F1 ACADEMY HEADS TO VEGAS: ALL TO PLAY FOR
The whole season has come down to this. After months of hard work, time in the simulator, long debriefs, and brave moves on track, the 2025 F1 Academy drivers face their final weekend. And what a place to finish: racing right in the middle of the Las Vegas Strip.
Two drivers and two teams still have a chance to win their championships. Everything will be decided in Round 7.
Doriane Pin and Maya Weug are fighting for the Drivers’ title. Both have been strong all year, but only one can become Champion. No matter what happens in Race 1, the title will only be settled in the final race on Saturday.
If Pin wins Race 2, she becomes Champion. Even if Weug scores every point possible before that, Pin’s Race 2 win would give her the advantage. If there is a tie on points, Weug wins because she has more Race 2 victories. There is no situation where Pin wins Race 2 and the points end in a tie.
Pin leads by nine points, but Weug arrives with stronger recent results. It’s been a tough, exciting fight between two drivers who both deserve the crown.
This weekend is also a goodbye for seven drivers who finish their two-year journey in the series: Pin, Weug, Chloe Chambers, Tina Hausmann, Lia Block, Chloe Chong and Aurelia Nobels. As Pin and Weug battle for the title, Chambers and Block will hope to shine at home. Hausmann, Chong and Nobels are still chasing their first podium.
The Teams’ title is also still open. PREMA Racing leads with 257 points, holding a 49-point gap over MP Motorsport and a 70-point gap over Campos Racing, with 89 points left to score.
Ella Lloyd and Alisha Palmowski are fighting for the Top Rookie award. Lloyd is third in the championship with 101 points and has already confirmed she will return in 2026 with McLaren. Palmowski sits fifth with 73 points. Between them is Chambers, who wants to get back into the top three.
Alba Larsen deserves attention too, she is the highest-placed rookie without a podium so far. She was announced as an F1 Academy driver last year in Las Vegas, and now returns hoping for a special moment.
This is also F1 Academy’s first race on the Las Vegas Strip Circuit, a fast, 6.2 km track with 17 corners. Across two 13-lap races, the drivers will need skill, courage and a bit of luck to end the season on a high.
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