2019 Formula 2 Championship
George Russell was the reigning drivers' champion, having won the title at the final round of the 2018 championship in Abu Dhabi.
The season was marred by the death of French driver Anthoine Hubert during the feature race of the Spa-Francorchamps round on 31 August 2019.
The season would see 8 different winners, with the top three in the championship, De Vries, Nicholas Latifi, and Luca Ghiotto, each winning 4 races.
As the championship is a spec series, all competitors raced with an identical Dallara F2 2018 chassis with a V6 turbo engine developed by Mecachrome.
[13] Charouz Racing System formed a partnership with Sauber Motorsport, which ran the Alfa Romeo's team in Formula 1.
[19][23] Guanyu Zhou graduated from the 2018 FIA Formula 3 European Championship, joining Russian Time's successors UNI-Virtuosi.
[25] Nikita Mazepin joined the championship with ART Grand Prix, the team he drove for when he finished runner-up in the 2018 GP3 Series.
[33] Callum Ilott and Juan Manuel Correa joined the series, both signing with Sauber Junior Team by Charouz.
[2] Antonio Fuoco left Charouz and the series to join Formula One team Ferrari as a test driver.
Artem Markelov made a one-off return in Monaco as a replacement for Jordan King at MP Motorsport, who was competing in the 2019 Indianapolis 500 with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing.
[35] Raghunathan's MP seat was filled in Austria by 2018 Indy Lights champion and 2019 IndyCar Series driver Patricio O'Ward.
[37] After encountering funding problems, Ralph Boschung left Trident prior to the Red Bull Ring round.
Giuliano Alesi's car was impounded by Belgian authorities as part of their investigation into the accident at Spa, limiting Trident to a single entry for the next round.
[4] For the Sochi and Yas Marina rounds, Matevos Isaakyan, who raced in the 2018 European Le Mans Series, took Juan Manuel Correa's seat at Sauber Junior Team by Charouz.
[41] Artem Markelov replaced Anthoine Hubert at BWT Arden for the same rounds, although the Russian raced with #22 as the #19 had been retired for the remainder of the season in honour of the late French driver.
