2025 F1 Academy runner-up Maya Weug bags funded GT...

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2025 F1 Academy driver Maya Weug has secured a completely funded GT3 check after ending second within the drivers’ standings in her second season within the all-female racing sequence.

The 21-year-old driver’s check in a Ferrari 296 GT3 with AF Corse is to be absolutely funded by F1 Academy.

Weug has been a member of the Ferrari Driver Academy since 2021 and is the primary feminine driver to hitch the Maranello outfit’s programme.

“F1 Academy is a stepping stone, not a vacation spot,” F1 Academy managing director Susie Wolff stated. “We proceed to create alternatives that help our most proficient drivers to progress. We’re happy to help Maya with this GT check as she explores her subsequent steps for 2026.”

After beginning karting at seven years outdated, Weug competed within the Spanish Karting Championship, the CIK-FIA Karting European Championship and the Karting World Championship earlier than shifting to Components 4 in 2021 and Components Regional in 2023.

Weug now seems to be to safe a full-time seat after she accomplished her second and closing season in F1 Academy.

“I believe I’ve proven what sort of driver I’m over these two seasons,” Weug stated of her closing F1 Academy season. “Sadly, racing may be very merciless and it has been many instances this 12 months, particularly in Montreal and yesterday.

Maya Weug, MP Motorsport

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“It additionally had a number of ups, and that’s what racing is about. I believe I’ve grown loads over these two years. I want all the very best to the group, and let’s see what we do after this.

“Pin did an excellent job. It was all the time very reasonable racing between us two. All of them did an excellent job and I believe an important factor is we raced very exhausting in opposition to one another, however on the identical time we had been very reasonable.

“It gave a great present to everybody as we speak, and likewise final season and this season. She additionally deserves it and I want her the very best in her profession.”