After the season-closing round at the Yas Marina Circuit, Prema Racing has confirmed that Sebastián Montoya will graduate to Formula 2 next season following his successful season in Formula 3.
The son of former Williams and McLaren F1 driver Juan Pablo Montoya will join Gabriele Minì for the 2025 F2 season, completing the Italian outfit’s line-up for next year.
Montoya competed in his second FIA F3 campaign in 2024, finishing the year with six points finishes, including a P2 in the Spa-Francorchamps Feature Race.
The Red Bull Junior Team driver started his single seater racing career with PREMA in 2020, racing in Italian F4 with the team and finishing fourth overall the following year.
He then moved onto Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine for 2022 before making the step up to FIA F3 full-time in 2023.
Speaking of the announcement, the Colombian driver noted: “I’m very excited to join PREMA for the 2025 FIA Formula 2 season. It was the first team I worked with and that makes it very cool to see how the team changed.
“It is one of the best teams in feeder series racing and now in the world. I’m delighted to join forces with it again and cannot wait to get it started.”
Prema’s team boss Rene Rosin added: “It’s great to be working with Sebastian again. We really enjoyed the collaboration in Formula 4 and Formula Regional and now heading into the 2025 FIA Formula 2 Championship, we are sure there is good potential to be put to fruition. The step to F2 is never easy, but we are determined to prepare well together at home and in testing and build on that.”
