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F1 Academy is a female-only, Formula 4-level single-seater racing championship founded by the Formula One Group. The championship is a spec series , meaning that all teams compete with an identical Tatuus F4-T421 chassis and tyre compounds developed by Pirelli .
The intent is to, eventually, get more women into F3, F2, and ideally, F1. We wonder if it's enough.
Calderón was promoted from her development driver role to test driver for the 2018 season, and tested an F1 car for the first time with Sauber in Mexico in October 2018. [34] [35] In 2019, Williams Driver Academy signed leading W Series contender Jamie Chadwick as a development driver for the Williams F1 team. [36]
The female drivers of Formula 1’s F1 Academy have a docuseries about them currently in the works at Netflix courtesy of Reese Witherspoon’s production company, Hello Sunshine Variety has ...
In 1998, McLaren became the first Formula One team to establish a driver development program, founding the McLaren-Mercedes Young Driver Support Programme; [1] its initial cohort famously included 13-year-old kart racer Lewis Hamilton, [2] who became the first driver development program alumnus in Formula One to win the World Drivers' Championship in 2008. [3]
In 2021, the programme was renamed Alpine Academy after the rebranding of the Renault F1 team into Alpine F1 Team. In March 2022, the Alpine Affiliates programme was launched as a support to drivers starting their motorsport careers, and is intended to be a feeder for the Alpine Academy. [ 3 ]
Bustamante leads Chloe Chambers in an F1 Academy race at Zandvoort in 2024. On October 18, 2023, McLaren announced the signing of Bustamante to the McLaren Driver Development Programme and that she will represent McLaren for the 2024 season under ART Grand Prix. Bustamante is the first female driver signed to the McLaren Driver Development ...
Chadwick argues that for women entering Formula One in 2022, financial support is a greater obstacle than gender. [14] Majendie argues this by citing Lombardi’s example as a racer, who despite her gender, successfully entered Formula One. [14] This need for financial support is combated by the rise of the W-series, which started in October ...