Photo by: Prema Powerteam
Marta Garcia, Léna Bühler, Lola Lovinfosse
An F1 Academy weekend has three races but before them are two practice sessions of 40 minutes and two 15-minute qualifying sessions. The first qualifying is for race one of the weekend, with the second for race three as both last 30 minutes plus minutes plus a lap.
This is because race two is where the partially-reversed grid format is used, as the top eight qualifiers from qualifying one are flipped for the starting order. Considering this, and because it is a shorter session, less points are awarded for race two with the winner scoring 10, second getting eight and third on six, with the tally then going down by one until the final point position of eighth.
For race one and three, meanwhile, they use the same points system as F1 where the winner scores 25 points with 10th being the final point position. F1 Academy also offers a point for the fastest lap in a race - provided the driver finishes inside the point positions - while two points are awarded for a pole position. This all means that a maximum of 67 points is available on an F1 Academy weekend.
Session | Length |
Free Practice 1 | 40 minutes |
Free Practice 2 | 40 minutes |
Qualifying 1 | 15 minutes |
Qualifying 2 | 15 minutes |
Race 1 | 30 minutes |
Race 2 | 20 minutes |
Race 3 | 30 minutes |
F1 Academy will continue to race across seven weekends in 2024, but five of the tracks will be new with only Barcelona and Zandvoort staying on the calendar.
The upcoming season will span three continents as Asia joins Europe and North America where the calendar features both street and traditional circuits. The 2024 campaign begins in Jeddah before visiting other new tracks like Miami, Marina Bay and Losail ahead of the season finale at Yas Marina.
This means the Red Bull Ring, Valencia, Monza, Paul Ricard and COTA have all been dropped from the F1 Academy calendar.
Round | Circuit | Date | |
1 | R1 | Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Saudi Arabia | 7-9 March |
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2 | R1 | Miami International Autodrome, USA | 3-5 May |
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3 | R1 | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Spain | 21-23 June |
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4 | R1 | Circuit Zandvoort, Netherlands | 23-25 August |
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5 | R1 | Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore | 20-22 September |
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6 | R1 | Losail International Circuit, Qatar | 29 November - 1 December |
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7 | R1 | Yas Marina Circuit, UAE | 6-8 December |
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Photo by: Williams
Lia Block, ART Grand Prix with Williams Racing
Teams | Driver | Country | Supporting team |
Prema Racing | Tina Hausmann | Switzerland | Aston Martin |
Doriane Pin | France | Mercedes | |
Maya Weug | Netherlands | Ferrari | |
MP Motorsport | Amna Al Qubaisi | United Arab Emirates | RB |
Hamda Al Qubaisi | United Arab Emirates | Red Bull Racing | |
Emely de Heus | Netherlands | Red Bull | |
Rodin Motorsport | Abbi Pulling | United Kingdom | Alpine |
United Kingdom | None | ||
ART Grand Prix | Bianca Bustamante | Philippines | McLaren |
Lia Block | United States | Williams | |
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Campos Racing | Carrie Schreiner | Germany | Sauber |
Chloe Chambers | United States | Haas | |
Spain |
Marta Garcia, Prema Racing
Photo by: F1 Academy Limited