After a great first race of the season for the F1 Academy ladies, we went into Race 2 with Pin on Pole again Race 2
Lap 5 and we got going again, Minus Hausmann with a technical issue and Lovinfosse with car damage. Pulling was right on the gearbox of Pin as she lead the pack round to the line for the restart. The 2 went into turn 1 side by side, wheel to wheel but Pulling just couldn't get past Pin in the Prema. Amna Al Qubaisi got past Bustemante for 8th as Edgar was right on the back of Marti in 4th, further back Nobel went deep on the brakes, hitting the curb so hard the car was all 4 tyres off the ground. Lap 6 another Safety car was brought out for the wildcard Muhra of Reema Juffali, that was buried in the wall at exit of turn 5 , during the safety car period Lia Block was given a pitlane speeding penalty, making a tough day worse through very little fault of her own and Chambers also received a penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage when she passed Lovinfosse earlier in the race.
Lap 12 Pin had a 1.5 second lead on Pulling, Block was in an Al Qubaisi sandwich for 8th place and Marti was just holding off Edgar for 4th. With there being no compulsory Pit stops in F1 Academy all penalties would be added after the race and the 5 cars behind Chambers were on the move to get within the 5 seconds that would be added to her time. The Chequered flag feel with Pin at the top again followed by Pulling. But as the flag fell nobody told Pin and she continued at full racing speed for a further lap and a half till the track was made Red and the team finally told her to come in slowly. Bustemante, both Al Qubaisi sisters and Schreiner all jumped Chambers in the standings after he penalty was applied. As Pin returned to the pits after lapping for longer thsn she should have the FIA announced she was under investigation for taking the Chequered flag twice and could potentially lose her 2nd win of the weekend. Another great race for Pin and the F1 Academy grid. In the first weekend of 2024 they have shown they can race as hard and as well as the male dominated Formula and long may Susie Wolf be the champion of Female motorsport because she is doing all of us proud! Joanna Blackmore
Writer @f1journal.co.uk
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Doriane Pin dominated Qualifying by over 7 tenths of a second in her Prema ahead of Abbi Pulling who left nothing on the track trying to beat the rapid Pin in her Rodin Motorsport car with Ferrari backed Weug in 3rd who finished over a second down on Pole. Wild card driver Reema Juffali in her Muhra car will be taking part for this weekend. Reema is the 1st female Saudi Arabian racing driver and racing in her home country is a landmark moment in her career and for female motor racing as a whole with women only gaining the right to drive in Saudi Arabia in 2018. Lia Block(daughter of the late, great Ken Block) had a great first day in Single seaters qualifying 7th. Lia moved from American Rally to the F1 Academy trading 4 wheel drive for an open cockpit and to race against the fastest women on the planet. On to Race 1 of the weekend and Race 1 of the 2024 season. Race 1 -Saudi Arabia
Hamna Qubaisi and Nobel had a great baack and forth for 10th place with Schreiner joining the fight and making it 3 cars into turn 1 with Hamna cutting the corner to take the place from Nobel but giving the place back later in the lap. 3 Laps to go Pin was 1.192 ahead of Pulling who herself had pulled out a 3 second gap back to 3rd place Weug. Marti had held on to 4th with Lovinfosse 5th. Just a lap later and Pulling had the gap down to under a second but was struggling to make any meaningful dent in Pin's lead. Bastamante had held on to 7th with Block close behind after a troubled start to the race and enough trips off the circuit she got a black and white flag for track limits. Lap 11 Yellow Flags out for Lia Block who took to much kerb through the chicane, making her spin and drop to 16th and last.
Joanna Blackmore
Writer @f1journal.co.uk Welcome to 1st F1 Academy race weekend of 2024 and the 2nd season of the new all female Formula series, lead by non other than female racing driver and former Williams test driver F1 Academy CEO Susie Wolff, who has done a mega job of not only putting this series together but working with the FIA and Formula 1 to get all 10 F1 teams to back 1 driver each in the series. So its 16 drivers and 5 teams, 10 drivers backed by an F1 team but driving for a team within the series and 5 drivers chosen by the team they race for. Lets see who they all are and how they got on in their first competitive days running of 2024. Teams & DriversDriver Team F1 Backer Lola Lovinfosse (3) Rodin Motorsport Abbi Pulling Rodin Motorsport Alpine Jessica Edgar Rodin Motorsport Emely de Heus MP Motorsport Hamda Al Qubaisi MP Motorsport Redbull Amna Al Qubaisi MP Motorsport RB Chloe Chambers Campos Racing HAAS Carrie Schreiner Campos Racing Sauber Nerea Marti Campos Racing Bianca Bustamante ART Grand Prix Mclaren Aurelia Nobels ART Grand Prix Lia Block ART Grand Prix Williams Tina Hausmann Prema Racing Aston Martin Doriane Pin Prema Racing Mercedes Maya Weug Prema Racing Ferrari Reema Juffali Muhra Wild card Practice
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