Felbermayr produces commanding F1 Academy Silverstone victory

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Audi backed Emma Felbermayr claimed a dominant victory in F1 Academy’s Silverstone reversed-grid race.

The Austrian comfortably led home Nina Gademan, who fended off attacks from Ella Lloyd throughout the race.

The front three got away evenly at the start, Felbermayr converting her reversed-grid pole into the race lead at turn 1 while towards the rear of the field two stallers briefly bought out the yellow flags.

McLaren-backed Lloyd began to attack Gademan down the Wellington straight but the Dutch driver, supported by Alpine, held firm.

Megan Bruce went wheel-to-wheel with Ava Dobson for seventh place heading out of Copse and into Maggots and Becketts with Bruce pulling off a spectacular move on her competitor.

Sunday’s polesitter and wildcard driver Chiara Battig continued to impress as she locked horns with Alba Larsen over ninth place. The Swiss driver pulled off a switchback move heading into Luffield to climb into ninth.

By half race distance Felbermayr had broken DRS range and found herself 1.7 seconds clear ahead of Gademan who was continuing to keep Lloyd’s advances at bay.

Dobson and Bruce resumed their battle from a few laps before, this time with Battig waiting to pounce behind. With Dobson forced offline, Battig pulled alongside and passed the American driver.

As the race gradually ticked into it’s closing stages, championship leader Alisha Palmowski looked to clear Hitech’s Rachel Robertson up ahead, just two tenths separating the pair on the final lap.

Felbermayr remained in a class of her own though as the Rodin Motorsport driver crossed the line over two seconds clear of her nearest competitor, claiming her second win of the season.

Despite her best efforts, Lloyd was unable to find a way past Gademan who came home in second. Lloyd had to settle for third, her first podium of 2026.

Robertson fended off Palmowski’s late charge to claim fourth while Lisa Billard led home Dobson, who managed to finish on top of the battle that formed for seventh. Battig claimed her first points with eighth while Bruce and Larson completed the top 10.

Race results (13 laps)