Formulation 1 proclaims groups for F1 Academy: All-female racing sequence for youthful drivers set for 2023 debut

The sequence will begin in 2023 and F1 says it will likely be an ‘additional route’ for younger girls alongside W Collection, the all-female championship that’s aiming to return for a fourth season subsequent yr regardless of having its 2022 marketing campaign shortened amid monetary difficulties

The brand new F1 Academy sequence will see youthful feminine drivers run in the identical chassis as Formulation 4 (above)

ART, Campos, Carlin, MP motorsport and Prema have all been introduced as groups for the F1 Academy – an all-female driver championship.

The sequence will begin in 2023 and F1 say it will likely be an ‘additional route’ up the motorsport pyramid for younger girls alongside W Collection, the equally all-female championship that’s aiming to return for a fourth season subsequent yr regardless of having its 2022 marketing campaign shortened amid monetary difficulties.

It’s hoped the F1 Academy will shortly see a lady progress into Formulation 3, and assist Formulation 2 and Formulation 1 alternatives sooner or later.

The final feminine to race in F1 was Lella Lombardi again in 1976.

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Stefano Domenicali talks of Formulation 1’s personal all-female driver class, the F1 Academy, which the game hopes will finally result in a lady racer on the grid.

The motive force line-up and calendar will likely be introduced within the subsequent few months.

The F1 Academy will characteristic 5 groups, run by present F2 and F3 groups, with three vehicles every to make up a 15-car grid. The inaugural season can have 21 races, with seven three-race occasions, and is more likely to embrace a minimum of F1 race weekend.

Like W Collection, all drivers will compete in the identical Formulation 4 chassis.

F1 say they are going to be offering funding of €150,000 (£130,000) for every automobile, which is able to must be matched by drivers to enter. They are saying that may be a ‘fraction of the standard prices to enter comparable sequence’, and the remainder of the finances will likely be supplied by the groups.

Jamie Chadwick hopeful W Collection and F1 Academy can ‘co-exist’

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May former W Collection and IndyCar’s Jamie Chadwick be the primary feminine because the Nineteen Seventies to compete in Formulation One?

Three-time champion Jamie Chadwick says she hopes the W Collection “can survive and proceed” alongside Formulation 1’s newly-announced class for ladies.

“It (W Collection) has been a life-changing alternative for me over the previous few years and for the opposite ladies as properly and everybody else concerned within the sequence,” Chadwick informed Sky Sports activities Information.

“It is confirmed to be a really optimistic platform in offering these probabilities for us all to go racing. I actually hope it will possibly survive and proceed on subsequent yr.”

Chadwick, who is not going to compete in both of the all-female classes subsequent yr after signing a deal to make her American racing sequence debut in Indy NXT, is hopeful W Collection and F1 academy can each thrive.

“From my facet, I feel something we are able to to do to encourage extra ladies into the game is vital,” she mentioned. “I feel the truth that F1 have created a brand new alternative for drivers to be doing that’s unbelievable.

“I would like to see that alongside W Collection as properly, and we are able to see an increasing number of younger ladies become involved within the sport on account of it.”

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