F1 Academy headed to the iconic Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve in Canada for Round 4 of the 2025 season. Unlike the usual two-race format, the Canadian GP featured three races to compensate for the weather-interrupted Miami weekend. This gave drivers extra opportunities to gain—or risk losing—valuable points.
Adding to the challenges of an already technical circuit, drivers and teams entered the weekend with no data or on track testing. This was the debut Canadian GP for F1 Academy. As the championship takes a break before Zandvoort, we reflect on the standout winners and losers from the Canadian GP.
Winners of the 2025 F1 Academy Round 4
Dorian Pin – PREMA Racing
The biggest winner of the 2025 F1 Academy Round 4 is undeniably French driver Doriane Pin. Although Pin ultimately came out on top, she didn’t dominate Race 1 outright. Pin engaged in a hard-fought battle with Nobels and Chambers before sealing the win at the safety car restart. With this victory, the Mercedes backed driver took the lead of the championship from her rival Maya Weug. A P4 in the chaotic Race 2, followed by a strong P3 in Race 3, helped Pin further extend her championship lead.
Chloe Chamber – Campos Racing
Although Chambers started Race 1 from pole, she was shown the black and orange flag after front wing damage from contact with teammate Palmowski. The incident limited her to just seven points. Race 2 brought no relief, as a daring move on Pin backfired and sent her tumbling to P14. Despite a determined drive, she came away empty-handed.
Chambers bounced back in Race 3, with her first victory in F1 Academy. Despite poor results in Races 1 and 2, Chloe Chamber has now solidified her position as a contender for the F1 Academy Championship title, thanks to her Race 3 results. She now trails Pin in P2, only 20 points behind the French driver. The American driver is therefore confident she can aim for the title following her performance in Montreal.
Emma Felbermayr – Rodin Motorsport
While she reached chequered flag in third position, Felbermayr’s Race 1 podium finish was short-lived. The Stewards disqualified the Austrian for an underweight car, costing her a deserved third-place result. Race 2 marked a sharp contrast to Race 1’s disappointment as the Kick Sauber driver flipped the narrative to take her maiden win. With a P10 finish in Race 3, she secured a total of 11 valuable points for Rodin Motorsport in the Canadian GP.
Nina Gademan – PREMA Racing
Nina Gademan secured a double podium in Montreal. The weekend got off to a strong start as she unexpectedly claimed her maiden F1 Academy podium in Race 1, benefiting from Palmowski’s penalty. The Prema Racing driver was therefore promoted to the podium. The Dutch driver delivered another strong performance in Race 2, finishing third after starting from P2 and leading for several laps. Race 3, however, proved more challenging, with Gademan finishing outside the points.
Losers of the 2025 F1 Academy Round 4
Maya Weug – MP Motorsport
Maya Weug’s weekend unraveled as the then-championship leader battled repeated mechanical failures in Practice and Qualifying. These issue unfortunately followed her into Race 1, ultimately ending in retirement. Only one point ahead of her rival Pin in the championship, Weug’s challenging weekend lost the Dutch driver her lead in the standings.
The Dutchwoman missed out on valuable points, retiring from Race 1, finishing outside the points in Race 2, and collecting just 8 points in Race 3. Consequently, Weug fell to third place in the championship standings, with a gap of 37 points to close for the lead.
Nicole Havdra – Hitech TGR
Finishing in P10 for Race 1 at her home Grand Prix weekend, Nicole Havdra secured one point for Hitech TGR. The American Express supported driver then retired in Race 2 after causing a collision, and was therefore handed a 3-place grid penalty for the final race of the weekend, in which she could not secure any points, finishing P11.
Alisha Palmowski – Campos Racing
In Race 1, Palmowski was handed a 10-second time penalty after being deemed responsible for a collision with Chloe Chambers at Turn 1. Palmowski’s early race incident with her teammate, came shortly after they started side-by-side on the front row of the grid. While battling for the lead, they collided through turn 2, Palmowski dropping down the ladder, while Chambers momentarily maintained her lead. Although she earned a total of 9 points in Race 2 and 3 and sits fifth in the championship standings, Palmowski’s own-made mistake and subsequent penalty relegates her to the Losers category.
Rafaela Ferreira – Campos Racing
Rafaela Ferreira was handed a five-place grid penalty for the second race of Round 4. This penalty came after she rejoined the track unsafely at Turn 9 and making contact with Chloe Chong. Initially to start in P9, she started Race 2 from 14th on the grid. She was rightly penalised after her unsafe rejoin prevented both the Brazilian and the Brit from finishing Race 1. Standing 12th in the championship with only 9 points to her name, Ferreira can scarcely afford such mistakes if she wants to rise in the standings.
Round 5 of the 2025 F1 Academy Championship
The Championship has now surpassed the halfway mark of its season, the next round taking place in Zandvoort from August 29-31. Zandvoort is a familiar track for F1 Academy teams, and many of the F1 Academy drivers, unlike Canada.
Fortunately for the drivers unfamiliar with Zandvoort, F1 Academy will be testing at Zandvoort. Testing will take place in just over a month’s time, from July 22-23.
