Maya Weug dominated proceedings on the first day of 2025 F1 Academy in-season testing at the Circuito de Navarra. The MP Motorsport driver, a member of the Ferrari Driver Academy, topped both sessions, delivering a 1:46.439 in the morning before sealing the afternoon benchmark with a 1:46.562. Her consistency confirmed her status as the pacesetter, with Standings leader Doriane Pin and Tina Hausmann her closest challengers.
Morning session: Weug strikes first
Chloe Chong opened the action with an early 1:56.237 before Rodin Motorsport teammates Ella Lloyd and Chong exchanged fastest laps in the 1:48s. Weug then asserted herself by posting a 1:47.680, half a second quicker than Lloyd.
Red Flags briefly halted running when Lloyd stopped on track at the end of the first hour. Once the track cleared, Pin surged to the top with a 1:46.570, becoming the first to dip into the 1:46s. However, Weug quickly responded at the halfway point with her session-best 1:46.439.
Hausmann closed strongly with a 1:46.985 to secure third, while Lia Block, Nina Gademan, and Rafaela Ferreira followed closely. Lloyd slotted into seventh, just 0.009s shy of Ferreira. Chambers and Palmowski completed the top nine, with Chong rounding out the top ten on 1:47.465. Both Lloyd and Chong logged a remarkable 80 laps each across six hours of running.
Afternoon session: Ferrari-backed driver stays ahead
After the lunch break, Block resumed the pace with a 1:50.389, improving steadily to a 1:47.888. Weug briefly reclaimed P1 on a 1:47.880 before Pin responded with successive flying laps, lowering the benchmark to 1:47.348. Lloyd then moved top with a 1:46.835 at the one-hour mark.
Momentum shifted again as Chloe Chambers set a 1:46.729, only 0.081s faster than Ferreira. Yet Weug reasserted herself at the front with a 1:46.562, 0.167s clear of the Red Bull Ford driver. Pin closed the gap to just 0.082s late on, but the Ferrari driver held firm.
Chambers and Hausmann finished the day inside the top four, both within two tenths of Weug. Ferreira ended sixth, while rookies Lloyd, Palmowski, Larsen, and Havrda secured positions inside the afternoon’s top ten.
Looking ahead to Day 2
Testing continues on Wednesday with another full day of running from 09:00 local time (UTC+2). With margins so tight and momentum shifting rapidly, teams and drivers will seek to build on today’s mileage and sharpen their preparations before the penultimate round in Singapore.
