F1 Academy: 'rocket fuel' for women in motorsport - with Susie Wolff + Lia Block

F1 Explains

08-03-2024 • 37 mins

The game-changing, trailblazing, all-female racing series is back for 2024 with new drivers, top teams and wheel-to-wheel action. The second season of F1 Academy starts this weekend at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. Katie Osborne and Christian Hewgill find out everything there is to know ahead of the first race.

Susie Wolff, who's driving F1 Academy forwards as Managing Director, tells Katie and Christian about the series' mission in 2024 and how it will inspire young women to pursue careers in motorsport.

Driver Lia Block is fully focused on making her F1 Academy debut. She tells Christian and Katie why racing with ART Grand Prix and Williams is such a huge opportunity. How will Lia make the switch from winning on rally circuits to racing on Grand Prix tracks, and how will F1 Academy change her career?

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