Amna Al Qubaisi

Amna Al Qubaisi (Arabic: آمنة القبيسي; born 28 March 2000) is an Emirati racing driver. On 16 December 2018, she became the first Middle Eastern woman to take part in a motorsport test program for Formula E after the Diriyah ePrix in Saudi Arabia.^[1]

Amna Al Qubaisi
Al Qubaisi in 2023
Born	(2000-03-28) 28 March 2000 (age 24) Washington, Virginia, United States
Related to	Khaled Al Qubaisi (father) Hamda Al Qubaisi (sister) Abdulla Al Qubaisi (brother)
F1 Academy
Racing licence	FIA Silver
Years active	2023–2024
Car number	88
Former teams	MP Motorsport
Starts	35 (35 entries)
Wins	2
Podiums	4
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	6th in 2023
Previous series
2023–2024 2024 2022 2021 2018–2019	F1 Academy F4 Saudi Arabian Championship Formula Regional Asian Championship F3 Asian Championship Italian F4 Championship

Personal life

Amna was born in Washington, Virginia in the United States. She is the daughter of Khaled Al Qubaisi, former^[2] CEO of Real Estate and Infrastructure Investment platform at Mubadala Investment Company^[3] and also a racing driver who was the first Emirati to compete at the 24 Hours of Le Mans race in France, claiming two class podiums.^[4] She is the first Emirati woman to participate in motorsports with Daman Speed Academy and compete internationally.^[5] She is also Hamda Al Qubaisi's older sister.^[6] Amna attends Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi, completing a degree in Records Management and Archival Science^[7] and her interests include karting, gymnastics and jet skiing.^[8][9]

Career

Karting

Amna began her karting career in 2014 at the age of 14. She was the first Arab woman to participate at the Rotax Max Challenge (RMC) World Finals. Two years later she began competing internationally, claiming multiple top 10 finishes. In 2017, she was the first Arab girl to win the UAE RMC Championship.^[10][11] She was also the first female to be sponsored by Kaspersky Lab, and to be selected by the ATCUAE to represent the UAE at the GCC Young Drivers Academy Programme, which she won.^[12]

X30 Euro Series Wackersdorf

Amna and her sister Hamda participated at the X30 Euro Series in Wackersdorf with Team Driver. It was Amna's first time driving in Wackersdorf, but she showed great pace, finishing amongst the top five in one of her heats. Amna finished 16th overall out of 54 drivers, and was the only female to reach the Final.^[13]

Formula 4

Amna competed in the 2018 Italian F4 Championship with the championship winning Prema Powerteam. She competed in six of the seven rounds, with her highest place finish in a race being 12th.^[14][15][16] She also took part the following season, finishing 31st with no points.

Formula E test

Al Qubaisi was one of nine female drivers to take part in a test session on 16 December 2018, after the first round of the 2018-19 Formula E Season at the Ad Diriyah ePrix on a street circuit in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia. She drove for Envision Virgin Racing in an Audi-powered Formula E car in an initiative by the FIA Women in Motorsport Commission. It came less than six months after women were legally allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia for the first time.^[17][18][19]

Formula Regional

Al Qubaisi took the place of her sister Hamda for the Barcelona round with Prema Racing, in the 2022 Formula Regional European Championship.^[20]

F1 Academy

Al Qubaisi competing in an F1 Academy race at Zandvoort in 2024.

In 2023, Amna signed with MP Motorsport in the newly launched all-female F1 Academy championship. She ended the season with 2 wins and placed 6th.^[21] For 2024, she re-signed with MP and joined the Red Bull Academy Programme to represent RB Formula One Team.^[22]

Karting record

Karting career summary

Season	Series	Team	Position
2015	Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals — Junior	Al Ain Raceway	68th
2016	CIK-FIA Karting Academy Trophy		46th
2017	Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals — Senior	Al Ain Raceway	63rd

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2016–17	Formula 4 UAE Championship	Abu Dhabi Racing	0	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2018	Italian F4 Championship	Prema Theodore Racing	18	0	0	0	0	0	34th
2018–19	Formula E	Envision Virgin Racing	Test driver
2019	Italian F4 Championship	Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema	21	0	0	0	0	0	31st
	Formula 4 UAE Championship - Trophy Round	Abu Dhabi Racing	2	1	1	0	1	N/A	NC
2021	F3 Asian Championship	Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema	15	0	0	0	0	0	24th
2022	Formula Regional Asian Championship	Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema	14	0	0	0	0	1	26th
	Spezial Tourenwagen Trophy - Division I	Giti Tire Motorsport By WS Racing[23]
	Formula Regional European Championship	Prema Racing	4	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2023	Formula Winter Series	GRS Team	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	F1 Academy	MP Motorsport	21	2	0	2	4	117	6th
	Formula 4 UAE Championship - Trophy Round		2	0	0	0	0	N/A	NC
	F4 Saudi Arabian Championship - Trophy Event	Altawkilat Meritus.GP	4	0	0	0	1	N/A	NC
2024	F4 Saudi Arabian Championship	Altawkilat Meritus.GP	17	0	0	1	1	56.5	10th
	F1 Academy	MP Motorsport	14	0	0	0	0	16	15th

† As she was a guest driver, Al Qubaisi was ineligible to score points.

* Season still in progress.

Complete Italian F4 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	Pos	Points
2018	Prema Theodore Racing	ADR 1 Ret	ADR 2 12	ADR 3 16	LEC 1	LEC 2	LEC 3	MNZ 1 24	MNZ 2 16	MNZ 3 17	MIS 1 20	MIS 2 23	MIS 3 Ret	IMO 1 20	IMO 2 20	IMO 3 23	VLL 1 Ret	VLL 2 16	VLL 3 15	MUG 1 19	MUG 2 21	MUG 3 21		34th	0
2019	Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema	VLL 1 19	VLL 2 27	VLL 3 22	MIS 1 26	MIS 2 17	MIS 3 C	HUN 1 Ret	HUN 2 21	HUN 3 29	RBR 1 22	RBR 2 17	RBR 3 23	IMO 1 18	IMO 2 25	IMO 3 26	IMO 4 15	MUG 1 13	MUG 2 26	MUG 3 16	MNZ 1 28	MNZ 2 28	MNZ 3 Ret	31st	0

Complete Formula Regional Asian Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	DC	Points
2021	Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema	DUB 1 16	DUB 2 Ret	DUB 3 18	ABU 1 17	ABU 2 17	ABU 3 16	ABU 1 15	ABU 2 14	ABU 3 Ret	DUB 1 18	DUB 2 Ret	DUB 3 Ret	ABU 1 16	ABU 2 18	ABU 3 15	24th	0
2022	Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema	ABU 1 14	ABU 2 10	ABU 3 Ret	DUB 1 Ret	DUB 2 19	DUB 3 17	DUB 1 21	DUB 2 21	DUB 3 DNS	DUB 1 20	DUB 2 20	DUB 3 20	ABU 1 Ret	ABU 2 18	ABU 3 Ret	26th	1

Complete Formula Regional European Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	DC	Points
2022	Prema Racing	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	IMO 1	IMO 2	MCO 1	MCO 2	LEC 1	LEC 2	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	HUN 1	HUN 2	SPA 1	SPA 2	RBR 1	RBR 2	CAT 1 Ret	CAT 2 31	MUG 1 Ret	MUG 2 Ret	NC†	0

† As Amna was a guest driver, she was ineligible to score points.

Complete Formula Winter Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	DC	Points
2023	GRS Team	JER 1	JER 2	CRT 1	CRT 2	NAV 1	NAV 2	CAT 2 Ret	CAT 2 DSQ	NC	0

Complete F1 Academy results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	DC	Points
2023	MP Motorsport	RBR 1 8	RBR 2 1	RBR 1 3	CRT 1 7	CRT 2 4	CRT 3 6	CAT 1 5	CAT 2 1	CAT 3 9	ZAN 1 8	ZAN 2 Ret	ZAN 3 9	MON 1 9	MON 2 7	MON 3 4	LEC 1 7	LEC 2 3	LEC 3 7	USA 1 8	USA 2 14	USA 3 10	6th	117
2024	MP Motorsport	JED 1 13	JED 2 8	MIA 1 8	MIA 2 8	CAT 1 Ret	CAT 2 12	ZAN 1 16	ZAN 2 14	SIN 1 12	SIN 2 11	LUS 1 12	LUS 2 C	ABU 1 8	ABU 2 13	ABU 3 13							15th	16

Complete F4 Saudi Arabian Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	DC	Points
2024	Altawkilat Meritus.GP	KMT1 1 9	KMT1 2 8	KMT1 3 8	KMT1 4 Ret	KMT2 1 WD	KMT2 2 WD	KMT2 3 WD	KMT2 4 WD	LSL 1 10	LSL 2 2	LSL 3 5	LSL 4 10	JED1 1 Ret	JED1 2 4	JED1 3 9	JED2 1 7	JED2 2 Ret	JED2 3 4	JED3 1 Ret	JED3 2 Ret	JED3 3 6	10th	56

References

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External links

• Official website (archived)
• Profile on Racing Driver Directory
• Amna Al Qubaisi career summary at DriverDB.com