2025 F1 Academy season

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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.

Prema Racing is the defending teams' champion.

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F1 Academy is a spec series; all teams competing with an identical Tatuus F4-T421 chassis and tyre compounds developed by Pirelli. Each car is powered by a 165-horsepower turbocharged 4-cylinder engine developed by Autotecnica. [1]

Full season entries
TeamsNo.DriverSupporting F1 teamRoundsRef.
Flag of New Zealand.svg Rodin Motorsport 5 Flag of Austria.svg Emma Felbermayr Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Sauber TBC [2]
20 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ella Lloyd Flag of the United Kingdom.svg McLaren TBC [3]
TBAFlag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of France.svg ART Grand Prix 7 Flag of the United States.svg Courtney Crone Flag of the United States.svg Haas TBC [4]
57 Flag of the United States.svg Lia Block Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Williams TBC [5]
TBAFlag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of the Netherlands.svg MP Motorsport 12 Flag of Denmark.svg Alba Hurup Larsen TBC [6]
TBAFlag of None.svg TBATBC
TBAFlag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of Spain.svg Campos Racing 14 Flag of the United States.svg Chloe Chambers [a] TBC [7]
18 Flag of Brazil.svg Rafaela Ferreira Flag of Italy.svg Racing Bulls TBC [8]
21 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alisha Palmowski Flag of Austria.svg Red Bull Racing TBC [9]
Flag of Italy.svg Prema Racing 28 Flag of France.svg Doriane Pin Flag of Germany.svg Mercedes TBC [10]
TBAFlag of None.svg TBATBC
TBAFlag of None.svg TBATBC
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Hitech Grand Prix TBAFlag of None.svg TBATBC
TBAFlag of None.svg TBATBC
4 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nina Gademan Flag of France.svg Alpine TBC [11]
Wildcard entries
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Hitech Grand Prix TBA Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Farah Al-YousefTBC [12]
Sources: [13] [14]

Team changes

Driver changes

Calendar

The calendar for the 2025 season was announced on 18 November 2024. All seven rounds will support the 2025 Formula One World Championship. [20]

RoundCircuitRace 1Race 2
1 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai 22 March23 March
2 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Jeddah 19 April20 April
3 Flag of the United States.svg Miami International Autodrome, Miami Gardens, Florida 3 May4 May
4 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal 14 June15 June
5 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort 30 August31 August
6 Flag of Singapore.svg Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore 4 October5 October
7 Flag of the United States.svg Las Vegas Strip Circuit, Paradise, Nevada 21 November22 November
Source: [20]

Calendar changes

The Shanghai International Circuit joined the calendar, replacing the succeeding Jeddah Corniche Circuit as the season-opening venue. The Circuit Gilles Villeneuve and Las Vegas Strip Circuit also joined the calendar, the three respectively replacing the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Losail International Circuit and the Yas Marina Circuit.

Notes

  1. Chambers is not directly supported by either of the Red Bull-owned teams.

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