James Robinson Says F2’s Miami and Montreal Runs Lift Invicta
f2 is heading to North America for the first time, with rounds scheduled in Miami and Montreal after the championship paused following Melbourne. For Invicta Racing, the Miami stop lands as a home race because the team’s owner, Invicta Watch Group, is based in Hollywood, Florida.
Miami International Autodrome
James Robinson called the trip a rare one for the series and a meaningful one for his team. “We’re really excited to be going to Miami and Montreal,” he said, and added that racing in North America for the first time ever in the championship “certainly helps position the championship as a truly global series.”
The Miami International Autodrome will bring the Mecachrome V6 turbo engine back into life, ending the pause since Melbourne. Invicta Racing arrives there as the reigning double champion in Formula 2, even though the team itself is based in the UK.
Invicta Watch Group
Robinson said Miami matters because of the Florida link. “Miami is our home race, insofar as it’s the headquarters of Invicta Watch Group. So it’s really exciting for us to race there and to race at home, even though this is a team based in the UK,” he said.
The move also changes the logistics of the season in a short window. Robinson said there have been challenges, but added that “it hasn’t been as bad as it could have been, given how short notice we had to have things turned around,” with flights and hotel rooms the bigger issue. He said Formula 2 has been “great in coordinating logistics for us,” calling it “a very well-oiled machine.”
Rounds Two and Three
The North American swing replaces the original plan for rounds two and three in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. Instead, Formula 2 will run Miami and then Montreal, giving the championship a first run on the continent and giving Invicta a race weekend tied directly to its Florida headquarters.
That is the practical shift now: a calendar built around Europe and Asia has been rerouted, and teams have had to move fast to make North America work. For Robinson, the payoff is both competitive and commercial, with Miami serving as the clearest home-date on a schedule that has never before taken F2 to this part of the world.
