MP Motorsport Team Manager Wouter Blokhuis leaves the 2026 F1 Academy season opener in Shanghai with strong belief in the team’s potential. Fielding Alba Larsen, Nina Gademan and rookie Esmee Kosterman, both Larsen and Gademan showed clear promise, signaling that strong results could come in the near future as the season continues to unfold. Most…
The F1 Academy field delivered an action-packed weekend at the 2026 Chinese GP, where raw pace alone wasn’t enough to guarantee success. With changing track conditions, multiple Safety Car interruptions, and a tightly packed grid, the margins between a standout result and a frustrating outcome were finer than ever. Ultimately, Shanghai proved to be a…
Ahead of the final round of the 2025 F1 Academy season, the LEGO Group and the series have announced a new multi-year deal, with Esmee Kosterman set to represent LEGO Racing on the 2026 grid. The 20 year-old Dutch driver first made her F1 Academy debut as a Wild Card Entry at her home race…
Esmee Kosterman made her debut in F1 Academy on home soil at the challenging Zandvoort track. While the Hitech driver qualified ninth and finished Race 1 outside of the points in P12, her weekend turned around on Sunday. After a successful outing, Kosterman cinched P7 in Race 2, becoming the first point-scoring Wild Card Entry…
Joining the F1 Academy Dutch GP grid as a Wild Card entry with TeamViewer, Esmee Kosterman put her best foot forward, securing points by the end of the weekend. This marked her as the first Wild Card of the 2025 season to score points. Scoring six points at the Dutch GP put Kosterman into P13…
Round 5 of the 2025 F1 Academy season headed to the Netherlands for a race at Zandvoort. Unlike their previous outing, normal running had resumed, and two races were completed over the weekend. The 2025 Dutch GP marked the beginning of the second half of the F1 Academy season, with the title fight intensifying. Ahead…
Wildcard entry for round 5 of F1 Academy, Esmee Kosterman opened up about her driving in a single-seater series. She focused on what she expects from her home race weekend at Zandvoort and how weather conditions and a different kind of driving are going to affect her. Kosterman hopes for rain on her F1 Academy…
F1 Academy returns this week after a 1.5-month break following the 2025 Canadian GP. Round 5 takes place this weekend at Zandvoort, leaving just three rounds for the drivers to make their mark on the 2025 season. Following the three races in Canada, the championship battle is tighter than ever, and Zandvoort offers plenty of…
F1 Academy has revealed that 20-year-old Dutch driver Esmee Kosterman will compete as the Wild Card entry for Round 5 of the championship at Circuit Zandvoort, representing global remote connectivity leader TeamViewer. Kosterman’s debut promises to be particularly significant, as she will race in a specially designed livery celebrating women who are driving progress both…
