The Latest Breaking News from F1 Academy

With nearly half of Formula 1 fans now female, new initiatives aim to get women into the driving seat.

The Academy aims to give women a first step on the motorsport ladder out of karting, providing a platform to race in a single-seater car with F1 paying for the costs involved

This year, the new F1 Academy feeder series will be launched, which will slot onto the single-seater ladder with 15 female racers taking part and getting the experience they need to move closer to F1

The first and potentially most credible step forward in furthering the participation of women in the “formulae series” with an eye to reaching Formula 1. For initiatives around women drivers in motorsport, this marks a new beginning with a definite pathway for women in F1.

Formula 1 has revealed the five teams that have signed up to field cars in the new all-female F1 Academy Series that is being launched in 2023.

Lyn St. James and Beth Paretta of Women in Motorsports North America are enthused by Formula 1’s announcement of an all-female racing championship from 2023.

The F1 Academy is tended to act as an "extra route" for young women in motorsport to get racing opportunities, with the hope that one day someone could make it onto the F1 grid

Formula One has officially announced the formation of the F1 Academy, a new all-women racing series with three races at each of seven meetings

Formula 1 has announced it will start a new, all-female racing championship from 2023 known as F1 Academy to bridge the gap for women on the junior ladder.