PREMA Racing F2 2026 season seeks consistent performance after a difficult 2025 Formula 2 Championship campaign. The Italian team’s sixth-place finish and 163 points marked their second-worst result and the first time in history to finish without a win.
Consistency as the core mission
Throughout 2025, PREMA Racing lineup showed pace but lacked the constant execution needed to fight at the front each weekend. In Melbourne, Gabriele Minì was fastest in qualifying before a three place grid penalty for impeding reshaped the weekend’s prospects.
Montoya’s rookie season illustrated this pattern well. When he qualified in the top 10, his race pace and overtaking helped him secure podium finishes, including a third place in Monaco, yet a handful of tougher weekends at Sakhir, Jeddah, Spa-Francorchamps and Budapest saw him work hard just to claim points.
Minì delivered several competitive runs too, strong finishes at Spa and a Feature Race podium at Yas Marina, but the overall inconsistency cost them victories.
Retaining Montoya for a second season provides crucial continuity. The 20 year old now knows the F2 car and team processes intimately, offering PREMA a chance to build toward consistent qualifying results, more regular podiums and that long-awaited first win of his career.
PREMA Racing 2026 lineup
Joining Montoya is Mari Boya, who steps up after a strong 2025 season in Formula 3. He finished third in the championship, scoring multiple podiums, including a win at Silverstone. He also capped the year with a runner-up result at the Macau Grand Prix. A member of the Aston Martin Driver Development Programme, Boya impressed in post season F2 testing. He set competitive times and showed promising long run stability.
Winter development has focused on improving one lap pace and race consistency. The team applied lessons learned from detailed analysis of 2024 and 2025 data. Together, Montoya’s growing experience and Boya’s rising form give PREMA a balanced line up. The team looks ready to challenge a deeply competitive grid.
Success in F2 demands both speed and consistency. If Montoya can turn his flashes of pace into sustained performance, and Boya adapts smoothly to the step-up, PREMA Racing F2 2026 season could mark a turning point for the team. It may transform last season’s setbacks into the foundation of a resurgence.
