F1 ACADEMY: EVERYTHING TO KNOW ABOUT THE 2024 SEASON - DRIVER LINE-UP AND SCHEDULE

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Marta Garcia, Léna Bühler, Lola Lovinfosse

F1 Academy race weekend format

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

Where is F1 Academy racing in 2024?

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

R2

R3

2

R1

  

Miami International Autodrome, USA

  

3-5 May

R2

R3

3

R1

  

Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Spain

  

21-23 June

R2

R3

4

R1

  

Circuit Zandvoort, Netherlands 

  

23-25 August

R2

R3

5

R1

  

Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore

  

20-22 September

R2

R3

6

R1

  

Losail International Circuit, Qatar

  

29 November - 1 December

R2

R3

7

R1

  

Yas Marina Circuit, UAE

  

6-8 December

R2

R3

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Lia Block, ART Grand Prix with Williams Racing

Likewise with Nobels, she is part of the Ferrari Driver Academy but Weug is listed as the one receiving support from the Italian manufacturer. Instead, Nobels is being supported by PUMA who already have a partnership with Ferrari anyway, so the close links remain.        

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

PUMA

  

Campos Racing

Carrie Schreiner

Germany

Sauber

Chloe Chambers

United States

Haas

Spain

 

Marta Garcia, Prema Racing

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