full 22-man grid for 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 a🐟round for another year, while F2 stalwarts Jehan Daruvala and Roy Nis꧙sany remain in the series.

While the ⛦returnees are somewhat underwhelming, this year’s crop of 𝕴rookies - making the move up from FIA Formula 3 - is incredibly exciting.

Here’s five drivers 🐓you should look out for - beyond Pourchaire - in 2023:

Ollie Bearman - Prema

At just 17, ✨Bearman is the youngest 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 202𓆏0.

He stormed to ⛄the Italian F4 title with ease in 202ꦿ1 before making the step up to F3.

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

H﷽ad it not been for a lacklustre Zandvoort round, perhaps Bearman would have been champion.

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

Alongside Mercedes F1 junior Frederik Vesti, the It♔alian team have a mighty line up.

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

Jack Doohan - Virtuosi 

Likely to be Pourchaire’s nearest title challenger, Jack Doohan - the s෴on of motorcycle legend Mick - remains in F2 for a second year.

His rookie year was mixed, takin𒀰g three victories and three pole positions, but struggling for overall consistency.

In terms of raw speed, Doไohan has consistently demonstrated 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 Otmar Szafnauer has a🌠lready said that only the title would be good enough in 2023.

Zane Maloney - Carlin 

Another talented driver making the step up from F3 to F2 in 2023 is Zane Malon🍃ey.

The Bar﷽badian racing driver ended last year as runner-up to eventual champion Victor𝔍 Martins.

Maloney ended the campaign i🌠n scintillating form, winningܫ three of the final five races.

His fine performances caught the attention of Helmut Marko and thus he was signed to Red Bull’s🌊 junior teamཧ for 2023.

Like Bearman, Maloney will be another💫 exciting rookie to watch inꩲ 2023.

Isack Hadjar - Hitech

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

In his rookie F3 season, Hadjar looked favourite to take the title following his dominant feature race victory at the Red Bu♎ll Ring.

Things did fall apart i✨n the second half of the year, failing to register a podium finish in any of the remaining four rounds.

The Frenchman’s aggressive drivꦛing style makes him a fan🐼 favourite as he remains with Hitech Grand Prix in 2023.

Ayumu Iwasa 

Perhaps a surprise choice given we’ve left o🐈ff the F3 champ𒐪ion, Victor Martins, among other great talents.

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

Given it w🐲as his first year in the series, and he managed to out-score the likes of Doohan, Vesti and Dennis Hauger, it was♒ very impressive.

While it’s uncertain whether Iwasa will be able to ba💛ck it up in 2023, if he was able to tak🌃e another step forward in performance, he could be an unlikely title contender.

He’s part of the Red Bull j✤unior team, and being Japanese may make him even more appealing given that the Honda association remains.