Following a promising debut season, Sofia Zanfari begins her second year in the French F4 Championship with fresh ambitions. No fewer than 32 drivers competed in the single-seaters at the traditional Easter Cup races on the Gascon circuit as part of the French Circuit Championship. Seven female drivers, each more competitive than the last, went head-to-head in F4.

The Champions of the Future Academy Program UK Series began at Silverstone, with drivers tackling a new layout in wet, typically British conditions.

The Champions of the Future Academy Program launches its first dedicated UK series at Kart Silverstone from 26 to 29 March. For the first time, Mini 60 and OK-N will headline a standalone national series.

This weekend, LEGO® Racing will make its official racing debut on the grid of F1 ACADEMY during the race weekend in Shanghai. Behind the wheel will be Dutch driver Esmee Kosterman, who will compete in her first full season in F1 ACADEMY as the first LEGO Racing driver.

Podium finishing F1 Academy driver Aurelia Nobels will move up to the GB3 Championship for the 2026 season, having signed with multiple race winners Hillspeed.

Karting has always been the proving ground of motorsport. It is where raw talent first reveals itself. But talent is only meaningful if it is exposed properly.

The third season of the Champions of the Future Academy International Series gets underway this week in Spain, with the opening round hosted at the technical and demanding Kartodromo Internacional Lucas Guerrero. At 1,428 metres, the Chiva circuit is long enough to reward bravery, technical enough to challenge drivers and wide enough to encourage ambition into Turn 1.

The third season of the Champions of the Future Academy International Series gets underway this week in Spain, with the opening round hosted at the technical and demanding Kartodromo Internacional Lucas Guerrero. At 1,428 metres, the Chiva circuit is long enough to reward bravery, technical enough to challenge drivers and wide enough to encourage ambition into Turn 1.

The third season of the Champions of the Future Academy International Series gets underway this week in Spain, with the opening round hosted at the technical and demanding Kartodromo Internacional Lucas Guerrero. At 1,428 metres, the Chiva circuit is long enough to reward bravery, technical enough to challenge drivers and wide enough to encourage ambition into Turn 1.

The third season of the Champions of the Future Academy International Series gets underway this week in Spain, with the opening round hosted at the technical and demanding Kartodromo Internacional Lucas Guerrero. At 1,428 metres, the Chiva circuit is long enough to reward bravery, technical enough to challenge drivers and wide enough to encourage ambition into Turn 1.

The third season of the Champions of the Future Academy International Series gets underway this week in Spain, with the opening round hosted at the technical and demanding Kartodromo Internacional Lucas Guerrero. At 1,428 metres, the Chiva circuit is long enough to reward bravery, technical enough to challenge drivers and wide enough to encourage ambition into Turn 1.

The Aston Martin Aramco Formula One™ Team has officially revealed its F1 Academy car livery, which will be driven by German talent Mathilda Paatz in her debut year of the all-female series. 

F1 Academy has today announced that Chinese driver Shi Wei, also known as ‘Tie Dou’, will return as the first F1 Academy Wild Card entry of the 2026 season.

PREMA Racing is delighted to announce that American driver Payton Westcott will compete with the team in the 2026 F1 Academy series, representing the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team.

Audi Revolut F1 Team is proud to announce that Emma Felbermayr will represent the team in the 2026 F1 Academy season. After a promising 2025 campaign, in which she scored her maiden win, Felbermayr will continue for a second season in the all-female series, now fully integrated into the Audi Revolut F1 Team family and sporting the team’s colours on the F1 Academy grid.

Ava Dobson, who was the highest-placed female driver in last year's GB4 Championship, will represent American Express in this year's F1 Academy.

British racer Holly Miall will make the switch to multiple champions KMR Sport for her GB4 Championship return in 2026.

Alba Larsen will once again take on the challenge of the F1 Academy in 2026 together with MP Motorsport, competing in the support programme of Formula 1. The Danish teenage talent recently joined the Scuderia Ferrari Driver Academy as a Ferrari junior and is aiming to fight at the front in her second season, following a highly promising debut in the series for a new generation of female motorsport talent.

F1 Academy has unveiled the calendar for the 2026 season, which, once again, features seven rounds in support of the FIA Formula One World Championship, including the series’ first-ever appearance at Silverstone.

Atlassian Williams Racing is delighted to announce that Jade Jacquet will represent the team for the 2026 F1 Academy season, racing with ART Grand Prix. The French driver, who turned 16 yesterday, will also be joining the Williams Racing Driver Academy.
 

The Aston Martin Aramco Formula One Team™ is proud to announce that 17-year-old German racing talent Mathilda Paatz will represent the team as its driver for the 2026 F1 Academy season. Mathilda, a rising star from Cologne, will compete with PREMA Racing in the fourth season of the all-female series, sporting the iconic green Aston Martin Aramco livery.

It has been a perfect F1 Academy finale for PREMA Racing under the glamorous lights of Las Vegas, as Doriane Pin capped a strong full-season run by winning the 2025 Driver Championship. The French racer, a Mercedes-AMG F1 Team junior driver and an Iron Dame, made a key breakthrough on Saturday, when she cruised to victory in a hectic, wet Race 1. She then stayed out of trouble in Race 2 to clinch the title. Throughout the course of the season, she achieved four wins, the most of any driver, and eight podiums.

Iron Dame, Doriane Pin, has won the F1 Academy Drivers’ Championship title in Las Vegas following a highly competitive 2025 season.

F1 Academy is set for its 2025 finale, and as the series prepares to wrap up its third season, PREMA Racing is prepared to compete for the highest honours in Las Vegas. Lining up at the American street course, Doriane Pin is entering the weekend as the championship leader with a consistent season made of three wins and multiple podiums. The Frenchwoman achieved podium finishes and competed for victory in every round, and looks forward to sealing the deal in the second American outing for the 2025 series.

Today, in the pitlane of the Las Vegas Strip Circuit at the FORMULA 1 LAS VEGAS GRAND PRIX 2025, the LEGO Group and F1 ACADEMY have announced an exciting multi-year partnership to inspire young fans, especially girls, through creative play and representation. As part of this collaboration, the LEGO Group will be represented on the F1 ACADEMY grid starting with the 2026 F1 ACADEMY season, with LEGO® Racing, piloted by driver Esmee Kosterman at the wheel. Additionally, the LEGO Group and F1 ACADEMY revealed their first LEGO set together, now available for pre-order.

PREMA Racing claimed a podium finish in tricky conditions as the F1 Academy series got its weekend completed at Marina Bay in Singapore. Mercedes-AMG F1 Team junior Doriane Pin ended up second in Race 1 to retain her championship lead heading into the Las Vegas finale.

F1 Academy has taken a significant stride forward in its mission to identify and nurture the next generation of female racing talent, after successfully concluding its inaugural Rookie Test at Circuito de Navarra today.

F1 Academy today announced that, following substantial global interest, eighteen female drivers, all eligible to compete in 2026, have been carefully selected to take part in the series’ first ever rookie test on 17th - 18th September at Circuito de Navarra.

American emerging talent, Emma Scarbrough, will represent KICK Sauber F1 Team in the first F1 Academy rookie test, taking place in Navarra, Spain, at the end of the month. The 17-year-old will drive a team-branded car, operated by Rodin Motorsport, in a six-hour-long test across two sessions.

Maya Weug executed a dominant drive in Zandvoort to claim her second win of the season, leading every lap to crucially close the gap to her title rival Doriane Pin. The Ferrari driver made the most of starting on pole position to secure her second podium of the weekend, with the second-biggest winning margin in F1 Academy history of 7.3s.