News Summary
- Lando Norris’s LN4 Fusion has been officially selected to compete in Formula 2 from 2027 to 2029, replacing AIX Racing.
- Formula 2 will retain 11 teams and 22 cars, with ten existing entrants continuing into the next three-year cycle.
- The confirmation expands Norris’s junior racing operation, which already has programmes in Formula 3, Formula Regional and Formula 4.
Lando Norris has secured a place on the Formula 2 grid for his LN4 Fusion racing team, with championship organisers officially confirming the project among the 11 entrants selected for the 2027–2029 seasons. The McLaren Formula 1 driver and 2025 World Champion will expand his junior single-seater operation into the category immediately below F1 after completing the selection process.
The announcement ends the uncertainty surrounding LN4 Fusion’s application. Norris launched the project in September after acquiring selected assets of AIX Racing, but a place in Formula 2 remained subject to approval for the championship’s next three-year cycle. The team will now take over AIX’s position on the grid rather than expand the number of entrants.
Formula 2 confirms Norris’s team for 2027
Formula 2 announced on Wednesday (October 28) that ten current teams had been retained, with LN4 Fusion completing the selection.
The championship will continue with 11 teams entering two cars each, maintaining its 22-driver field.
LN4 Fusion will compete under an Italian licence.
Formula 2 CEO Bruno Michel welcomed Norris’s entry, highlighting the experience and resources the new organisation brings to the championship.
“I am also pleased to welcome LN4 Fusion to the grid,” Michel said in the official announcement.
The confirmation represents a significant step for Norris, whose own junior career included a Formula 2 campaign in 2018 before his move to McLaren in Formula 1.
Confirmed FIA Formula 2 teams for 2027–2029
| Team | Licence |
|---|---|
| ART Grand Prix | France |
| Campos Racing | Spain |
| DAMS | France |
| Hitech | United Kingdom |
| Invicta Racing | United Kingdom |
| LN4 Fusion | Italy |
| MP Motorsport | Netherlands |
| PREMA Racing | Italy |
| Rodin Motorsport | New Zealand |
| TRIDENT | Italy |
| Van Amersfoort Racing | Netherlands |
Official selection published by Formula 2 on October 28, 2026.
AIX Racing does not appear in the new selection, with LN4 Fusion taking its place.
The announcement does not identify the two drivers who will compete for Norris’s team in Formula 2.
Norris builds a development pathway towards Formula 1
LN4 Fusion was created as a multi-category racing operation focused on developing young drivers.
The team has already established programmes in Italian Formula 4, the FIA Formula Regional European Championship and Formula 3.
Its activities are supported by an experienced management group, including former PREMA executive René Rosin as team principal and Guillaume Capietto as racing director.
Norris also launched the LN4 Legacy Programme, a separate initiative intended to help promising drivers who face financial barriers to progressing through junior motorsport.
The McLaren driver has explained that his objective is to provide young competitors with the structure and support required to develop their careers.
The Formula 2 confirmation adds the final major step before Formula 1 to that development pathway.
For LN4 Fusion, however, securing entry is only the beginning.
The operation must assemble a competitive two-driver line-up, prepare its engineering programme and establish its position against teams with extensive experience in Formula 2.
AIX departure changes the junior racing landscape
LN4 Fusion’s arrival also marks the end of AIX Racing’s current participation in the Formula 2 field.
The team has competed against established operations including PREMA, ART and Invicta, offering opportunities to drivers progressing through the junior categories.
Its replacement means the 2027 field will not increase beyond 11 teams.
That distinction matters because the announcement is not a general expansion of Formula 2’s grid.
Instead, the championship has selected a new organisation to occupy an existing place.
Norris’s project will now compete against several teams that have regularly developed future Formula 1 drivers, including champions and race winners from different generations.
The next major announcement will concern LN4 Fusion’s driver pairing for 2027.
GRANDE PRÊMIO is following Formula 2’s preparations for 2027, the development of LN4 Fusion and the championship’s young drivers, with full coverage in its Formula 2 section.
