{"id":3589,"date":"2023-10-26T22:27:32","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T02:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/marta-garcia-moves-up-f1-feeder-series-ladder-after-academy-win\/26\/10\/2023\/"},"modified":"2023-10-26T22:27:32","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T02:27:32","slug":"marta-garcia-moves-up-f1-feeder-series-ladder-after-academy-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/marta-garcia-moves-up-f1-feeder-series-ladder-after-academy-win\/26\/10\/2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Marta Garcia moves up F1 feeder series ladder after Academy win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Spaniard Marta Garcia will move up the motorsport ladder to a fully-funded drive in the Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine (FRECA) next season after winning the inaugural all-female F1 Academy series, Formula One said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old, who also competed in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/f1\/story\/_\/id\/37858540\/w-series-enters-administration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">defunct W Series<\/a>, will now race against up-and-coming male drivers with top junior team Prema Racing in the European series which sits below Formula Three.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<h2 class=\"editorial-title\">Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/f1\/story\/_\/id\/38082298\/f1-academy-wants-rocket-fuel-female-progression-motor-racing\" class=\"img-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/f1\/story\/_\/id\/38074891\/f1-teams-run-drivers-liveries-all-female-f1-academy-series\" class=\"img-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><img style=\"display:block\" class=\"lazyload\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?w=75&resize=75 75w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?w=100&resize=100 100w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?w=150&resize=150 150w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?w=240&resize=240 240w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?w=320&resize=320 320w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?w=500&resize=500 500w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?w=640&resize=640 640w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?w=800&resize=800 800w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?w=1024&resize=1024 1024w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?w=1280&resize=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?w=1600&resize=1600 1600w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1 Related<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The drive will be funded by tyre supplier Pirelli, F1 Academy, the team and car maker Tatuus.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;F1 Academy is all about progression and creating more opportunities for young women across motorsport, so to offer a fully funded seat in FRECA for our inaugural champion is a significant moment,&#8221; said F1 Academy managing director Susie Wolff in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Italy-based PREMA are the reigning champions in FRECA and are also active in Formula Three and Formula Two.<\/p>\n<p>Ferrari&#8217;s Charles Leclerc and McLaren&#8217;s Oscar Piastri both won the FIA F2 championship with PREMA, as did Michael Schumacher&#8217;s son Mick. Aston Martin&#8217;s Lance Stroll and Alpine&#8217;s Esteban Ocon were European F3 champions with them also.<\/p>\n<p>No woman has started a Formula One grand prix since the late Italian Lella Lombardi in 1976.<\/p>\n<p>F1 Academy will be supporting seven grands prix next season with races on three continents starting in Saudi Arabia and ending in Abu Dhabi.<\/p>\n<p>Britain&#8217;s Jamie Chadwick, who won the W Series title three times, is now racing with Andretti Autosport in the U.S.-based Indy NXT championship, a feeder series for IndyCar.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/f1\/story\/_\/id\/38750880\/marta-garcia-moves-f1-feeder-ladder-academy-win\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spaniard Marta Garcia will move up the motorsport ladder to a fully-funded drive in the Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine (FRECA)<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/marta-garcia-moves-up-f1-feeder-series-ladder-after-academy-win\/26\/10\/2023\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13219,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[213],"tags":[610,2359,2297,2360,2357,2358,512,57],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3589"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3589"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3591,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3589\/revisions\/3591"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}