That includes 21 races throughout seven rounds, the inaugural season of F1 Academy will kick-off on the Crimson Bull Ring in Austria on 28-29 April, with additional standalone occasions at Valencia, Barcelona, Zandvoort, Monza and Paul Ricard till the top of July.
Following a three-month break, the championship will conclude on the assist invoice for the US Grand Prix on 21-22 October, giving budding feminine drivers an opportunity to showcase their expertise to the F1 paddock.
As beforehand introduced, drivers will get 15 days of testing throughout the 12 months, with the primary official check scheduled at Barcelona on 11-12 April, two weeks earlier than the beginning of the marketing campaign. The precise schedule of the remaining check days shall be revealed within the coming weeks, in accordance with a press launch issued by F1.
So far as the weekend format goes, every spherical will characteristic three races to maximise the quantity of monitor time out there to the drivers. Every weekend will kick off with two 40-minute follow periods, adopted by two qualifying periods of quarter-hour every.
The primary qualifying will set the grid for the opening race of the weekend, whereas the beginning order of Race 3 shall be decided by the second qualifying session.
The highest eight drivers of Race 1 will then be reversed to kind the grid for the second race, which is able to final solely 20 minutes in comparison with the usual 30-minute size for the opposite two contests.
The factors system for the 2 fundamental races shall be precisely the identical as F1, with the highest 10 drivers awarded within the following order: 25, 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, 1.
Jamie Chadwick leads Abbi Pulling, Fabienne Wohlwend
Photograph by: Sam Bloxham / Motorsport Images
Like System 2 and System 3, solely the highest eight drivers will rating factors within the shorter dash race, with the winner receiving 10 factors in whole.
A further two factors shall be awarded to the polesitter in each qualifying periods, whereas an additional level shall be up for grabs in every of the three races for the quickest lap – with the situation that the driving force finishes inside the highest 10.
15 vehicles will participate within the season, with ART, Campos Racing, Carlin, MP Motorsport and Prema already introduced because the 5 groups contesting the championship.
F1 Academy will run on System 4 stage, utilizing a Tatuus T421 chassis mated to a 165bhp Autotecnica engine. Pirelli would be the official tyre provider, as with F1 and its different assist classes.
Bruno Michel, Normal Supervisor of the F1 Academy, stated: “I’m more than happy to disclose the calendar of F1 Academy’s inaugural season. Our objective was to have the ability to race on as many System 1 Grand Prix tracks as doable, with circuits that could possibly be an excellent problem for the drivers.
“The groups know these layouts very nicely, so they’ll have the ability to assist their younger skills become familiar rapidly. We had introduced that F1 Academy can be racing alongside System 1 at one occasion, so it’s incredible to be a part of the F1 Grand Prix package deal in Austin, the place we may even conclude the primary season, in entrance of the F1 paddock and the American crowd.
“There’s fairly a spot in between Rounds 6 and seven, however that’s primarily as a result of the truth that we shall be sending the vehicles and gear by ship, to avoid wasting on logistical prices.”
“Moreover, there shall be fifteen days of testing so as to add to the monitor time in 2023, with the primary two days in Barcelona on April eleventh and twelfth. We’ll reveal the remainder of the dates in due time.”