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 the defending champions, having won the title last year with inaugural driver's champion Marta García.
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]
For the 2024 season, all 10 Formula One teams will support one driver and have their livery on that driver's car. The remaining five drivers in the series will be supported by other partners.[2]
Full season entries | |||||
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Teams | No. | Driver | Supporting team | Rounds | Ref. |
Rodin Motorsport | 3 | Lola Lovinfosse | — | 1 | [3] |
9 | Abbi Pulling | Alpine | 1 | [4] | |
17 | Jessica Edgar | — | 1 | [5] | |
MP Motorsport | 7 | Emely de Heus | —[a] | 1 | [6] |
8 | Hamda Al Qubaisi | Red Bull Racing | 1 | [6] | |
88 | Amna Al Qubaisi | RB | 1 | [6] | |
Campos Racing | 14 | Chloe Chambers | Haas | 1 | [7] |
15 | Carrie Schreiner | Kick Sauber | 1 | [8] | |
30 | Nerea Martí | — | 1 | [9] | |
ART Grand Prix | 16 | Bianca Bustamante | McLaren | 1 | [10] |
22 | Aurelia Nobels | —[b] | 1 | [11] | |
57 | Lia Block | Williams | 1 | [12] | |
Prema Racing | 19 | Tina Hausmann | Aston Martin | 1 | [13] |
28 | Doriane Pin | Mercedes | 1 | [14] | |
64 | Maya Weug | Ferrari | 1 | [15] | |
Wildcard entries | |||||
Prema Racing | 18 | Reema Juffali | — | 1 | [16] |
Sources:[2][17] |
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".[25]
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 |
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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:[26] |
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.
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.[27]
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.[28]
Round | Circuit | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1 | R1 | Jeddah Corniche Circuit | Doriane Pin | Abbi Pulling | Doriane Pin | Prema Racing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
R2 | Doriane Pin | Doriane Pin | Abbi Pulling[c] | Rodin Motorsport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | R1 | Miami International Autodrome | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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3 | R1 | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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4 | R1 | Circuit Zandvoort | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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5 | R1 | Marina Bay Street Circuit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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6 | R1 | Lusail International Circuit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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7 | R1 | Yas Marina Circuit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:[26][30] |
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.[31]
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:[32] |
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