F1 Academy have announced that 16 year old Lisa Billard will be sponsored by Gatorade for the 2026 season. The young French driver already has an impressive racing record, being crowned Women’s Champion at the 2025 French F4 Championship at Le Mans. 2026 will not be Billard’s first time in F1 Academy machinery. She had…
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…
As the 2025 F1 Academy season reaches its decisive stages, French driver Doriane Pin finds herself at a significant crossroads in her career. With strong performances already behind her and the prospect of securing the championship still in sight, the 21-year-old is considering where her long-term path may lead. For many drivers, the dream of…
McLaren Racing has confirmed that 14 year-old Ella Häkkinen, daughter of two-time F1 World Champion Mika Häkkinen, joins its Driver Development Programme as she moves toward her single-seater debut. Set to make the jump from karting to single-seaters in 2027, Häkkinen has already built an impressive karting résumé. She claimed her first major international win…
McLaren Racing has announced an expansion in its Driver Development Programme and will enter a second car into the 2026 F1 Academy season. Ella Lloyd will continue driving for McLaren and will be joined by Ella Stevens. The pair will drive in cars operated by Rodin Motorsport. Additionally, Mika Häkkinen’s daughter, Ella Häkkinen, will also…
In a major move that underscores the sport’s growing commitment to female drivers, F1 Academy and Formula 1 have confirmed a groundbreaking, multi-year partnership. Under this agreement, all 10 current Formula 1 teams will sponsor one driver each in the all-female racing series, further strengthening F1’s efforts to foster female talent in motorsport. A new…
F1 Academy has announced that 16 year-old Payton Westcott will join the 2025 season finale in Las Vegas as the event’s wild card entry. This year, she competed in the Formula Winter Series, Italian F4 and E4 Championships with Van Amersfoort Racing. Heading into Las Vegas in just a few weeks time, the American isn’t…
18 year-old PUMA driver Aurelia Nobels is gearing up for the 2025 F1 Academy season finale in Las Vegas. In just a few weeks, the young Brazilian will take the track for the final time in her F1 Academy career, marking the end of her journey in the series. After finishing 12th overall with 29…
Rachel Robertson will step into the TAG Heuer F1 Academy seat of Aiva Anagnostiadis for the season finale at the 2025 Las Vegas Grand Prix. Anagnostiadis, who fractured her left foot before the Singapore GP, recently underwent surgery and will miss the finale after already sitting out Round 6 in Singapore. In her absence there,…
Maya Weug capped off the final day of in-season testing for F1 Academy at the Bahrain International Circuit by going six-for-six, topping the timesheets once again with the fastest overall lap. The Ferrari driver remained a consistent front-runner across all three days, setting a 2:04.150 in the morning session, six tenths ahead of her teammate…
