Formula 1 has revealed the five teams that will run the cars in its new F1 Academy championship for women.
The Formula 4 series will be managed by Formula 2’s CEO Bruno Michel, and it is teams from his series that have been selected. ART Grand Prix, Campos Racing, Carlin, MP Motorsport and Prema are the five, and each will run three cars each.
There are direct F1 links with two of the teams, as ART GP was established by Alfa Romeo’s outgoing team principal Frederic Vasseur and Campos’s eponymous founder Adrian Campos raced in F1 in the 1980s.
All five teams have achieved substantial success in junior single-seater racing. Since 2017, ART GP have run two of F2’s champions, Prema have run three, MP won the driver and team titles this year while Carlin won the teams’ title in 2018. Campos won a title when the series was previously known as GP2.
The five teams have committed to participate in the series’ first three-year cycle, Michel explained. “We know them very well and we have been collaborating with each one for many years,” he said.
“They are well-known for their experience and expertise in nurturing and developing young drivers. I fully trust that they will give the drivers competing in the F1 Academy the keys to grow technically, and that they will help them with the physical and mental preparations for the journey ahead.”
Although the calendar for F1 Academy will not be unveiled until next year, a format has already been decided upon with seven rounds of three races each and an additional 15 test days for competitors. Driver signings will also be revealed in 2023 now the teams taking part have been officially decided upon.
Tatuus’s second-generation F4 car, engines from Abarth and tyres from Pirelli will form the basis of the series, with running costs subsidised by F1.
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