Fornaroli Clinches F2 Title With Second Place in Qatar Feature Race

Leonardo Fornaroli secured the Formula Two drivers championship in the feature race at the Qatar Grand Prix. The Invicta Racing driver sealed the title one year after winning the Formula Three crown, which gives the Italian consecutive championships across the two junior categories.

Fornaroli started from pole position at the Lusail International Circuit with a lead of twenty three points over Jak Crawford. Crawford began the race from fifteenth after Fornaroli’s two points for pole position were added to the standings.

A total of thirty nine points are available during an F2 weekend. Fornaroli finished second in the feature race and collected eighteen points. Crawford finished eleventh and scored none. Results across the field confirmed that Fornaroli will arrive in Abu Dhabi with an advantage of forty one points, which cannot be overturned.

Richard Verschoor, Luke Browning and Alex Dunne all entered the race with a mathematical chance of extending the championship fight. Verschoor finished sixth, Browning finished tenth and Dunne finished third, which ended their title prospects.

Fornaroli won last year’s Formula Three championship without taking a race victory. He secured that title with a decisive pass in the final corner of the final round at Monza. The twenty year old has four wins this season in Formula Two. His sprint race victory at Silverstone was his first win since 2021 during his Italian Formula Four campaign.

Fornaroli is not affiliated with any Formula One junior programme despite matching the achievement of Charles Leclerc, George Russell, Oscar Piastri and Gabriel Bortoleto, all of whom won Formula Three and Formula Two in successive seasons. He has been strongly linked with a move to Super Formula for 2026, where he would race against two time World Rally Champion Kalle Rovanpera.

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James Rees

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