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British karter Noah Baglin has been announced as the latest member of the Ferrari Driver Academy, a move that had been anticipated.
Baglin, who recently turned 13, drives for the Prema karting squad which was set up to run Formula 1 juniors. His lack of visible patronage from any F1 team marked him out after he joined its line-up last April for a multi-championship programme.
On OK Junior karts, he came seventh in the CIK-FIA European championship, eighth in Champions of the Future, won the WSK Final Cup title, was Trofeo Delle Industrie runner-up and was on course to finish either first or second in the CIK-FIA World championship before a collision with a team-mate at the very last corner of the final. It left him classified in 21st as he did not meet the chequered flag, and he did not take the non-finish well.
Baglin remained in the OK-J class for 2025 and has had an excellent year so far, coming three points shy of the WSK Super Master Series title in a fight against team-mate and Williams junior Dean Hoogendoorn. In the five rounds, Baglin’s results in the finals were three second places, a third and a fourth.
Before joining Prema, Baglin spent time as a factory Kart Republic driver and racing for Oliver Rowland Motorsport in mini karting. He is one of several karters this year to be signed to driver development programmes run by F1 teams, and follows Callum Ilott and Ollie Bearman – now racing in IndyCar and F1 respectively – as a Brition to earn Ferrari’s backing.