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Taking on her rookie season in F1 Academy, Megan Bruce revealed her goal of steadily improving across each round of the 2026 all-female championship. Before being announced as TAG Heuer’s 2026 driver, Bruce made her surprise F1 Academy debut at Round 6 of the 2025 season in Singapore. There, she replaced an injured Aiva Anagnostiadis…
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…
Ferrari-backed Alba Larsen entered the 2026 F1 Academy with high ambitions, as the Danish driver looks to make the most of her second season in the series and the opportunity of being backed by an F1 team. After a rookie campaign plagued by missed opportunities, having narrowly missed out on podium finishes on several occasions,…
Natalia Granada made an immediate impression during her 2026 F1 Academy debut, securing a P2 finish in the Reverse Grid Race at Shanghai. The 18 year old, who previously only had experience in karting and GTs, earned her seat with PREMA Racing after impressing at the inaugural F1 Academy Rookie Test. Granada qualified seventh before…
Taking on her second season in F1 Academy, Rafaela Ferreira aims to build on her rookie year experiences and deliver a strong final campaign in the 2026 all-female championship. In 2025, the Brazilian driver started the season off with promise after achieving a season-best result of P5 during the campaign opener in China. However, later…
Citroën Racing has appointed rising French motorsport star Doriane Pin as its official Development Driver, a smove that underlines the team’s commitment to nurturing elite young talent while sharpening its technical and competitive edge in the Formula E World Championship. Pin will make her first official appearance with the team at the prestigious Monaco E-Prix…
18 year-old Canadian driver Autumn Fisher is set to join the 2026 F1 Academy grid as a Wild Card entry for the second round in Montreal. After successfully taking part in the series’ inaugural rookie test last year, Fisher will make her F1 Academy race weekend debut at her home event next week with the…
With the first round of the 2026 Kyojo Cup set to begin this weekend, Australian driver Joanne Ciconte prepares for a move to Japan as she takes on a brand-new championship this year. The 17 year-old makes the switch following her rookie F1 Academy season with MP Motorsport in 2025, where she finished 14th in…
Haas-backed Kaylee Countryman enters her rookie F1 Academy in 2026, balancing a busy racing schedule as she continues to gain experience in single-seaters. As the youngest full-time driver on the grid at 16 years-old, she enters the 2026 season with a lot to learn. At the season opener in Shanghai, the weekend proved challenging for…
Australian driver Joanne Ciconte continues to represent a growing wave of women making their mark in motorsport. After joining the F1 Academy grid in 2025, she now begins an exciting new chapter, competing in Japan’s Kyojo Cup with KCMG. Having taken part in the FIA Girls on Track Rising Stars programme, which has helped identify…
