Formula 1 Academy 2025: All drivers and teams at a glance

The women's racing series F1 Academy will enter its third season in 2025 and is looking for a new champion. In the 2024 season, Abbi Pulling won with 338 points ahead of Doriane Pin with 217 points. The formula teams from PREMA Racing, MP Motorsports, Rodin Carlin, ART Grand Prix and Campos Racing will each be taking part with three drivers, as in the previous year. The Hitech GP team is a new addition, also with three drivers.

The Tatuus F4-T-421 Formula 4 cars and tires from Formula 1 partner Pirelli will be used again. Two main races will be held every weekend. After 15 drivers fought for the title in the past season, here is an overview of the future 18 drivers for 2025.

02/24/2025 Nicole Havrda makes her debut with Hitech Just under a month before the start of the season, the starting field of the F1 Academy is taking shape. Nicole Havrda will compete with Hitech Grand Prix in the F1 Academy in 2025 and will begin her fourth year in formula racing. The 19-year-old Canadian made a statement in Formula Pro USA in 2023 when she became the first woman to become champion of the series. In the same year, she won two more titles in the SFR FA2 and the Formula Pro USA winter series. In 2024, she moved to Formula Regional Americas, where she achieved four podiums, and in 2025 she made the jump to the F1 Academy.

December 18, 2024 Doriane Pin again with Mercedes in the F1 Academy The 2024 runner-up will also compete in the women's junior series next year. Together with Mercedes and with the support of the Iron Dames, Pin is aiming for the title that eluded her in 2024 despite three wins and five podium finishes. Although the F1 Academy is her main focus, the 20-year-old will also take part in the Formula Regional European and individual races in the F4 UAE Championship to gain further experience in formula racing.

December 17, 2024 Emma Felbermayr starts for Sauber 17-year-old Emma Felbermayr will make her debut in the F1 Academy in 2025 - and at the same time make the step into the single-seater sector. The Austrian comes from the Felbermayr motorsport dynasty: both her father and grandfather took part in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. In addition to her involvement in the F1 Academy, the Austrian will also compete in the Spanish Formula 4 Championship.

December 12, 2024 Alisha Palmowski third driver for Campos Racing The driver trio of Campus Racing for the 2025 F1 Academy season has been decided: Alisha Palmowski will be a regular driver at Campos Racing alongside Chloe Chambers and Rafaela Ferreira and will compete for the Formula 1 team Red Bull Racing. The 18-year-old Brit was already allowed to start in Qatar last season with a wildcard and finished fifth straight away. Like her teammates at Campos Racing, she is also part of Red Bull's junior program.

December 6, 2024 Williams again with Lia Block in F1 Academy The 18-year-old young driver Lia Block will once again be part of the F1 Academy for Williams and will compete for the ART Grand Prix team. In the 2024 season, she made her debut in the women-only junior series and finished eighth in the overall standings. The American is part of the Williams junior driver academy.

December 6, 2024 Hitech GP becomes the sixth team in the F1 Academy The British team Hitech Grand Prix will enter the junior series from 2025 and will give three more female drivers a seat. Two cockpits are intended for regular female drivers, one is reserved for wildcards at the respective race stations. The founder and head of the racing team is Oliver Oakes, team boss of the Formula 1 racing team Alpine.

December 4, 2024 Alpine sends Nina Gademan into the race The French Formula 1 team has nominated the young Dutch driver Nina Gademan for 2025. The 21-year-old will drive for the F1 Academy team and gained her first experience in single-seaters in the British Formula 4 Championship in 2024. From the end of January to March, she will compete in the Formula Winter Series with the Hitech GP team. She has already competed in the F1 Academy once: at the home Grand Prix in the Netherlands in Zandvoort.

November 22, 2024 Alba Hurup Larsen joins F1 Academy for Tommy Hilfiger Alba Hurup Larsen will make her debut in the F1 Academy in 2025 with the ART Grand Prix team. The Dane does not represent a Formula 1 team, but rather the F1 Academy's advertising partner Tommy Hilfiger. Hurup Larsen has already competed in the Indian Formula 4 and made her single-seater debut there. She will be 16 years old at the start of the season.

November 22, 2024 Courtney Crone becomes Haas' F1 Academy driver The American Formula 1 team Haas is sending Courtney Crone to the F1 Academy for 2025. The 23-year-old most recently drove in the North American Lamborghini Super Trofeo and has a lot of motorsport experience: from speedway motorcycles to LMP3 prototypes to formula vehicles in junior series, the American has driven everything.

October 30, 2024 Raffaela Ferreira drives for Visa Cash App As the second driver in the field, Visa Cash App announces Raffaela Ferreira as its new driver for 2025. The young Brazilian is the first woman ever to win the Brazilian Formula 4. Before that, she was active in karting.

October 8, 2024 Ella Lloyd replaces Bianca Bustamante at McLaren Bianca Bustamante will no longer compete for McLaren in the F1 Academy in 2025. McLaren announced this. Instead, Ella Lloyd will drive in Papaya colors in 2025. The 19-year-old from Wales took part in the British Formula 4 in 2024, among other things, and finished on the podium four times.

October 2, 2024 Chloe Chambers will compete for Red Bull Ford Chloe Chambers will be announced as the first female driver in the starting field for 2025. The American will drive for Red Bull Ford, which is already competing in the F1 Academy a year earlier than in Formula 1. Chambers is active for Haas in the current season and has already won one race.