F1 Academy: All 10 F1 groups to have drivers and liveries for 2024 season in all-female single-seater collection

F1 Academy is at present in its inaugural season however its second marketing campaign subsequent yr will see all 10 F1 groups characterize one driver; the livery of the staff can even be on the automotive of the nominated driver; F1 Academy continues this weekend at Paul Ricard in France

Final Up to date: 26/07/23 4:22pm


Highlights of race one from the fifth round of the F1 Academy series in Monza in which Bianca Bustamante and Chloe Grant were both unhurt after a terrifying collision

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Highlights of race one from the fifth spherical of the F1 Academy collection in Monza during which Bianca Bustamante and Chloe Grant had been each unharmed after a terrifying collision

Highlights of race one from the fifth spherical of the F1 Academy collection in Monza during which Bianca Bustamante and Chloe Grant had been each unharmed after a terrifying collision

All 10 present System 1 groups could have one driver and have their livery on a automotive competing in F1 Academy from 2024.

F1 Academy has 5 groups – ART Grand Prix, Campos Racing, MP Motorsport, PREMA Racing and Rodin Carlin – with three automobiles per staff to make up a 15-driver grid.

From subsequent yr, 10 of those drivers shall be nominated by System 1 groups and every staff could have their livery on one automotive. The opposite 5 drivers shall be supported by the collection’ companions.

“In the beginning, I need to thank the System 1 groups for his or her assist and imaginative and prescient as we embark on this journey collectively,” mentioned F1 Academy managing director Susie Wolff.

“This landmark second not solely demonstrates the depth of assist for F1 Academy from throughout the F1 group however will encourage an entire technology of younger women to understand the alternatives each on and off observe in motorsport.

“As we be a part of the F1 calendar for subsequent yr and host F1 Academy Uncover Your Drive occasions within the lead as much as our races, I’m assured that we’ll have a optimistic affect throughout our sport in the long run.”

F1 president Stefano Domenicali added: “We created F1 Academy to result in actual and lasting change to make sure younger feminine expertise have the suitable system in place to observe and obtain their desires. At the moment is a vital second because it exhibits the affect the mission is having and the assist it’s receiving from throughout the F1 group.

“Susie, the groups, and everybody concerned are working tirelessly to make sure we go from energy to energy and proceed to ship on the necessary goal now we have set out collectively. In 2024 the F1 Academy will be a part of our race calendar, elevating the notice and profile of the collection globally and to have the F1 liveries on the grid shall be one thing very particular.”