Marta Garcia, the primary title winner in the F1 Academy, will race in 2024 with the title-winning Prema crew in the Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine, which sits between F4 and F3 on the motorsport ladder; Garcia gained seven instances in the inaugural F1 Academy season
Last Updated: 26/10/23 5:49pm
Marta Garcia displays on an emotional win that topped her F1 Academy champion
Marta Garcia displays on an emotional win that topped her F1 Academy champion
Newly-crowned F1 Academy champion Marta Garcia will race in the Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine (FRECA) subsequent season in a fully-funded seat as reward for profitable the inaugural all-female series.
Garcia, who gained the title final weekend in the USA when F1 Academy featured on the Formula 1 help invoice for the primary time, will drive for the title-winning Prema crew in FRECA.
The value of her seat is being collectively funded by F1 Academy, Prema, producer Tatuus and Pirelli, Formula 1’s tyre provider.
FRECA is a series that helps put together drivers for the step between the varied Formula 4 series and Formula 3, which sits on the F1 junior invoice.
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F1 Academy was launched this yr for feminine drivers aged between 16-25, with the goal of supporting their journeys by way of the motorsport ladder.
As a part of F1 Academy’s preliminary settlement for Garcia’s seat, FRECA has additionally agreed to grant its prime groups a season-long fourth entry in the event that they signal a driver who finishes first, second or third in the F1 Academy standings.
“I’m so thrilled and excited to be racing in FRECA next year,” stated Garcia, who additionally raced for Prema in F1 Academy.
“Coming from F1 Academy, it’s going to be a big step. We know we will have to work a lot with the team to succeed but I’m really determined to do well. I can’t thank F1 Academy enough.
Highlights of race one from the seventh round of the F1 Academy series in Austin where Marta Garcia was crowned champion after holding off Abbi Pulling for the win
“It is such a incredible initiative, and it’s the proper approach to do it, attempting to take drivers with the perfect outcomes to the highest stage. What an incredible alternative, I’m trying ahead to it and to the work that now we have forward, inside and outdoors the observe.”
Susie Wolff, F1 Academy’s managing director, hailed the significance of the agreement and also the fact that the series has decided to reduce the driver contributions to race from €150,000 to €100,000 for the 2024 season
“F1 Academy is all about development and creating extra alternatives for younger girls throughout motorsport, so to supply a fully-funded seat in FRECA for our inaugural champion is a major second,” she stated.
Lewis Hamilton was down at the track to congratulate newly crowned F1 Academy champion Marta Garcia
“The undeniable fact that she may even proceed to race with PREMA, whom she has constructed a relationship with and are present crew champions in this class, may even help in her future improvement.
“I am proud of the progress we have made in our first season, and as we begin to build for our 2024 season where we will join the F1 calendar, this announcement, alongside the decision to further subsidise the 2024 F1 Academy driver contribution to €100,000, is a statement of our continued commitment to make motorsport more accessible and break down the barriers faced by female drivers.”
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