News Details

Ferrari sign first female driver to academy

Ferrari have announced Dutch teenager Maya Weug as the first female inductee into their driver academy. Weug, 16, earned the coveted position after being crowned the winner of the FIA's inaugural Girls on Track - Rising Stars programme, run in conjunction with the Ferrari driver academy and the governing body's Women in Motorsport commission. Beating the three other finalists in the competition after an evaluation day at Ferrari's Maranello headquarters last week, Weug will now also be given a seat in one of the FIA's Formula 4 championships this year. "This is a key moment in the history of Scuderia Ferrari and its Academy, the FDA, set up in 2019 to shape the drivers of the future...
Full Story »
3y ago from SkySports.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Maya Weug is first female to join Ferrari Driver...

Motorsport's push for diversity has enjoyed a milestone moment, with...
3y ago from F1i.com

Maya Weug becomes first female Ferrari Driver Academy...

Ferrari have confirmed Maya Weug will join their Driver Academy in 2021,...
3y ago from FormulaSpy.com

Ferrari: Maya Weug becomes team's first female academy...

Dutch racer Maya Weug becomes the first female driver to be made a member...
3y ago from BBC.co.uk

Maya Weug becomes first female to join Ferrari Driver...

Maya Weug makes history becoming the first female driver to join the...

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Vinales: Aprilia COTA MotoGP win has ‘different...

Maverick Vinales believes that his maiden win with Aprilia in MotoGP at...
22h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Pourchaire prepared for second IndyCar race if...

Theo Pourchaire is in the middle of his first IndyCar race weekend,...

O’Ward blasts to the top of IndyCar’s opening Long...

The NTT IndyCar Series drivers hit the streets of Long Beach on Friday...
16h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Neuville and Evans tied to a tenth!

Thierry Neuville and Elfyn Evans fought a mighty duel across eight stages...
19h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Barcelona, Manchester City 'to battle for 25-year-old...

Barcelona and Manchester City reportedly prepare to battle each other for...
1h ago from SportsMole.co.uk

Top striker wants £250k-a-week salary in order to...

Brentford striker Ivan Toney has informed interested clubs that he wants a...
2h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.