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It’s not just F1 that’s faced a long wait to race again. We heard from two F2 protagonists about preparing for an event they hadn’t expected to contest
Eight weeks after the start of its 2026 season, Formula 2 will be back in action alongside Formula 1 at the upcoming Miami Grand Prix, due to the cancellation of the Bahrain and Saudi Arabia rounds.
The new races have significantly reduced the gap between the first two rounds, bringing F2 to North America for the first time ever in May, with events in Miami and Montreal.
This presents a unique challenge for both drivers and teams, as they adapt to the new circuits, with F1 hopefuls such as Dino Beganovic and Joshua Duerksen sharing their preparations for the unexpected tracks in interviews for The Race.
Listeners can catch the full interviews on the latest episode of the Road To F1 podcast, exclusively available for The Race Members’ Club subscribers.
With swift action taken to adjust to the revised calendar, drivers wasted no time in jumping on simulators to familiarize themselves with the Miami and Montreal tracks before the upcoming rounds.
Teams like Invicta Racing, who have a history of F2 success, understand the importance of pre-weekend set-up work given the limited practice time available in the F2 series, where every lap counts towards achieving optimal performance.
