Monday, May 6, 2024

F1 Academy 2024 - Miami

The 2024 F1 Academy season continues in Miami and this two-part race set before the F1 '24's Miami Grand Prix delivered some pre-race big news.

Effective throughout the 2024 season, American Express was named the sponsor of the F1 Academy. With that, the famous credit card brand joins the F1 Academy grid with Jessica Edgar as its driver. Also, a Netflix docuseries highlighting the 2024 season of F1 Academy is coming next year.

Courtney Crone was named the Wildcard entry sponsoring QVC for the Miami race weekend, 

F1 Academy 2024 - Miami
Screengrab from F1 Academy

Abbi Pulling, the Rodin Motorsport driver representing Alpine, swept the entire F1 Academy Miami weekend. The first part saw former W Series driver Chloe Chambers, representing Haas and Campos Racing, taste her first F1 Academy podium by placing 3rd. In contrast, Mercedes/PREMA driver Doriane Pin finished 2nd, and the second part saw Bianca Bustamante, the Filipina driver representing McLaren and ART Grand Prix finish 2nd ahead of Pin.

The next event will be in Barcelona on June 21-23, 2024.

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