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Spanish GP | F1 Academy | Race 2 | Chloe Chambers takes her first win with seven seconds gap to Pulling

Without expecting rain before the end of the last session of F1 Academy in Barcelona, the drivers went underway on a formation lap in this order. The drivers are Abbi Pulling, Chloe Chambers, Doriane Pin, Nerea Mart, Hamda Al Qubaisi, Lia Block, Tina Hausmann, Bianca Bustamante, Jess Edgar, Lola Lovinfosse, Emely de Heus, Carrie Schreiner,…

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Spanish GP | F1 Academy | Race 1 | 4th win of the season for Abbi Pulling after a dominant performance

F1 Academy gets underway at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Conditions are warm, though cooler than those of earlier sessions. The track temperature is currently 35.4 degrees Celsius, and the air temperature is 24.0 degrees Celsius. Abbi Pulling (PUL) of Rodin Motorsport and Alpine Academy starts on pole, after setting the fastest lap time in Friday’s…

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F1 Academy | Spanish GP| Qualifying | Strong performance by Pulling sees her start on pole for both Race 1 and Race 2

The F1 Academy qualifying condition gets underway at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Conditions are warm, with a track temperature of 39.1 degrees Celsius and an air temperature of 24.8 degrees Celsius. All fifteen drivers heading out on track as the green flag falls. Carrie Schreiner (SCH) in the Kick Sauber livery sets the first lap…

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Spanish GP | F1 Academy | FP1 | Pulling and Bustamante set the exact same time, others struggling with curbs and rear tyre

It is quite an early morning in Barcelona, and the Spanish Grand Prix kicks off with the first session of the race weekend — practice of the all-female racing series F1 Academy. Considering that the schedule is very full due to the presence of not only Formula 1 and F1 Academy, but also Formula 2…

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Qualcomm expands Mercedes partnerships to F1 Academy and Doriane Pin

Qualcomm has been an official partner of the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team since signing a multi-year deal in 2023. It is a global corporation manufacturing software, semiconductors, services related to wireless technology and more. Now, the company expands its partnership with the team by including Mercedes’ F1 Academy entry Doriane Pin, becoming her senior…

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Lia Block: “I’m never going to be happy until I’m winning” in F1 Academy as she turns her attention to Barcelona

At only 17-year-old, Lia Block hopped into her maiden F1 Academy season, freshly switching from rallying to single-seaters and determined to be at the top. Now, with two out of seven rounds of the all-female series behind us and the third one in Barcelona around the corner, the American driver finds herself 14th in the…

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Bianca Bustamante leaving Miami with “no regrets” amid her first F1 Academy podium of the season

After stalling the start of Race 1 and dropping to the back of the grid, Bianca Bustamante’s weekend in Miami didn’t look too good, despite being able to fight her way back into points to claim P9, even with a penalty. However, the Filipina driver managed to turn the tables on Sunday in Race 2,…

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