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Joshua Duerksen will continue in Formula 2 for a second season with AIX Racing in 2025 after winning twice in his rookie campaign.
The Paraguayan driver joined Mercedes Formula 1-bound Andrea Kimi Antonelli in making the leap up to F2 from the Formula Regional European Championship and came on strongly during the year.
He scored his first podium in the Imola feature race and another in the Monza sprint contest before taking his maiden win in the sprint race in Baku. He ended the season with a first feature race victory in Abu Dhabi, which lifted him into 10th place in the championship standings.
Duerksen was runner-up in his first single-seater campaign in the United Arab Emirates Formula 4 championship at the start of 2019 and won six more races across three years with Mucke Motorsport in the Italian and German series, but only took one podium from two trying seasons in FREC with Arden Motorsport.
He set the fastest time of post-season F2 testing at Yas Marina earlier this week, topping both session on the second day before handing his car over to Argentine sportscar ace Nico Varrone on the last day.
“I am really excited and happy to announce that I will continue one more year with AIX Racing,” he said.
“We had a great season this year, having four podiums and two wins. And of course, I hope that next year we can replicate a lot more of this success. The progress of the year has been incredible. And I am just extremely happy that you can see me with these colours again next year.”
AIX Racing sporting director Roland Rehfeld said: “Never change a winning team. We are more than happy to start a second consecutive year with Joshua in 2025, who was, without any doubt, the most progressing and also surprising driver in F2 2024.
“We were aware of his talent and work-ethic and beside that having a great personality. His achievements 2024 are underlining our ambitious goal, to fight permanently for the top ranks in 2025. Everyone is highly motivated and delighted to continue 2025 where we finished with Joshua in 2024.”