On Thursday, the all-female F1 Academy sequence introduced an upcoming first for the game.
On the subsequent official testing session, slated for later this month at Circuito de Navarra in Spain, the game will conduct it’s first rookie take a look at. Over these two days eighteen drivers, all eligible to compete within the F1 Academy subsequent season, will immerse themselves inside an F1 Academy group on a “truthful stage for the rookies to point out they deserve a full-time seat for a Wild Card entry for the 2026 season.”
On the primary day, the rookie drivers will probably be positioned with an F1 Academy group to “observe briefing and engineering periods.” The drivers can even participate in “bodily and cognitive assessments” to “assist their particular person improvement and development.”
Then on the second day the 18 drivers — all between the ages of 15 and 21 — will take to the observe in F1 Academy automobiles, with a complete of six testing hours accessible at Circuito de Navarra.
These are the 18 drivers chosen for the first-of-its-kind F1 Academy rookie take a look at:
Lisa Billard
Laura Bourquet
Annabelle Brian
Megan Bruce
Alexia Danielsson
Eva Dorrestijn
Autumn Fisher
Zoe Florescu Potolea
Natalia Granada
Alexandra Herve
Jade Jacquet
Imogen Radburn
Rachel Robertson
Michalina Sabaj
Emma Scarbrough
Ella Stevens
Alexandra Vateva
Payton Westcott
Suzie Wolff, the Managing Director of the F1 Academy, hailed the information as a “landmark” second not only for the sequence however for motorsport.
“It is a landmark second, not only for F1 Academy as a sequence, however for our sport. Over the previous thee years, the worldwide feminine expertise pool has grown stronger and extra aggressive, and our precedence is to make sure that we’ve got the very best drivers competing in F1 Academy,” mentioned Wolff within the announcement. “With this take a look at, we’re offering eighteen of probably the most promising skills with an equitable platform for them to display that they deserve a seat on the F1 Academy grid.”
“This take a look at is greater than only a assertion of intent; it displays our deep-rooted dedication to figuring out and nurturing the subsequent era of feminine expertise and strengthening the long run expertise pipeline,” mentioned Katie Denver, F1 Academy’s Efficiency & Expertise Improvement Supervisor. “Change calls for significant motion, and our mission is to create a clearer, extra accessible pipeline that breaks down obstacles, and creates a pathway for probably the most proficient to succeed.”
The upcoming F1 Academy testing session takes place earlier than the sixth spherical of the 2025 F1 Academy season, slated for Singapore in the beginning of October. The 2025 F1 Academy season concludes in November on the Las Vegas Grand Prix, the place the sequence will grow to be the primary assist sequence to run at F1’s latest Grand Prix.
