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Ferrari has announced Aurelia Nobels has departed its driver development programme, as well as the programmes of its new protege Alba Hurup Larsen.
Nobels spent three years as a member of the Ferrari Driver Academy, and earned her spot by winning the third edition of the FIA Women in Motorsport Commission’s FDA-affiliated Girls on Track Rising Stars programme in late 2022.
Under its tutelage, the 18-year-old Brazilian spent three years in Formula 4. She already had experience in the category, having previously come 16th in Brazilian F4 and 18th in Danish F4 as a part-timer in the two championships.
In 2023 she raced for Prema in E4 and Italian F4, failing to score in both, then she had a very busy 2024 that began with two points-free rounds in F4 United Arab Emirates with Sainteloc Racing. Nobels made the podium in a Saudi Arabian F4 cameo, also did a British F4 round and joined ART Grand Prix for an E4 cameo and the all-female F1 Academy championship.
She came 12th in the standings there with a best finish of fifth, and stayed with the team for a second season in 2025 but dropped down one spot in the points table despite making the podium. The team also ran her in the Spanish F4 Winter Championship, where she was points-free, and she made another E4 cameo with AS Motorsport.
Larsen succeeded Nobels as winner of the Girls on Track Rising Stars’ senior final, but her reward was two Indian F4 rounds in 2024 with MP Motorsport. She has been with the team ever since, coming seventh in F1 Academy last season with two fourth places as her best results and remaining in MP’s line-up for 2026.
Jenzer Motorsport also ran Larsen last year in the Formula Winter Series, where she failed to score, and in British F4 she came 22nd in the standings with Chris Dittmann Racing as a part-timer.
Ferrari signed Larsen last August but she did not join the FDA’s ranks until yesterday, and the Formula 1 team has announced that the 17-year-old Dane will continue in British F4 this year and race in F4 UAE.