The 2025 F1 Academy is a planned formula racing championship that will be the third season of the F1 Academy, an all-female, Formula 4-level racing series founded and organized under the management of Formula Motorsport Limited.
F1 Academy is a spec series; all teams competing with an identical Tatuus F4-T-421 chassis and tyre compounds developed by Pirelli. Each car is powered by a 165-horsepower turbocharged 4-cylinder engine developed by Autotecnica. [1]
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Rodin Motorsport | TBA | Ella Lloyd | McLaren | TBA | [2] |
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TBA | TBA | Chloe Chambers | — [a] | TBA | [3] |
TBA | Rafaela Ferreira | RB | TBA | [4] | |
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The calendar for the 2025 season was announced on 18 November 2024. All seven rounds will support the 2025 Formula One World Championship.
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