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Feeling the effects - the impact of F1 Academy

Since the first season of F1 Academy in 2023, there has been a notable growth in the involvement of women and girls in motorsport - whether that be in karting, a career within the industry, or just simply as a fan.

Autosport

Melbourne teenager's Formula One dream a step closer

Joanne Ciconte is one step closer to realising her dream of becoming Australia's first woman Formula One driver after earning a spot in the F1 Academy.

AAP

The battle Susie Wolff refuses to give up on

It's been nearly half a century since a woman last competed in an F1 race, and Wolff wants to ensure that number doesn't tick much higher.

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Inside the Autosport Awards, the biggest night in motorsports

Last night, drivers, F1 power houses, icons of racing, and one of the Spice Girls (though not the one you'd expect) showed up and showed out.

Motorsport

Wolff: F1 Academy is not a “feminist crusade” as female participation in motorsport is rising

Susie Wolff believes it is wrong to suggest she is on “a feminist crusade” with F1 Academy saying the championship is helping motorsport appeal to female fans of Formula 1.

Autosport

Abbi Pulling: ‘This is what it will take for a woman to race in Formula One’

EXCLUSIVE: The F1 Academy champion speaks to Kieran Jackson after a brilliant 2024 season – and explains what obstacles are on the horizon as she eyes a dream seat in F1

The Independent UK

From Oban to the glitz and glam of motorsport: Jodie Sloss on her "crazy" journey

Not too long ago, Jodie Sloss was a waitress in her home town of Oban. Now, after what she describes as a "crazy" few years and now, she…

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Doriane Pin’s Rapid Rise Through Racing’s Ranks Is Just Getting Started

The 20-year-old Frenchwoman just began racing in single-seat cars last year and has already established herself as one of F1 Academy’s top drivers.

Sports Illustrated

F1 Hangover: An insider's guide to the glitz, glam, and goings-on off track in Vegas

Road trips with F1 drivers, all-night parties, special presentations, and celeb sightings like no other — inside the off-track events of the Las Vegas GP.

Motorsport

How F1 Academy is growing alongside F1 on path to self-sufficiency

Susie Wolff is certain that F1 Academy will one day stand on its own two feet as a symbol that motorsport is no longer exclusively a man’s world.

Autosport

F1 Academy champion to receive funded drive in GB3 for 2025

This year's F1 Academy champion will receive a fully-funded drive in GB3 next season with leading squad Rodin Motorsport.

Autosport

Formula 1: The groundbreaking women who drove in F1

It's been five years since a woman so much as drove in a Formula 1 practice session, let alone started a grand prix

Autosport

Analysis: Verstappen shows his petty side when FIA foolishly punishes him for cursing

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The Independent UK

How Antonelli performed under a new spotlight after F2 breakthrough

Andrea Kimi Antonelli’s victory in the Formula 2 sprint race at the British Grand Prix not only broke his duck in the championship to ease the pressure on his shoulders, but for the first time it also thrust him into the media spotlight - something the 17-year-old has so far…

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Susie Wolff is upending F1's 'boys club' with an all-female racing empire

Susie Wolff is optimistic about the future of motorsports for young women, insisting “slowly but surely it's changing."

Fortune

F1 Academy managing director Susie Wolff is leading the fight for more women in Formula 1

F1 Academy, F1’s all-women racing series, will compete at the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona this weekend.

Fortune

F1 Academy managing director Susie Wolff's race weekend day-in-the-life has no breaks

Susie Wolff shared her daily routine for grand prix weekends with Fortune, including how she dodges jet lag across 12-hour time zone differences.

Autosport

F1 Academy Zandvoort: Start time, how to watch and more

After a two-month break, F1 Academy is back with its fourth round in the Netherlands. The all-female single-seater series last took to the track at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya for the Spanish Grand Prix, with the first race won by Abbi Pulling and Chloe Chambers taking her maiden win in…

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Charlotte Tilbury's beauty brand made Formula 1 history. Now the 'adrenaline junkie' is upending the sport with race-day makeup touchups and lipstick-colored cars

Women now make up nearly half of F1’s fan base.

Autosport

F1 Academy announces new Netflix docuseries - release date and how to watch

F1 Academy is set to be the feature of a new Netflix documentary series in partnership with Reese Witherspoon’s production company Hello Sunshine. The documentary is currently in production and will feature a behind-the-scenes look at the 2024 all-female single-seater season. The multi-part documentary will feature all the drama of…

Motorsport

Line-up announced for More than Equal’s new female driver development programme

The group includes six promising 13-14-year-olds from Australia, Austria, Czech Republic, Malaysia, Slovakia and the UK, who will all now follow a technical and tactical coaching and development programme that aims to accelerate at least one of them onto the Grand Prix grid. A further four drivers under the age…

Autosport

Ferrari announces d'Ambrosio, Serra signings from Mercedes F1 team

Serra, formerly the performance director at Mercedes, will take on the head of chassis performance engineering role at Ferrari on 1 October and will report to technical chief Enrico Cardile. The news of Serra's move was revealed by Autosport last year.

Motorsport

Ferrari confirms arrival of ex-Mercedes F1 men D'Ambrosio, Serra

Autosport

The big question F1 Academy faces as pecking order begins to form

For inaugural champion Marta Garcia, the reward was a fully funded Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine drive with Prema Racing, the team with which she had completed her victorious campaign (although she has now transferred into the sister Iron Dames operation). But given that FRECA is officially recognised by…

Autosport

Sponsored: Charlotte Tilbury celebrates Miami GP with F1 Academy

The all-female feeder series aims to give young women access to more track time at a high-performance level, enabling them to develop the fundamental level of technical, physical and mental ability to progress to the highest level.

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