{"id":12570,"date":"2022-11-22T12:00:27","date_gmt":"2022-11-22T17:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/?p=12570"},"modified":"2022-11-22T09:58:31","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T14:58:31","slug":"2023-formula-2-drivers-lineup-clement-novalak-joins-trident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2022\/11\/22\/2023-formula-2-drivers-lineup-clement-novalak-joins-trident\/","title":{"rendered":"2023 Formula 2 Drivers Lineup: Clement Novalak joins Trident"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>French driver Clement Novalak is switching from MP Motorsport to Trident Racing ahead of the 2023 Formula 2 season.<\/h3>\n<p>Trident have announced their first driver of the 2023 season in Clement Novalak. The twenty-one-year-old French driver made his Formula 2 debut in 2021 racing for <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2022\/11\/04\/2023-formula-2-driver-lineup-dennis-hauger-to-mp-motorsport\/\" target=\"_self\">MP Motorsport<\/a> for six races. After an unsuccessful 2022 season with MP Motorsport, Novalak has opted to return to Trident &#8211; where he finished third with the team during the 2021 Formula 3 Championship. He is the sixth driver to be confirmed for next season&#8217;s F2 grid.<\/p>\n<h3>Novalak\u2019s 21\/22 Formula 2 season<\/h3>\n<p>After claiming third place in the 2021 Formula 3 championship, Novalak made his Formula 2 debut in November, during the last two rounds of the 2021 campaign. Replacing Lirim Zendeli, due to financial reasons, at MP Motorsport, Novalak failed to reach the points during his guest appearance.<\/p>\n<p>However, MP Motorsport were clearly impressed with him and announced that Novalak would be racing full-time with them for the 2022 season. Teaming up alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2022\/09\/13\/felipe-drugovich-aston-martin-formula-ones-newest-sensation\/\" target=\"_self\">Felipe<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2022\/09\/13\/felipe-drugovich-aston-martin-formula-ones-newest-sensation\/\" target=\"_self\"> Drugovich<\/a><em>,\u00a0<\/em>Novalak struggled to match his teammate and finished the season fourteenth in the championship, with one podium, compared to Drugovich who won the title in a dominant fashion<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Guess who&#39;s back? We are happy to welcome <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClementNovalak?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@ClementNovalak<\/a> to our <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Formula2?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Formula2<\/a> 2023 team! \ud83e\udd0d\ud83d\udd31 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/driverannouncement?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#driverannouncement<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/clementnovalak?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#clementnovalak<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/formula2?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#formula2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/tridentteam?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#tridentteam<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/tridentmotorsport?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#tridentmotorsport<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FRjlYyITUP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/FRjlYyITUP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Trident Team (@trident_team) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/trident_team\/status\/1594951364328960001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 22, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Following the announcement, Novalak <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiaformula2.com\/Latest\/3mKyGmvfkMho3VFWZbMMIG\/clement-novalak-reunites-with-trident-for-2023-f2-season\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">stated<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI\u2019m extremely happy to be heading back to Trident. We had an amazing partnership together in 2021 and I\u2019m very proud to be wearing their colours again. I\u2019d like to thank Mr. Salvadori for the trust and I\u2019m hoping we can have an amazing 2023 full of success.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Giacomo Ricci (Team Principal for Trident) added:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe are proud to welcome Cl\u00e9ment Novalak back to our family. He is a driver with undeniable and undisputed value who did really well with Trident Motorsport in Formula 3 and achieving the third position in 2021 Championship. Novalak brings a year of experience with him in Formula 2 and I&#8217;m sure he will be able to make an important contribution to the team.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>2023 Drivers Lineup:<\/h3>\n<p>Despite MP Motorsport claiming the Teams Championship during the last round in <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2022\/11\/21\/f2-5-takeaways-from-the-abu-dhabi-grand-prix\/\" target=\"_self\">Abu Dhabi,<\/a> Novalak has decided to join a team that finished ninth in the standings. However, considering his history with the team will he be able to bring them back to winning ways?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Campos Racing:\u00a0<\/strong>Ralph Boschung &amp; <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">TBD<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>DAMS Racing<\/strong>: Arthur Leclerc &amp; <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">TBD<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>MP Motorsport:\u00a0<\/strong>Dennis Hauger &amp;\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">TBD<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>PREMA Powerteam:\u00a0<\/strong>Oliver Bearman &amp; Frederick Vesti<\/li>\n<li><strong>Trident Racing:\u00a0<\/strong>Clement Novalak &amp; <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">TBD<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As drivers and teams continued to be announced, we will expand the table.<\/p>\n<h5>Featured Image Credit: Dan Mullan\/Getty Images<\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>French driver Clement Novalak is switching from MP Motorsport to Trident Racing ahead of the 2023 Formula 2 season. Trident have announced their first driver of the 2023 season in Clement Novalak. The twenty-one-year-old French driver made his Formula 2 debut in 2021 racing for MP Motorsport for six races. 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