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69 Formula 1 Academy 2023 drivers enactment up for a radical photograph astatine the Red Bull Ring connected April 27, 2023 successful Spielberg, Austria.
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All 10 existent Formula 1 teams volition person 1 operator and person their livery connected a car competing successful the all-female F1 Academy from 2024.
F1 Academy has 5 teams — ART Grand Prix, Campos Racing, MP Motorsport, PREMA Racing and Rodin Carlin — with 3 cars per squad to marque up a 15-driver grid.
From adjacent year, 10 of these drivers volition beryllium nominated by Formula 1 teams and each squad volition person their livery connected 1 car. The different 5 drivers volition beryllium supported by the series' partners.
"First and foremost, I privation to convey the Formula 1 teams for their enactment and imaginativeness arsenic we embark connected this travel together," said F1 Academy managing manager Susie Wolff.
"This landmark infinitesimal not lone demonstrates the extent of enactment for F1 Academy from crossed the F1 assemblage but volition animate a full procreation of young girls to realise the opportunities some connected and disconnected way successful motorsport.
"As we articulation the F1 calendar for adjacent twelvemonth and big F1 Academy Discover Your Drive events successful the pb up to our races, I americium assured that we volition person a affirmative interaction crossed our athletics successful the agelong term."
F1 president Stefano Domenicali added: "We created F1 Academy to bring astir existent and lasting alteration to guarantee young pistillate endowment person the close strategy successful spot to travel and execute their dreams. Today is simply a precise important infinitesimal arsenic it shows the interaction the task is having and the enactment it is receiving from crossed the F1 community.
"Susie, the teams, and everyone progressive are moving tirelessly to guarantee we spell from spot to spot and proceed to present connected the important nonsubjective we person acceptable retired together. In 2024 the F1 Academy volition articulation our contention calendar, raising the consciousness and illustration of the bid globally and to person the F1 liveries connected the grid volition beryllium thing precise special."
This year's inaugural F1 Academy play is nearing its decision with conscionable 2 much contention weekends for the bid — Paul Ricard this Saturday and Sunday, earlier the season-finale astatine the Circuit of the Americas successful October alongside the F1 United States Grand Prix.
Following a thrilling play astatine Monza successful aboriginal July, Marta Garcia is 36 points up of Hamda Al Qubaisi, with Lena Buhler different 7 points behind. Britain's Abbi Pulling is 4th successful the championship, 69 points adrift of Garcia with six races to go.
