Race Week for Women in Motorsport – F1 Academy Round 5 in Singapore , E Xplorer Round 3 in Switzerland, and World WCR Round 4 in Italy – all this weekend. With such a packed schedule of women racing at the highest pinnacle of Motorsport, the message is clear – women have overcome challenges in pursuance of a racing career, both on and off the track.
Starting with F1 Academy Championship leader Abbi Pulling. Having completed the first F1 Academy season in 2023 finishing P5, Abbi has produced outstanding performances over the 4 Rounds, holding commanding lead on 190 points. Specifically, the Rodin Motorsport driver has knocked her competitors off the top step of the podium 5 times from 10 races, along with taking double race wins in Round 2, in Miami.
With anticipation building ahead of each Round, Prema Racing driver Dorian Pin, along with team-driver Maya Weug have been equally determined to top the table-board, with Pin showing turn of speed winning Round 1, R1 and Round 4, R2 placing the French driver in P2 overall on 119 points. Spanish born and racing under Dutch Nationality, Maya has shown consistency through-out the season, standing P5 overall with only 5 points separating P3 to P5.
Unlucky to crash in Qualifying and miss Race 1 at Round 4 at Zandvoort, ART Grand Prix driver, Bianca Bustamante enjoyed finishing P2 in R2 at Miami, and has all the potential to ramp up her standings heading into the street circuit in Singapore this weekend. For sure, the pressure will be on Campos Racing driver Chloe Chambers to hold her P3 position on 89 points, having taken Race 2 win in Round 3 in Barcelona. Team-driver Nerea Marti, will keep Chloe honest, as the Spanish National driver stands only 4 points below.
The all electric E Xplorer bike Series heads into Round 3 at Crans-Montana in Switzerland on September 20 – 22. Racing a double header weekend, the 10 Teams of female and male rider’s will battle for supremacy with HRC rider Francesca Nocera leading the points table on 253, with team-rider Tosha Schareina. Having opted to focus on retaining the points lead in E Xplorer when the Rounds clashed with racing Women’s Enduro World Championship, Francesca will have eyes firmly fixed on maintaining points advantage with Final Round in India on November 29 – December 1.
Pushing Italy’s Nocera, will be Germany’s Tanja Schlosser with team-rider Dylan Woodcock from Britain on 236 points, followed by Hard Enduro/Enduro rider – Sandra Gomez and team-rider Runar Sudmann on 233 points. Notably, Gomez, along with Jessica Gardiner (Australia), Nieve Holmes (Britain), and Marie Vilde Holt have extensive race experience across multi-disciplines – ISDE and Women’s Enduro World Championship, with Sandra entering The Dakar Rally in 2025 following debut in 2022.
Women’s Circuit Racing World Championship heads to Round 4 at Cremona circuit, Italy this weekend, with Spanish rider Maria Herrera leading the table on 129 points. The fight for top podium rages amongst Spain’s elite of road racing, with WSBK Supersport 300 Champion, 2018 – Ana Carrasco – ready to face off all competitors – standing mere 7 points adrift of Herrera, on 122. Equally determined to stamp their race-craft on the track are Sara Sanchez who has claimed a podium in all 6 races, along with Beatriz Neila and Italy’s Roberta Ponziani, rounding out the top 5.
For certain, World WCR line-up of rider’s will deliver exciting racing on the track, with 2 Rounds to go – in Estoril on October 11 – 13, and Final Round 6 in Jerez, on October 18 – 20. A lot to watch, welcome, and celebrate as these women rider’s and driver’s take to the track this coming weekend.
Header photo: Images: F1 Academy, World WCR, and E Xplorer with graphics by: MXLink.
Words: Sharon Cox.
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