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.

2023 F1 Academy

Drivers' Champion: Marta García
Teams' Champion: Prema Racing

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Formula One World Championship

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 constructors' championship.

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

Entries

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

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

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

Scoring system

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.^[20]

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:[20]

Drivers' championship

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 Sources:[21][22]

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

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 Sources:[21][23]

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

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. 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

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External links

• Official website