2024 F1 Academy season

2024 F1 Academy

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Parent series:
Formula One World Championship
Formula 2 Championship
FIA Formula 3 Championship
Support series:
Porsche Supercup

Prema Racing are the defending Teams' Champion.

The 2024 F1 Academy is a motor racing championship that is the second season of the F1 Academy, an all-female, Formula 4-level racing series founded and organized under the management of Formula Motorsport Limited. All seven rounds will support the 2024 Formula One World Championship, with 10 of the 15 drivers' cars sporting liveries sponsored by the 10 teams currently competing in Formula One.

Prema Racing enter the season as defending champions, having won the title last year with inaugural drivers' champion Marta García.

Entries

F1 Academy is a spec series; all teams competing with an identical Tatuus F4-T-421 chassis and tyre compounds developed by Pirelli. Each car is powered by a 165-horsepower turbocharged 4-cylinder engine developed by Autotecnica. ^[1]

For the 2024 season, all 10 Formula One teams support one driver and have their livery on that driver's car. The remaining five drivers in the series are supported by other partners. ^[2]

Full season entries
Teams	No.	Driver	Supporting team	Rounds	Ref.
Rodin Motorsport	3	Lola Lovinfosse	—	1–2	[3]
	9	Abbi Pulling	Alpine	1–2	[4]
	17	Jessica Edgar	—	1–2	[5]
MP Motorsport	7	Emely de Heus	— [lower-alpha 1]	1–2	[6]
	8	Hamda Al Qubaisi	Red Bull Racing	1–2	[6]
	88	Amna Al Qubaisi	RB	1–2	[6]
Campos Racing	14	Chloe Chambers	Haas	1–2	[7]
	15	Carrie Schreiner	Sauber	1–2	[8]
	30	Nerea Martí	—	1–2	[9]
ART Grand Prix	16	Bianca Bustamante	McLaren	1–2	[10]
	22	Aurelia Nobels	— [lower-alpha 2]	1–2	[11]
	57	Lia Block	Williams	1–2	[12]
Prema Racing	19	Tina Hausmann	Aston Martin	1–2	[13]
	28	Doriane Pin	Mercedes	1–2	[14]
	64	Maya Weug	Ferrari	1–2	[15]
Wildcard entries
Prema Racing	18	Reema Juffali	—	1	[16]
	77	Courtney Crone	—	2	[17]
Sources: [2] [18]

Team changes

• Rodin Carlin was rebranded as Rodin Motorsport, after the Carlin family departed the team and Rodin Cars took full ownership. ^[19]

Driver changes

• Prema Racing fielded an all new line-up following the departure of Marta García, who progressed to the Formula Regional European Championship; Chloe Chong, who joined JHR Developments in British F4; and Bianca Bustamante, who switched to ART Grand Prix. ^{[20] [21] [22] [10]} The team's new drivers are Aston Martin representative Tina Hausmann, Mercedes Junior Team driver Doriane Pin, and Ferrari Driver Academy member Maya Weug. ^{[13] [14] [15]}
• Megan Gilkes left Rodin Motorsport and retired from professional racing, as Lola Lovinfosse joined from Campos Racing. ^{[23] [3]}
• ART Grand Prix promoted Léna Bühler to the Formula Regional European Championship and saw both Carrie Schreiner and Chloe Grant leave the team. ^{[24] [8]} Bianca Bustamante moved over from Prema Racing, representing the McLaren Driver Development Programme. ^[10] She is partnered by new Williams Driver Academy member Lia Block, making her open-wheel racing debut. ^[12] Ferrari Driver Academy member Aurelia Nobels completed the lineup. ^[11]
• Campos Racing signed Sauber Academy member Carrie Schreiner from ART Grand Prix. ^[8] The team also fielded Haas young driver Chloe Chambers. ^[7] They replaced Lola Lovinfosse, who switched to Rodin Motorsport, and Maite Cáceres, who returned to F4 United States. ^[25]

Wildcard entries

Wildcard entries were added for the 2024 season. Selected drivers will be offered a drive operated by Prema Racing (in addition to their three permanent entries) for a single weekend in select rounds and will be eligible to score points in the Drivers' Championship. Susie Wolff stated the goals of the wildcard entries are to "promote regional talent, engage with local communities, and increase the talent pool in the regions in which we race". ^[26]

• Saudi Arabian GT driver Reema Juffali was the wildcard entry for the first round of the season in Jeddah. ^[16]
• American LMP3 and GT driver Courtney Crone was confirmed as a wildcard entry for the second round of the season in Miami. ^[17]

Calendar

The calendar for the 2024 season was announced in October 2023, reducing to two races a weekend instead of three and having a singular qualifying session. All seven rounds will support the 2024 Formula One World Championship.

Round	Circuit	Race 1	Race 2
1	Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Jeddah	8 March	9 March
2	Miami International Autodrome, Miami	4 May	5 May
3	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Barcelona	22 June	23 June
4	Zandvoort Circuit, Zandvoort	24 August	25 August
5	Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore	21 September	22 September
6	Losail International Circuit, Lusail	30 November	1 December
7	Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi	7 December	8 December
Source: [27]

Calendar changes

The Red Bull Ring, Monza Circuit, Circuit Paul Ricard, Circuit Ricardo Tormo, and Circuit of the Americas were all removed due to the series becoming a full-time part of the Formula One support program. The Jeddah Street Circuit hosted the opening round. At the same time, the Miami International Autodrome, Marina Bay Street Circuit, Losail International Circuit, and the Yas Marina Circuit became new additions to the calendar.

Season summary

Round 1: Jeddah

The season started off at the Jeddah Street Circuit. Doriane Pin took pole by nearly eight tenths from Abbi Pulling and Maya Weug. During the first race, wildcard driver Reema Juffali collided with Amna Al Qubaisi on lap two, while Jessica Edgar sustained a puncture midway after contact with Tina Hausmann. Pin won the race from Pulling and Weug. ^[28]

There was only one safety car period during the second race after Juffali crashed out on lap six. Pin crossed the finish line first, but was unaware that the race ended and took the chequered flag twice. She was investigated and later penalised for the mistake. Pulling inherited the win ahead of Weug and Nerea Martí, with Pin moving down to ninth. Pulling left Jeddah as the championship leader, with Weug in second and Pin in third. ^[29]

Round 2: Miami

Pulling took pole in the next round at the Miami International Autodrome. In the first race, Bianca Bustamante stalled from fourth on the grid and could only recover to ninth with the fastest lap. Pulling took a comfortable victory from Pin, while Chloe Chambers achieved her first podium in the series from Weug, who eventually fell to sixth after a penalty. Pulling won again in the second race, but this time it was Bustamante who would finish second ahead of Pin.

Race results and standings

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Jeddah Corniche Circuit	Doriane Pin	Abbi Pulling	Doriane Pin	Prema Racing
	R2		Doriane Pin	Doriane Pin	Abbi Pulling [lower-alpha 3]	Rodin Motorsport
2	R1	Miami International Autodrome	Abbi Pulling	Bianca Bustamante	Abbi Pulling	Rodin Motorsport
	R2		Abbi Pulling	Abbi Pulling	Abbi Pulling	Rodin Motorsport
3	R1	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya
	R2
4	R1	Circuit Zandvoort
	R2
5	R1	Marina Bay Street Circuit
	R2
6	R1	Lusail International Circuit
	R2
7	R1	Yas Marina Circuit
	R2
Source: [27] [31]

Scoring system

Two points will be awarded to the driver(s) who start Race 1 and Race 2 from pole position. Fastest lap points are also handed out in each race to the driver and team who achieved the fastest valid lap time and classified inside the top 10. No points are given to the driver who clocked in the fastest lap time but finished outside the top 10 or if the leader has completed less than 50% of the scheduled race distance. ^[32]

Position, points per race

1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Pole	FL
25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	2	1
Source: [33]

Drivers' championship

Pos. Driver JED MIA CAT ZAN SIN LUS YMC Points R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 1 Abbi Pulling 2F 1 1P 1PF 99 2 Doriane Pin 1P 9PF 2 3 65 3 Maya Weug 3 2 6 5 51 4 Chloe Chambers 4 10 3 4 40 5 Bianca Bustamante 5 6 9F 2 39 6 Nerea Martí 14† 3 4 7 33 7 Hamda Al Qubaisi 9 5 5 6 30 8 Jessica Edgar 15 4 7 14 18 9 Amna Al Qubaisi 13 8 8 8 12 10 Carrie Schreiner 10 7 12 9 9 11 Tina Hausmann 6 13 Ret Ret 8 12 Aurelia Nobels 7 Ret 13 13 6 13 Lola Lovinfosse 8 Ret 10 15 5 14 Lia Block 16† 11 15 10 1 15 Emely de Heus 12 12 11 12 0 16 Courtney Crone 14 11 0 17 Reema Juffali 11 Ret 0 Pos. Driver R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 Points JED MIA CAT ZAN SIN LUS YMC Sources: [34] [31]

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) P – Pole F – Fastest Lap † — Did not finish, but classified

Teams' championship

Pos. Team JED MIA CAT ZAN SIN LUS YMC Points R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 1 Prema Racing 1P 2 2 3 124 3 9PF 6 5 6 13 Ret Ret 2 Rodin Motorsport 2F 1 1P 1PF 122 8 4 7 14 15 Ret 10 15 3 Campos Racing 4 3 3 4 82 10 7 4 7 14† 10 12 9 4 ART Grand Prix 5 6 9F 2 46 7 11 13 10 16† Ret 15 13 5 MP Motorsport 9 5 5 6 42 12 8 8 8 13 12 11 12 Pos. Team R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 Points JED MIA CAT ZAN SIN LUS YMC Sources: [35] [31]

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) P – Pole F – Fastest Lap † — Did not finish, but classified

Notes

1. De Heus is a Red Bull Academy Programme member, but her entry is not supported by either of the Red Bull-owned teams.
2. Nobels is a Ferrari Driver Academy member, but her entry is not supported by the F1 team. ^[11]
3. Doriane Pin finished first on track, but was given a post-race drive-through penalty due to crossing the chequered flag twice. This was converted into a 20-second time penalty, and Pulling inherited the win. ^[30]

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External links

• Official website