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2023 F1 Academy season

The 2023 F1 Academy was a motor racing championship that was the inaugural season of the F1 Academy, an all-female Formula 4-level racing series founded and organized under the management of Formula Motorsport Limited.[1] Its season commenced on 29 April at Red Bull Ring and concluded on 22 October supporting the United States Grand Prix at Circuit of the Americas.

Marta García won the drivers' championship driving for Prema Racing. Léna Bühler (middle left) ended the season as runner-up, while Hamda Al Qubaisi (middle right) finished third. Prema Racing won the inaugural teams' championship.

Marta García won the drivers' championship with two races to spare, as her team Prema Racing won the teams' championship.

Entries edit

The following teams and drivers are under contract to compete in the 2023 championship.[2] As the championship is a spec series, all teams will compete 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]

Teams No. Driver Rounds Ref.
  Campos Racing
  Mercantile Campos Racing[N 1] 		1   Nerea Martí All [3]
2   Lola Lovinfosse All [4]
3   Maite Cáceres All [5]
  MP Motorsport 4   Hamda Al Qubaisi All [6]
5   Emely de Heus All [7]
6   Amna Al Qubaisi All [6]
  ART Grand Prix 7   Léna Bühler All [8]
8   Carrie Schreiner All [9]
9   Chloe Grant All [10]
  Rodin Carlin 10   Abbi Pulling All [11]
11   Jessica Edgar All [12]
12   Megan Gilkes All [13]
  Prema Racing 14   Chloe Chong All [14]
15   Marta García All [15]
16   Bianca Bustamante All [16]
Source:[17]

Calendar edit

The calendar for the 2023 season was announced in February 2023.

Round Circuit Race 1 & 2 Race 3
1   Red Bull Ring, Spielberg
29 April
2   Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Cheste 6 May 7 May
3   Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Barcelona 20 May 21 May
4   Zandvoort Circuit, Zandvoort 24 June[a] 25 June
5   Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza 8 July 9 July
6   Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet
30 July
7   Circuit of the Americas, Austin 21 October 22 October
Source:[18]

Race results and standings edit

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Supporting
1 R1   Red Bull Ring 29 April   Marta García   Marta García   Marta García   Prema Racing P9 Challenge
R2   Amna Al Qubaisi   Amna Al Qubaisi   MP Motorsport
R3   Marta García   Abbi Pulling   Marta García   Prema Racing
2 R1   Circuit Ricardo Tormo 6 May   Nerea Martí   Hamda Al Qubaisi   Hamda Al Qubaisi   MP Motorsport NASCAR Whelen Euro Series
R2   Hamda Al Qubaisi   Bianca Bustamante   Prema Racing
R3 7 May   Marta García   Marta García   Marta García   Prema Racing
3 R1   Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 20 May   Emely de Heus   Léna Bühler[b]   Emely de Heus   MP Motorsport Formula Regional European Championship
R2   Amna Al Qubaisi   Amna Al Qubaisi   MP Motorsport
R3 21 May   Léna Bühler   Hamda Al Qubaisi   Léna Bühler   ART Grand Prix
4 R1   Circuit Zandvoort 24 June   Hamda Al Qubaisi   Hamda Al Qubaisi   Hamda Al Qubaisi   MP Motorsport Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
R2 25 June   Abbi Pulling   Carrie Schreiner   ART Grand Prix
R3   Hamda Al Qubaisi   Hamda Al Qubaisi   Hamda Al Qubaisi   MP Motorsport
5 R1   Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 8 July   Marta García   Chloe Chong[c]   Marta García   Prema Racing FIA World Endurance Championship
R2   Abbi Pulling   Léna Bühler   ART Grand Prix
R3 9 July   Abbi Pulling   Marta García   Bianca Bustamante   Prema Racing
6 R1   Circuit Paul Ricard 30 July   Abbi Pulling   Nerea Martí   Nerea Martí   Mercantile Campos Racing Stand-alone event
R2   Marta García   Marta García   Prema Racing
R3   Léna Bühler   Marta García   Marta García   Prema Racing
7 R1   Circuit of the Americas 21 October   Marta García   Marta García   Marta García   Prema Racing Formula One World Championship
R2   Abbi Pulling   Hamda Al Qubaisi   MP Motorsport
R3 22 October   Jessica Edgar   Jessica Edgar   Jessica Edgar   Rodin Carlin
Source:[19]

Championship standings edit

Scoring system edit

Points are awarded to the top ten classified finishers in the 30 minute-long Races 1 and 3, and to the top eight classified finishers in the reverse-grid 20 minute-long Race 2. The pole-sitter in each Race 1 and 3 also receives two points respectively, and one point is given to the driver who sets the fastest lap of the race provided that the driver finishes inside the top ten. No point is awarded if the fastest lap time is achieved by a driver outside the top ten. No extra points are awarded to the pole-sitter in Race 2. This means there is a possible maximum of 67 points available per race meeting.

Races Position, points per race
 1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   Pole   FL 
30-minute races 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 2 1
20-minute races 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 1
Source:[citation needed]

Drivers' championship edit

Pos Driver RBR
  		VAL
  		CAT
  		ZAN
  		MNZ
  		LEC
  		COA
  		Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1[d] R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1   Marta García 1 7 1 6 5 1 3 2 3 Ret 2 4 1 6 5 6 1 1 1 Ret 3 278
2   Léna Bühler Ret 2 6 3 2 4 Ret 4 1 2 3 3 2 1 10 4 2 2 3 2 4 222
3   Hamda Al Qubaisi 7 5 2 1 3 5 Ret 5 2 1 9 1 8 10 Ret 5 4 5 6 1 5 207
4   Nerea Martí DSQ 4 5 2 NC 2 6 6 7 3 6 6 7 11 3 1 5 4 9 5 2 181
5   Abbi Pulling 4 8 4 11 12 3 2 3 4 7 10 Ret 4 3 2 2 7 DSQ 2 4 6 175
6   Amna Al Qubaisi 8 1 3 7 4 6 5 1 9 8 Ret 9 9 7 4 7 3 7 8 14 10 117
7   Bianca Bustamante 2 9 NC 5 1 7 4 14† 10 10 8 5 Ret 2 1 13 10 14 4 7 13 116
8   Jessica Edgar 3 11 8 9 9 9 10 12 14 4 4 12 3 5 8 15 8 6 5 3 1 114
9   Emely de Heus Ret 6 12 14 Ret 10 1 8 6 5 5 2 6 12† 9 14 9 12 Ret 10 7 87
10   Lola Lovinfosse 9 3 13 10 8 Ret 8 9 5 9 11 Ret 10 13† 7 3 Ret 3 10 8 15 65
11   Carrie Schreiner Ret 10 7 12 11 8 9 10 13 6 1 8 Ret 4 6 9 6 8 11 11 14 56
12   Chloe Grant 10 Ret 9 4 7 11 7 7 11 12 12 7 Ret WD WD 10 11 13 Ret 9 9 34
13   Megan Gilkes 5 12 10 8 13 13† 11 11 8 11 7 Ret 5 Ret Ret 11 13 9 12 13 11 31
14   Chloe Chong 6 14 11 Ret 6 14† 12 15† 15 13 14 11 11 9 12† 12 14 10 7 6 8 25
15   Maite Cáceres 11 13 14 13 10 12 13 13 12 14 13 10 12 8 11† 8 12 11 Ret 12 12 6
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
RBR
  		VAL
  		CAT
  		ZAN
  		MNZ
  		LEC
  		COA
 
Source:[citation needed]
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)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
† — Did not finish, but classified

Teams' championship edit

Pos Team RBR
  		VAL
  		CAT
  		ZAN
  		MNZ
  		LEC
  		COA
  		Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1[d] R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1   Prema Racing 1 7 1 5 1 1 3 2 3 10 2 4 1 2 1 6 1 1 1 6 3 419
2 9 11 6 5 7 4 14† 10 13 8 6 11 6 5 12 10 10 4 7 8
6 14 NC Ret 6 14† 12 15† 15 Ret 14 11 Ret 9 12† 13 14 14 7 Ret 13
2   MP Motorsport 7 1 2 1 3 5 1 1 2 1 5 1 6 7 4 5 3 5 6 1 5 411
8 5 3 7 4 6 5 5 6 5 9 2 8 10 9 7 4 7 8 10 7
Ret 6 12 14 Ret 10 Ret 8 9 8 Ret 9 9 12† Ret 14 9 12 Ret 14 10
3   Rodin Carlin 3 8 4 8 9 3 2 3 4 4 4 12 3 3 2 2 7 6 2 3 1 320
4 11 8 9 12 9 10 11 8 7 7 Ret 4 5 8 11 8 9 5 4 6
5 12 10 11 13 13† 11 12 14 11 10 Ret 5 Ret Ret 15 13 DSQ 12 13 11
4   ART Grand Prix 10 2 6 3 2 4 7 4 1 2 1 3 2 1 6 4 2 2 3 2 4 312
Ret 10 7 4 7 8 9 7 11 6 3 7 Ret 4 10 9 6 8 11 9 9
Ret Ret 9 12 11 11 Ret 10 13 12 12 8 Ret WD WD 10 11 13 Ret 11 14
5   Campos Racing
  Mercantile Campos Racing 		9 3 5 2 8 2 6 6 5 3 6 5 7 8 3 1 5 3 9 5 2 252
11 4 13 10 10 12 8 9 7 9 11 10 10 11 7 3 12 4 10 8 12
DSQ 13 14 13 NC Ret 13 13 12 14 13 Ret 12 13† 11† 8 Ret 11 Ret 12 15
Pos Team R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
RBR
  		VAL
  		CAT
  		ZAN
  		MNZ
  		LEC
  		COA
 
Source:[citation needed]
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)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
† — Did not finish, but classified

Notes edit

  1. ^ Race 2 was moved to the regular hosting date for Race 3.
  2. ^ Léna Bühler set the fastest lap but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to score the point for fastest lap. Hamda Al Qubaisi set the second fastest lap but also failed to finish in the top 10. Emely de Heus scored the point for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.
  3. ^ Chloe Chong set the fastest lap but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to score the point for fastest lap. Hamda Al Qubaisi scored the point for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.
  4. ^ a b 75% of the points were awarded in race 1 at Monza as more than 50% but less than 75% of the scheduled distance was completed.
  1. ^ Campos Racing was re-branded as Mercantile Campos Racing ahead of round 4 for sponsorship reasons.

References edit

  1. ^ a b "F1 Academy: Formula 1 announces F1 Academy, a new all-female driver series for 2023". Formula 1®. 18 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Formula 1 announces teams for F1 Academy: All-female racing series for younger drivers set for 2023 debut". Sky Sports. 16 December 2022.
  3. ^ Sanz, Miguel (10 February 2023). "Nerea Martí ficha por Campos Racing para la nueva F1 Academy". Marca (in Spanish).
  4. ^ "Campos Racing Recruits Lola Lovinfosse for 2023 F1 Academy season". Campos Racing. 27 February 2023.
  5. ^ "La uruguaya Maite Cáceres se une a la parrilla de la F1 Academy". Infobae (in Spanish). 2 March 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  6. ^ a b Wood, Ida (15 March 2023). "Al Qubaisi sisters team up at MP Motorsport for F1 Academy". Formula Scout. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  7. ^ Bruin, Lois de (15 March 2023). "Emely de Heus to return to MP Motorsport for inaugural F1 Academy season". MP Motorsport. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  8. ^ Couttet, Elie-Sara (2 February 2023). "Léna Bühler, première pilote engagée en F1 Academy". AutoHebdo (in French).
  9. ^ Fritzsche, Mario (13 February 2023). "Carrie Schreiner: Erste deutsche Fahrerin in der F1-Academy". Motorsport-Total.com (in German).
  10. ^ "Chloe Grant completes our F1 Academy trio". ART Grand Prix. 16 March 2023. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  11. ^ White, Megan (14 February 2023). "Pulling joins Rodin Carlin for inaugural F1 Academy season". Autosport.
  12. ^ "Jessica Edgar signs with Rodin Carlin for F1 Academy". Racers - Behind the Helmet. 9 February 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  13. ^ "Gilkes completes Rodin Carlin's F1 Academy line-up". Rodin Carlin. 8 March 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  14. ^ "Chloe Chong to debut with PREMA in inaugural F1 Academy season". Prema Racing. 15 March 2023.
  15. ^ "Marta García ficha por Prema Racing para la F1 Academy". ABC (in Spanish). 21 March 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  16. ^ "Bianca Bustamante signs full season with F1 Academy". Manila Bulletin. 4 February 2023.
  17. ^ Prydderch, Hannah (7 April 2023). "2023 F1 Academy grid: Introducing the drivers and teams for the all-female series' inaugural season". Formula 1®. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  18. ^ Thukral, Rachit (23 February 2023). "Calendar, format for all-female F1 Academy series revealed". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  19. ^ Wood, Ida (23 February 2023). "F1 Academy reveals calendar and format of inaugural season". Formula Scout. Retrieved 23 February 2023.

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