Aditya ChaudhuriFormula One has announced that, following discussions with all-female racing series F1 Academy, starting with its 2024 season, all ten Formula One teams will have their livery featured and nominate one driver for the series.
F1 Academy currently has five teams (ART Grand Prix, Campos Racing, MP Motorsport, PREMA Racing and Rodin Carlin), all of whom have three cars on the grid — meaning the grid has 15 cars and 15 drivers on the race weekend.
From the upcoming season, ten F1 Academy drivers will be nominated by Formula One teams, who will also have their livery featured on a one-team-per-car basis. The other five drivers will be “supported by separate partners”.
The final F1 Academy grid line-up will be announced later.
Susie Wolff, Managing Director of F1 Academy, commented;
“First and foremost, I want to thank the Formula 1 teams for their support and vision as we embark on this journey together. This landmark moment not only demonstrates the depth of support for F1 Academy from across the F1 community but will inspire a whole generation of young girls to realise the opportunities both on and off track in motorsport. As we join the F1 calendar for next year and host F1 Academy Discover Your Drive events in the lead up to our races, I am confident that we will have a positive impact across our sport in the long term.“
Stefano Domenicali, President and CEO of Formula 1, added:
“We created F1 Academy to bring about real and lasting change to ensure young female talent have the right system in place to follow and achieve their dreams. Today is a very important moment as it shows the impact the project is having and the support it is receiving from across the F1 community. Susie, the teams, and everyone involved are working tirelessly to ensure we go from strength to strength and continue to deliver on the important objective we have set out together. In 2024 the F1 Academy will join our race calendar, raising the awareness and profile of the series globally and to have the F1 liveries on the grid will be something very special.“
