The final round of the 2025 F1 Academy season at the Las Vegas GP delivered high drama, heartbreak and triumph as drivers battled for glory under the neon lights. With Championship hopes on the line, some drivers soared to career-best results, while others faced tough setbacks. Here’s a look at the winners and losers from a weekend that had it all.
Winners of the 2025 F1 Academy Las Vegas GP
Doriane Pin – PREMA Racing (supported by Mercedes)
Doriane Pin delivered a clutch performance at the 2025 F1 Academy finale in the streets of Las Vegas. She started the weekend strong, topping the Practice session, and converted that pace into a win in Race 1, after Maya Weug crashed out before the race started. In Race 2, she finished fifth, but this result was enough to claim the Championship victory with a 15-point margin over Weug.
Pin wrapped up the season being the only driver to score points in every race in the 2025 season, showcasing her remarkable consistency. Las Vegas capped off her final year in the series, marking a triumphant conclusion.
Chloe Chambers – Campos Racing (supported by Red Bull Ford)
Chloe Chambers produced a standout finale at the 2025 F1 Academy Las Vegas GP, securing pole position in Qualifying with a 2:06.538. She then converted this pace into a dominant lights-to-flag victory in Race 2, leading every lap and extending her lead to over 4.8 seconds by the chequered flag. The win secured her third place in the final 2025 standings with 127 points.
Despite missing out on the championship, her Las Vegas performance underlined her speed and racecraft, ending the season on a hight note.
Aurelia Nobels – ART Grand Prix (supported by PUMA)
Aurelia Nobels scored her first ever podium in F1 Academy in Las Vegas. In a chaotic Race 1 on a wet Strip circuit, post-race penalities elevated Nobels from fourth across the line to third, giving her her maiden top-three finish in F1 Academy. She started the race from P16 on the grid (after having a 3 place grid drop for impeding Ella Lloyd during Qualifying) and gained ten positions during the race.
Losers of the 2025 F1 Academy Las Vegas GP
Maya Weug – MP Motorsport (supported by Scuderia Ferrari)
Maya Weug ended up as one of the unlucky drivers at the F1 Academy Las Vegas GP. In Race 1, she crashed out before the race had truly begun; her collision with Tina Hausmann ended her race immediately, thereby costing her crucial points and giving a significant advantage to Championship rival Pin.
As a result, the DNF increased the gap to Pin from 9 points to 20 heading into Race 2, making a Championship win much more difficult. Although she recovered to finish P3 in Race 2, it still left her 15 points short of the title.
Emma Felbermayr – Rodin Motorsport (supported by Kick Sauber)
Emma Felbermayr was set to start on the front row for Race 1; however, a clutch issue forced her to begin from the pit lane, where she recovered to finish P9. Then, in Race 2, the same problem appeared on the formation lap, sending her to the pit lane again, but this time she could only manage P12. Ultimately, on a weekend where she had the potential to score solid points, mechanical failures left her empty-handed.
Alba Larsen – MP Motorsport (supported by Tommy Hilfiger)
Alba Larsen looked set for a breakthrough weekend in Las Vegas after securing her best Qualifying of the season with P3. In Race 1 she briefly led amid the chaos, showing impressive speed and confidence, but a mistake saw her hit the wall on lap 5, forcing a retirement and costing her a likely first podium, or even a shot at victory.
Race 2 brought some recovery with P4, but it still fell short of what her pace suggested was possible. Ultimately, Las Vegas became a missed opportunity, making Larsen one of the “losers” of the weekend, fast, promising, but unable to convert when it mattered.
