This 12 months’s F1 Academy champion will obtain a fully-funded drive in GB3 subsequent season with main squad Rodin Motorsport.
The all-female collection beforehand had the same prize in place with the Formulation Regional European Championship with a Prema seat, though the inaugural 2023 champion Marta Garcia was ultimately fielded by Iron Dames.
Now, this 12 months’s champion will obtain a GB3 drive alongside 20 days of testing in a prize funded by F1 Academy and tyre provider Pirelli.
It coincides with GB3 introducing a brand new automobile for 2025 that options DRS and improved aerodynamics, whereas it additionally has added Monza to its schedule to now have a calendar that’s half composed of UK rounds and half of European occasions.
Alpine junior Abbi Pulling, who drives for Rodin, is at the moment dominating the F1 Academy season with two occasions to go and will seal the prize drive subsequent day out in Qatar.
The Rodin squad has a confirmed monitor document in GB3 and its drivers have received the title in every of the previous two years.
Podium: second place Abbi Pulling, Rodin Motorsport
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Susie Wolff, F1 Academy managing director, mentioned: “At F1 Academy we’re striving to create alternatives for girls to succeed in any respect ranges of our sport, and a testomony to that mission is our dedication to assembling the absolute best bundle for our champions to maneuver onwards and upwards.
“Along with our driver growth workforce, we’re proud to help our 2024 champion with a totally funded seat in GB3 with Rodin Motorsport in 2025.
“It will present her with a implausible alternative to proceed her growth and help her future development.”
Jonathan Palmer, chief government of MotorSport Imaginative and prescient – which operates GB3 – added: “We’re delighted that GB3 has been chosen as the following step for the 2024 F1 Academy champion.
Susie Wolff, Managing Director, F1 Academy, and Flavio Briatore, Govt Advisor, Alpine F1, watch the rostrum ceremony
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“Over the previous decade there has fairly rightly been an enormous shift in motorsport to recognise and encourage the participation of ladies.
“F1 Academy has been instrumental in that course of and Susie’s dedication to offer girls with unprecedented alternatives to develop and shine is tremendously thrilling.”
The announcement coincides with GB3’s feeder collection, GB4, rising its prize fund for the highest feminine driver within the standings from €30,000 to €50,000 to assist in the direction of an F1 Academy seat.