Alpine has selected Nina Gademan as the driver it will support in F1 Academy next year.
Gademan, who raced mainly in British Formula 4 this year, will take over from long-time Alpine junior Abbi Pulling, who was crowned F1 Academy champion in Qatar last weekend.
With a background primarily in touring car racing and esports, Gademan made her single-seater debut in British F4 this season with Fortec Motorsports and scored a best finish of 11th.
She was also awarded the Prema-run wildcard drive for her home F1 Academy round at Zandvoort and finished fourth and 10th in the two races.
Hitech GP had already announced that Gademan would be part of its line-up for the Formula Winter Series at the start of next year. Alpine has not announced which team will run Gademan’s car in F1 Academy.
Similar is true for the majority of the drivers announced so far for next year, including recent addition Alba Hurup Larsen. The Danish driver, who won the FIA’s Girls on Track Rising Stars senior competition last year and made her single-seater debut in Indian F4 this year, will compete in the colours of series sponsor Tommy Hilfiger – which this year have been seen on the Campos Racing-run car of Nerea Marti.
Haas took the opportunity of the Las Vegas Grand Prix to announce that Courtney Crone will race with its backing for ART Grand Prix.
The 23-year-old raced the wildcard entry in Miami earlier this year, taking a best finish of 11th, and has otherwise been racing in Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America. By linking up with Haas she takes the place of Chloe Chambers, who is fifth in this year’s standings and will switch to a Red Bull-Ford-backed entry for 2025.