F1 ACADEMY announced a new multi-year partnership with Dirt Is Good, making the world’s largest laundry brand the series’ first Official Laundry Detergent Partner. The collaboration is set to begin at Round 2 of the 2026 season during the Canadian Grand Prix weekend in Montreal, before a flagship activation followed at Zandvoort later in the…
F1 Academy has confirmed that Shi Wei, also known as ‘Tie Dou’, will return as the first Wild Card entry of the 2026 season, marking another important step in her rising career. She will line up at Round 1 in Shanghai. Racing in front of her home crowd as the championship once again supports the…
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…
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 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…
Sixteen-year-old Milwaukee native Ava Dobson will make her F1 Academy debut on home soil at the 2025 Miami Grand Prix. Backed by Morgan Stanley—the first financial services partner of the all-female series—Dobson will line up on the grid at the Miami International Autodrome in a bespoke Morgan Stanley-branded livery and race suit. She will race…
