Susie Wolff + Lia Block explain F1 ACADEMY: 'rocket fuel' for women in motorsport
Mar 08, 12:01 AM
The game-changing, trailblazing, all-female racing series is back for 2024 with new drivers, top teams and wheel-to-wheel action. The second season of F1 ACADEMY starts this weekend at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. Katie Osborne and Christian Hewgill find out everything there is to know ahead of the first race.
Susie Wolff, who's driving the series forwards as Managing Director, tells Katie and Christian about the series' mission in 2024 and how it will inspire young women to pursue careers in motorsport.
Driver Lia Block is fully focused on making her F1 ACADEMY debut. She tells Christian and Katie why racing with ART Grand Prix and Williams is such a huge opportunity. How will Lia make the switch from winning on rally circuits to racing on Grand Prix tracks, and how will the series change her career?
Here's how to follow F1 Academy in 2024
Susie Wolff, who's driving the series forwards as Managing Director, tells Katie and Christian about the series' mission in 2024 and how it will inspire young women to pursue careers in motorsport.
Driver Lia Block is fully focused on making her F1 ACADEMY debut. She tells Christian and Katie why racing with ART Grand Prix and Williams is such a huge opportunity. How will Lia make the switch from winning on rally circuits to racing on Grand Prix tracks, and how will the series change her career?
Here's how to follow F1 Academy in 2024
- Watch F1 Academy races live on YouTube
- Get the latest news on f1academy.com
- Follow the series on Instagram and X
2024
- LIVE in Miami with Guenther Steiner and F1 Explains listeners
- Car setup with Fernando Alonso + Aston Martin
- Suits, boots + underwear: what F1 drivers wear - with PUMA
- The job of an F1 Team Principal - with Aston Martin's Mike Krack
- Why F1 teammates are friends + foes - with Valtteri Bottas + Zhou Guanyu
- How Formula 2 + Formula 3 prepare drivers for F1 - with Oscar Piastri
- The F1 race start - with Mick Schumacher + strategist Bernie Collins
- Behind the scenes on Drive to Survive - with Exec Producer James Gay-Rees
- Why F1 pre-season testing matters - with Mercedes, McLaren + Alpine
- How F1 teams build their new cars - with Aston Martin Technical Director Dan Fallows
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- Pit stops - with performance expert, Gemma Fisher
- DRS - with F1 strategist Ruth Buscombe + aerodynamicist Emel Cankaya
- The incredible logistics of F1 - with Giorgia Tirabassi from DHL
- The 2024 F1 calendar - with Ellen Jones, F1 Head of Sustainability
- Simulators with Dr Diandra Leslie Pelecky
- Street circuits with F1 strategist Bernie Collins
- F1 driver fitness with Dr Diandra Leslie Pelecky + Sebastian Vettel's former trainer
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