2018 Formula 2 Championship

Charles Leclerc was the reigning drivers' champion, having won the title at the penultimate round of the 2017 championship in Jerez de la Frontera.

Other winners, who were victorious once - its runner-up Norris, Jack Aitken, Maximilian Günther, Nicholas Latifi, and Tadasuke Makino.

As the championship was a spec series, all competitors raced with identical Dallara F2 2018 chassis with a V6 turbo engine developed by Mecachrome.

[32] Defending teams' champions Russian Time signed FIA Formula 3 European Championship driver Tadasuke Makino to partner Artem Markelov.

[33] With reigning drivers' champion Charles Leclerc leaving the series to join Formula 1 team Sauber.

[38] ART Grand Prix promoted reigning GP3 Series champion George Russell to the category,[39] partnering him with Jack Aitken, who also drove for the team in GP3.

[40] Nobuharu Matsushita, who drove for the team in 2017, left the series and returned to Japan to race in the Super Formula Championship.

[44] With Gelael's switch to Prema and Norman Nato's departure to the European Le Mans Series, Arden International promoted two rookie drivers.

[45] Former GP3 Series driver Nirei Fukuzumi filled one seat,[46] while Maximilian Günther—who finished second in the 2016 FIA Formula 3 European Championship and third in 2017—took the other.

[51] Nabil Jeffri, who raced for Trident in 2017, left the team to join the FIA World Endurance Championship.

[54][55] Delétraz left Rapax after the team withdrew from the championship, while Fuoco moved from Prema Racing as part of an agreement with Ferrari's driver development programme.

[27] MP Motorsport promoted Niko Kari from their GP3 Series team, where he replaced Ralph Boschung for the remainder of the season.

[28] Dan Ticktum replaced Maximilian Günther at BWT Arden for the season finale at Abu Dhabi.

[58] The championship started at the Circuit Paul Ricard, where it was featured as part of the French Grand Prix support programme.