F1 Academy has confirmed 17-year-old Alexia Danielsson because the sequence’ newest Wild Card entry for the penultimate Austin spherical subsequent month.
The Swedish Driver will make her F1 Academy debut at COTA, representing the sequence’ Official Companion, TeamViewer. Nevertheless, Danielsson is not any stranger to the sequence’ equipment. The 17-year-old already took half within the Navarra Rookie Check earlier within the month, the place she set the second-fastest general time.
All through her profession, Danielsson has competed in a number of Feeder Sequence competitions. In 2022, her journey started in Aquilia Formulation 1000. Her two-year stint within the sequence noticed her end seventh within the championship, with a podium and a pole to her identify. The Swede then moved as much as the Nordic 4 championship for the 2024 and 2025 seasons. She additionally competed within the Porsche Dash Problem Scandinavia, profitable on debut.
Forward of her debut F1 Academy weekend, Danielsson has competed within the Formulation 4 CEZ Championship. The rookie has already achieved 5 points-scoring finishes, with a finest results of P6 in Race 2 on the Autodrom Most.
When reflecting on the Wild Card alternative, Danielsson was ecstatic about taking a significant step ahead for her Motorsport dream.
“Racing at COTA in entrance of such an enormous crowd, proper in the midst of a Formulation 1 weekend. Will probably be an expertise I’ll always remember and one thing I can construct on going ahead.
“My foremost objective for the weekend is to be taught as a lot as I presumably can. I’m additionally competing for a spot on the grid for subsequent season. So if I get that chance, I need to be as ready as I might be. At Zandvoort, I noticed how totally different their race weekends are from what I’m used to. There’s hardly any apply, for instance, so you must stand up to hurry actually rapidly.”
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