Tatiana Calderón will be the first female racing driver to compete in the current-era FIA Formula 2 Championship after completing the BWT Arden team’s line-up for the 2019 season.
The Colombian previously drove for the Arden squad when she made her full-time GP3 Series debut in 2016, with subsequent seasons spent at DAMS (2017) and Jenzer Motorsport (2018). Her last campaign in the third-tier series was her most successful, achieving a best race finish of seventh en route to claiming sixteenth overall in the Drivers’ Championship standings.
After testing for the Sauber-aligned Charouz team at the end-of-season F2 test in Abu Dhabi, Calderón – who has been associated with the Sauber (now Alfa Romeo) Formula 1 team for the past two years – was later confirmed as teammate to GP3 Series champion Anthoine Hubert at the HWA-affiliated Arden outfit.
“We are delighted to welcome Tatiana back into the Arden fold,” Arden team principal Garry Horner commented.
“Her recent testing results in Formula 2 have been very impressive and I am certain she will be a strong teammate alongside Anthoine.”
“I’m very excited to compete in the FIA F2 Championship with Team BWT Arden in technical partnership with HWA,” Calderón added.
“It is a new challenge in my career and a step closer to my ultimate goal: Formula 1. I’m sure we will achieve great things together. I can’t wait for testing to start next week!”
2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship – Provisional Entry List | ||||||
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Team | Drivers | |||||
Carlin Motorsport | ![]() |
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Nobuharu Matsushita | ![]() |
Louis Delétraz | ![]() |
ART Grand Prix | ![]() |
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Nikita Mazepin | ![]() |
Nyck de Vries | ![]() |
DAMS | ![]() |
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Sérgio Sette Câmara | ![]() |
Nicholas Latifi | ![]() |
UNI Virtuosi Racing | ![]() |
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Guan Yu Zhou | ![]() |
Luca Ghiotto | ![]() |
Prema Racing | ![]() |
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Mick Schumacher | ![]() |
Sean Gelael | ![]() |
Sauber Junior Team by Charouz | ![]() |
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Calum Ilott | ![]() |
Juan Manuel Correa | ![]() |
Campos Racing | ![]() |
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Jack Aitken | ![]() |
TBA | |
MP Motorsport | ![]() |
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TBA | TBA | ||
BWT Arden | ![]() |
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Anthoine Hubert | ![]() |
Tatiana Calderón | ![]() |
Trident Racing | ![]() |
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Giuliano Alesi | ![]() |
TBA |
Image via FIA Formula 2 Championship
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