Trident has confirmed Marino Sato as one of its two Formula 2 drivers this year. The team’s other seat is the only vacant spot left in this year’s championship.
Sato, the reigning Euroformula Open champion, is the tenth driver to be confirmed on this year’s F2 grid who has not previously completed a season in F1’s most prominent junior championship.“I really appreciate everyone who’s involved to make this happen,” said Sato. “To be racing in here will mean a lot for me, and of course for the future as well so can’t wait to get started.”
Team manage Giacomo Ricci described Sato as “a young driver with limited experience in a very competitive championship like Formula 2.
“Our technical staff was positively impressed by the quality of his work in the post-season test carried out at Yas Marina last December and will provide its best efforts to help him grow up during the season.”
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2020 Formula 2 driver line-up so far
| Team | Driver | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| DAMS | Sean Gelael | |
| DAMS | Dan Ticktum | First full season |
| Virtuosi | Callum Ilott | |
| Virtuosi | Guanyu Zhou | |
| ART | Marcus Armstrong | First full season |
| ART | Christian Lundgaard | First full season |
| Carlin | Yuki Tsunoda | First full season |
| Carlin | Jehan Daruvala | First full season |
| Campos | Jack Aitken | |
| Campos | Guilherme Samaia | First full season |
| Charouz | Louis Deletraz | |
| Charouz | Pedro Piquet | First full season |
| MP Motorsport | Felipe Drugovich | First full season |
| MP Motorsport | Nobuharu Matsushita | |
| HWA | Giuliano Alesi | |
| HWA | Artem Markelov | |
| Prema | Mick Schumacher | |
| Prema | Robert Shwartzman | First full season |
| Trident | Marino Sato | First full season |
| Trident | TBA | |
| Hitech | Nikita Mazepin | |
| Hitech | Luca Ghiotto |
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Tango (@tango)
25th February 2020, 19:17
Shaping up to be a great grid
Jockey Ewing
25th February 2020, 19:40
Many rookies, many of them deserved his promotion, so this looks good at first sight.