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F1 Academy previously showing some action on the track in some tricky

when we got into qualifying. In free practice, they had some good dry time,

as the rain came down, it was causing many, many problems.

Getting out on an early lap was what mattered. Going out later on wet tyres

meant you could not improve on the lap time you could do on the dry tyres.

It certainly hasn't worked quite so well for Maya Virg, the championship leader,

but it has worked for Chloe Chambers, who has set the pace.

Although with the reverse grid, she'll be a bit further down for the first

So the first Miami F1 Academy race of the 2025 season is about to get

Welcome to the action with me, Ben Edwards, as we look forward to a 13 -lap

encounter around the Hard Rock Stadium on a day that's been a bit strange on

weather. Dry, then wet qualifying session, and it certainly made it tough

some rapid drivers to deliver their best. It should make for an interesting

around this 19 -turn challenging circuit.

A track where last year my co -commentator, Abby Pulling, won both

Abby, we are looking forward to what could be a very exciting race. And

particularly thinking of Maya Verg, who had a tough qualifying. She's down in

10th place. She's the championship leader. But we are on a dry track now.

I'm very excited for this reverse grid race. I've been looking actually at the

clouds constantly in the commentary box looking to see if we'll have the same

situation as what we had earlier in qualifying.

But it's looking like the sun's come out for the drivers and they've all got

their slick tyres on. But as you said, Maya, she struggled in qualifying.

It's interesting to watch her and see how she can move up the grid, if she can

move up the field and keep her nose clean.

So it's Emma Felbermayer who is on pole position.

Rafaela Ferreira second.

They are on the front row together.

And Emma Felbermayer, who was eighth fastest, and Rafaela Ferreira, who

seventh fastest. That's the way it goes. But there you are with Maya Verg, who

starts down in tenth place, leading the championship by seven points. She's had

a win last year, and this year she's had one win, four podiums. So it's going to

be fascinating to see how much progress she can make. Let's take a look at how

the grid lines up.

Starting down towards the back of the field, Ava Dobson is the wildcard entry.

Ava Anagnostiadis is alongside on the back row of the grid.

Then it's Joanne Chikonte, the Australian, with Nicole Havrida, the

They are 16th and 15th on the grid. Chloe Chong is 14th with the Rodin team.

Nina Gaidman with Premat. She is 13th on the grid. And then 12th, Alba Larsson.

She'll be a little disappointed with that. The 16 -year -old from Denmark,

been showing well. But Courtney Crone is 11th. 11th on the grid. There is Maya

Virk, the championship leader, starting from 10th place on the grid. Dina

Halsman starting one place ahead in ninth. And then in eighth place is Chloe

Chambers, who was fastest in qualifying, but with the top eight reverse. She

starts eighth. Alicia Palmoski starts seventh.

Dorianne Path, second in the championship.

She starts sixth. Ella Lloyd, another race winner this year already. She

fifth. Leah Block, excellent. She started at the back for the remaining

far this year. Fourth. Aurelia Nobels is third. That's great for her, too. And

then the... Front row, as we've seen, Rafaela Ferreira and Emma Felbermayer,

18 -year -old from Austria. She is on that pole position for this one. There

are, number five, with the backing from the Sauber F1 team. And she comes from a

family with a great deal of racing background to them. But Chloe Chambers

Abby, she's starting eighth, and she was fastest.

Chloe is really fierce. I mean, she loves the racing and the reverse good

She's always been moving forward. So I'm really excited to see what she can do.

And Aurelia Nobles as well, actually, here, as we're seeing.

She's starting P3, which is the best and firmest of, I think, we've ever seen

her be. So it'll be interesting to see how she gets off the line, knowing that

there's only a few cars in front of her to pass. And Emma Velbermeyer, actually,

it's her third front row start this season, all in the reverse good races,

to be. a familiar kind of sight, having that clear view into Turn 1.

Absolutely. So let's see how it goes for her in terms of holding on up front

when you're not necessarily the fastest because of the reverse grid, but there

is obviously an opportunity then. But how much are people going to be able to

come through?

Ava Dobson, by the way, the blue car at the back you're looking at there, she

did have a three -place penalty.

They're about to go away on the formation lap, as you can see. So Ava

yeah, she was actually 15th fastest in qualifying.

place penalty because she tapped into the back of Leah Block in free practice

and unfortunately that meant that she got the penalty and that's put it down

the very back of the grid. Right, track conditions, as you can see now, Abby,

it's very different to when we saw them in qualifying.

Yeah, it's still going to be really low grip out there as the rain brings all

the rubbish onto the track and it makes it really hard for the drivers and here

they're going to need to get as much temperature as possible on this

lap. So let's hear from our top three qualifiers, starting with that starting

third place, Aurelia Nobels.

So I'm really confident.

I was faster than Emma and Rafa. So I think, yeah, I'll try to get a good

I'm really strong with it. So I'll take an advantage of it and try to get them

in the first lap of the races.

It was my best qualifying and starting P2.

It's a really good opportunity to get a podium.

So I think it's maximise the start, try to

jump to P1.

And I don't know if it's going to rain or it's going to be dry, but I think

the same thing for both scenarios.

And I think it's a really good chance to get points today.

Yeah, now I have some experience of starting P1 or P2.

So the other races weren't that good. So I hope I can improve what I've learned

in Shanghai and in Chad. I think both races after these reverse races were

good. So I'm confident that this is going to be better.

And yeah, but for sure I'm hoping for another.

Better qualifying than Schilt's reverse grid pole position.

Well, let's see how Emma Felbermayer does get on. So, as you said, she's been

the front row several times already, but her best finish is fifth place. Let's

see whether she's going to be able to do a little bit better. You can see that

she's kind of building up the confidence a little bit, isn't she?

Yeah, and all drivers there wanting to move forward and they're really

determined and Emma wanting to kind of make peace with the front row start

had in the past and maybe felt like she's not maximised them enough and

make sure she can convert this one to try and take some silverware home at the

end of the day.

Absolutely.

We are hearing that Alba Larson is going to start from the pit lane.

Alba Larson's qualifying was not great. She ended up 12th on the grid, but she

will be starting from the pit lane. So that's going to be a bit of a tough one

for her.

Yeah, and she's fifth in the championship as well. So that's not

top five ambitions and going forward in that. But I mean, it's a long, long

year, lots of opportunity as we see the drivers doing their last bit of tyre

warm -up, getting the rear tyre attempt to make sure that they don't get any

wheel spin on. on that launch, it's really, really vital to make sure the

-up to Turn 1 is as best as possible. But here it is a short run -up to Turn

so if there is a mistake, it will be a bit mitigated by that distance.

Abi, you've been a double winner here at Miami. Getting off the line here, how

tricky is it? Is it a difficult track for a start, or is it fairly

straightforward? I mean, it's not a grid where anything's uphill, so it's not

too bad as the cars are all gridding up. And it's all about the traction here,

especially as the conditions are, you know, it's rained and it's low grip at

moment. OK, we're all set to go then for the start of the first of two races of

F1 Academy in Miami.

Light out and F1 Academy's go, go, go. And a great start from Emma Felbermayer.

From that pole position, she has taken the lead initially.

And oh, Ferrero locks up. And that is a block as well. What a shame. That is...

A real problem going into that first corner. What a shame, Abby.

Yeah, Ella Lloyd misjudging her breaking point there and going in the back into

Leah. She can't seem to get a break, the Williams junior.

And, yeah, it looks like it will be into the pit lane if she can keep going

again. Right, Felbermayr is the race leader, so that's worked out extremely

well. But how's it going to go? And look at Mayerberg now, trying to make up

ground already.

Mayerberg, who started down in 10th place, and she's already gaining some

places. This is good news.

Felbermayr, Dorian Pan up into second place.

Aurelien Nobles is in third place. Chloe Chambers already up in fourth place,

having started down in eighth. But Mayerberg, in the Ferrari colouring, is

already making those places, isn't she?

Oh, look at this. Pan has the lead. Dorian Pan trying to go to the outside.

So Dorian Pan, who is currently second in the championship on the outside here,

trying to go around Felbermire, trying to take the lead.

Can't quite do it yet. Has to back out, make sure there's enough space.

But there is a real chance here, Abby.

Yeah, I mean, the safety car board, I think that saved Emma there. The safety

car come out just as there was an overlap into Turn 11 as we see the

car of Ella Lloyd not being able to get going again, which will be the cause of

the safety car. But it's frustration for Dorianne with not being able to get the

move done just before the yellow flags come out.

Yeah, absolutely.

Let's just take a look at this race start. Abby, talk us through it again of

what we saw there.

Yeah, I want to look at what Ella's doing here. She's going for the gaffer

between Leah and Aurelia and just misjudges her braking, goes to the

catches the back, the rear left of Raffaella, the innocent victim there,

unfortunately, but not an ideal way to start the race there.

No, it wasn't ideal at all. It was a good start by Emma Feldman. She got

into a clear space.

But as you say, both locking up. But it was very much Ella Lloyd who got it

wrong, sadly. And Ella, who's had that one win already this year in Jeddah.

Let's have a look at it from Leah Block's point of view. Started in fourth

place. Let's look at this, Abby.

A brilliant launch, actually, from Leah, finding the gap, actually looking at

Rafaela, saw the lockup, and then really, really, actually, good reactions

react to Ella storming past, as we see.

Aurelia Noble starting P3 and watching the two go side by side into turn one,

opening up the corner, seeing, wow, she had a great view of everyone sailing

past there. But Dorianne making the most of the situation, making up three or

four positions there.

Let's see how Chloe Chambers did because she's made up a lot of places. As I

mentioned, she started down in eighth place. And so she's up against Alicia

Palmosky on the left -hand side. The incident happens up ahead of her. She's

the inside.

And, of course, that helps. Helps enormously, doesn't it?

Yeah, I mean, Chloe here, she wants to go for the championship lead, and if it

keeps going like this, Dorianne will be the only one in her way to try and move

up the championship standings, as we see Ella jumping out the car.

Really disappointing end to her race, but qualified P4 for the race tomorrow,

hopefully can make do with it. tomorrow.

Yeah, so that car is now being moved out of the way and the race will get

underway again in a few moments of time.

It certainly was a good start by Emma Felbermayer this time but, as you know,

she is under a lot of attack now from Dorianne Pan in second place and

of course, is very much a contender for the championship. Only seven points

behind Mayerberg in the championship at this early stage of the season and she

had three wins last year. She had the one win so far. far this year in China,

but has been very competitive throughout.

But as we see, Maya Virk has moved up to sixth place, having started down in

tenth, so she is definitely gaining a lot of place as well.

Yeah, obviously that incident at that first corner is being checked out, but

safety car is ending at the end of this lap. So, Abby, we're getting ready to go

racing once again.

Yeah, actually you see Emma weaving here, trying to put off her competitors.

It's more for a distraction rather than a functionality of getting tie attempt.

And they've actually got to stop weaving by turn 18. So if they're weaving

there, they'll get a penalty.

And here Dorianne getting as close as possible, being ready to react to Emma.

She goes quite early actually here, going into the last corner. She's going

make sure she gets a clean breaking into turn 17.

Perfect. Need to get the exit here now as Dorianne will be piling the pressure.

It actually looks like Chloe has been caught sleeping a bit and lacking at

start. So under pressure a little bit by Alicia going into turn one. And Maya

also looking really mean.

So the race back underway. And Emma Felber -Meyer has made a good start. But

Dorianne Pan in second place is definitely keeping the pressure on.

some other little movements going on. Oh, it's all a little bit tight there.

Nina Gaidman trying to go down the inside.

It was okay. They managed to survive. Tina Hausman didn't make contact with

them, but Felbermayr has still got the edge over Dorian Pan.

Meanwhile, Maya Verg is trying to catch on Palmosky, but Chloe Chambers still in

fourth place at this stage.

Felbermayr sliding around a little bit.

Yeah, Maya needs to make sure that she's smart and decisive and committed in

these overtakes to maintain that championship lead that she wants to keep

on. With that V10 qualifying, it's hindered her, but everyone's fallen off

little bit in front and she needs to make sure she's got the overtake done.

Can't afford to have any contact and have any half -hearted moves.

Absolutely right. So let's see how this goes. They're all trying to settle into

the rhythm now. We're on lap three out of 13. There's still plenty of time. And

Dorian Pan in second place is often very sensible, very aware that you've got to

just keep going. You find the slot at the right time. Ferreira running a

bit wide there in the battle with Tina Hausman and with Nina Gaidman.

But they have all survived, hopefully.

No penalties required in that respect.

This is proving to be a very tight little battle going on.

Yeah, it's wheel -to -wheel in sector two. It's really tight and twisty, and

it's hard to get a move done as we go on board with Dorianne in the slipstream.

She'll be high enough to move into this last corner if she can get quite close

enough. She might be...

Confident on the brakes here. Show a nose. Maybe put off Emma. Get in the

mirrors. It's a really high pressure situation here for Emma. Have a look.

a look. She's having a little look down the inside. She's going alongside.

And she could be taking the lead.

Yes, she is.

Dorian Pan makes a move.

That was a lovely move down the inside. Late braking without going too deep into

the corner. Dorian Pan takes the lead.

Second place now. Felber Meyer, who is now coming under even more pressure.

Aurelia Nobels, who is right behind.

And no, Felbermire's having a go at the lead again. Wow, that's impressive.

She's taken it back.

Brilliant move. That was absolutely incredible.

Textbook move from Emma, and it was really brave on the brakes there. Caught

Dorianne off guard, I think, actually. And now Dorianne is under pressure from

Aurelia Nobles going into turn four.

Yeah, and Chloe Chambers is under threat from Palmowski as well. So it's all

getting very, very close. But what a great move back by Felbermire, who...

She was telling us before that being up front again, she's determined to try and

hold on to a better position. Best fifth so far this year. Well, she's done

fantastically to get back in front.

Yeah, and all of this means that the pack for P1 is really closing up, and my

route's right on the back of it, saying, you girls can all go side to side and

mess about and slow yourself down, and I'll be right here to take your pick.

Chloe Chambers comes into pressure from Alicia Pamowski as she goes to the

outside.

your breaking point, and Dorian also putting a nose in.

Chloe Moore.

Watch out, teammates, the two Campos teammates there with the Red Bull

They nearly made contact, but thankfully they didn't. It would be tricky to

explain to the team afterwards. It's always tricky when you're racing that

against a teammate, isn't it?

Yeah, you want to keep it tidy, girls. I'm sure the Campos team will be saying

on the radio, let's not do anything silly here, but great racing this

grid has been producing so far as they go.

line of stern into the last corner. Who's going to pick the breaking point?

Who's going to... Be clever, use slipstream. Be clever, use the

Well, that's what they're doing now. They're using the slipstream, and

Felbermaier goes slightly defensive this time. Doesn't leave it easy for Dorian

Pan to dive up the inside.

And in fact, there's no changes there this time.

Just looked like Duran Shikonti may be making a move further back, but yeah, up

up front, no change so far.

And Dorianne will be thinking here, you caught me out in turn one this time. I'm

going to come for it here now.

Look at this. Down into turn one.

Dorianne Pan to the outside. But again, Felbermeyer. Oh, she's locked up on the

inside. She's run a bit wide. Surely she's going to lose the place this time.

Not yet, but in the end, she has to give space, and Dorian Pan is almost there,

and she may well lose not just the lead, but second place.

Aurelia Novels is coming through, but Feldermeyer's still not giving up, but

she's lost second, and she may lose third as well, because Palomovsky's

through. Yep, she's done it too.

So, going from first to fourth, painful, but she's working hard, and she's

battling off Chloe Chambers. Chloe Chambers now coming through on the

Chambers, who was the fastest qualifier. of all of them in that brief qualifying

session we had earlier today.

But now my first going to make it.

Freeway battle.

Oh my goodness, Abbey.

Where's this going to go?

Gosh, I don't know.

Maya here needs to be really smart. Go for the outside, fill the gaps here. And

Emma squeezing her as much as she can into that, as close as she can to the

wall.

Chloe's also on the defensive, making sure that no one can come by. But it

like damage, actually, for Emma there, where the front damper cover is coming

off. So it might end up being a trip to the pit lane.

Oh, that's unfortunate, yeah, and it's certainly going to slow it down a little

bit in a straight line like that, but what a shame, because Emma's been doing

good job, but now being contested by some of the more experienced campaigners

F1 Academy is Dorian Pan, who now leads the race, could be on for some very

useful points in trying to close the gap up to Maia Verg, but Maia Verg is now

running in fifth place, doing a good job there, so we will see how this all goes

as we continue through. this race, but Dorianne Pan not getting away from

Aurelia Nobels, and Nobels really doing a good job, Abby. She's had a bit of a

tough season so far, but it's coming together quite well at this stage.

Yeah, Aurelia piling on the pressure, putting the pressure on Dorianne, and

she's in the best position she's been so far in this series, so she's going to

want to make sure that she's smart here, not go for any silly move or have

anything as Alicia has a little lock -up into turn one, trying to get... bit

closer to Aurelia.

Absolutely. Well, let's just have a look at this battle that Dorian Pan was

having with the race leader.

Emma just went a bit too deep, didn't she?

Yeah, it all came and stuck for Emma after this point, dropping back all the

and then picking up a little bit of damage there.

Dorianne textbook move, putting the pressure on, putting them into a

where they make a mistake. She looks like she's actually pulling a little bit

a gap now to Aurelia, trying to stretch her legs in front.

Yeah, so Aurelia Nobles is now having to defend from Alicia Palmoski, and you're

on board with Alicia Palmoski, who's now going to have a little look to see if

she can... get back into second position, having qualified extremely

earlier. She was second fastest in qualifying before the rain came down and

obviously held that position. But she's going to try and go around the outside

to take that second place without running too wide.

She's still there, hasn't gone over the curb too far, and I think she's going to

take that place. Yes, well done to her.

Yeah, incredible move there. Also keeping within track limits, so

going to be a call over the radio saying she needs to drop back and give the

position. It was a similar move, actually, what we saw her do to Chloe

earlier in the race.

Yeah, absolutely.

Well, Aurelia Nobels we're on board with now, so she's still in third place. But

we'll be coming under pressure now from Chloe Chambers, who set that pace in

qualifying. Let's see how this goes.

Excellent stuff from Kalmosky up into second position.

She is fourth in the championship, so extra points here keeps her very much in

the mix, no doubt about it. It's very close in that fight for second place.

everybody keeping it clean so far. Look at the lead that Dorianne Pan's pulling

away, though.

Yeah, she actually had a little bit of a lock -up on that last lap on the

overhead camera angle, and the gap might have closed a little bit, but here it's

really getting close for Pete, too. Chloe Chambers looking really, really...

racy behind Aurelia Nobles. But Aurelia will be wanting to keep this P3.

But Maya Vogue actually also is looking really, really fast and wanting to make

the most out of these battles going on in front.

Well, we shall see how it goes. We are on lap 7 out of 13.

Dorian Pan looking to try and...

Close up that gap in the championship battle she's got with Maya Verg.

And Maya Verg is still holding on to a good position here in fifth place

currently, as you can see.

And Felbermayr, the early race leader, still going. She's dropped back a little

bit now, though, down into sixth place.

Let's listen in to Emma.

Black and white warning flag was for weaving.

She didn't really like that so much, but of course she was reading a lot before

the restart, wasn't she?

Yeah, sounds like she maybe disagrees a little bit, but it could be also for

defending. I'm amazed that she's actually still out there with that front

cover flapping on the front of her car at the moment. But as we see, Leah Block

and Nina Gaidman actually getting side by side in turn 13 to the chicane. It's

really tight here. Oh, and an incident.

Joanna Giaconte is backwards here in the first sector, I believe.

Yeah, the young Australian, the youngest entry into F1 Academy. And it's bashed,

isn't it, in the left rear. Let's have a look at what's happened. Three abreast.

Oh, what a shame.

Contact made with Chloe Chong.

Yeah, three into one just doesn't go.

It's a bit of a victim there for Joanne.

That would be heartbreaking for her, having to go to the pit lane with that

damage. If she can nurse it back, that is.

Yeah, she may be able to take it to a safe place, possibly, where they can

remove it.

Yeah, it does lead to a safety car. I was just wondering, though, it does lead

to a safety car coming back out. And, of course, what this will do, Abby, is cue

everybody close together again, and it could make for some battles in the final

laps once the safety car comes back in.

Yeah, Alicia has actually been on the podium.

in the other two reverse grid races that we've seen so far this year. So maybe

she'll be wanting to make that into a P1 if we get into green flag racing

conditions again.

And she's looking like she's really confident on the brakes and making some

really great moves, especially into that turn 11, as we've seen around the

outside. So potentially some good racing coming on this restart.

Absolutely right. Dorianne Pando, very experienced.

She was a Ferrari Europe champion in 2022.

She's raced some of the major sports car events, such as the Daytona, the Spa 24

Hours. She's been at Le Mans, but she's focused back on single -seaters in these

last couple of years, and she's doing a really strong job.

Have you got a puncture?

No, but the steering's sideways and wheels aren't straight.

That's a shame. For Chloe Chong, she's getting out. And she's had a tough, bit

of a tough time this season.

She's had a 10th place, a couple of 10th place finishes, but nothing much better

than that. And it's just proving a little bit tough for her. But that was

three -way, three cars all in the same place at the same time. That was always

going to be a challenge, wasn't it?

Yeah, it was unfortunate, really. It just seemed, I couldn't really tell on

entry, it looked like Nicole Havreder went up the inside of two cars already

side by side and there just wasn't enough space. Potentially the car on the

right, a bit unsighted that there was two cars there.

Absolutely. Well, let's see how this goes when we get the race back on the

once again. It's certainly looking entertaining.

See who else.

might be moving up. Alba Larsson, by the way, up into 12th place. Remember, she

had to start from the tit lane, so she's making progress. This safety car will

help her.

There you were talking about that damage to the front of Emma Felbermeyer. It's

still holding on fairly constantly. It doesn't look as though it's about to

off, does it?

Yeah, I'm amazed as the wind will be getting underneath that and it will be

a parachute on the car.

Black and orange flag, so she will have to come in, I think. And I think we may

well see her have to come into the pits, which, of course, will be a difficult

one for her because that's what you have to do. She is heading into the pits

now, and that really takes away any opportunity to score points in this. The

eight finishers in this race do score points with ten points for the winner,

point for eighth place.

Sadly, she's not going to be able to score any now, is she?

No, and it doesn't look like a really good race for the road and motorsport

as a whole. The drivers' champions of last year fighting for the team

and want to be getting Racky up as much points as possible. It was a quick,

luckily, a very quick stop there for Emma, but unfortunate for them as

already got two cars out, one in the pit lane at the back of the grid.

OK, well, let's see where she... get back to, if anywhere. But as I

yeah, we will keep an eye on Alba Larsson in 11th place now, having

well, in theory, she was going to start 12th, but she actually started from the

pit lane.

There we are, getting Joanne Chiconte's car out of the way.

This is what has caused this current safety car period.

And then once that is all clear, we will get back into full racing once again in

this first of two races this weekend.

Let's just take another little look back. Yeah, this is the three -way

It all went a little bit wrong. And it's Joanne Cicconte and Chloe Chong on the

outside. Down the inside was Nicole Havrida. They were making that three

battle. And unfortunately, the contact was made.

Yeah, all three cars now out of contention of scoring any points, which

really unfortunate.

But we'll see, actually, if Nicole Havrida has any damage.

She might have picked some up that will be hard going into this restart.

So there's Chloe Chong just talking to the team, the Rodian team.

And unfortunately, she is out of this one. But let's hope that things go

for her in the second race tomorrow. For now, though, I would imagine that we

will possibly see the lights of the safety car.

Let's see if they come out coming down the straight or will we need to see

another lap. But they were getting into good shape of moving that car out of the

way. At the moment, the lights are still on.

If they go out, then we will be back into racing. But I think they would need

be going. Oh, yeah, they are. We're just getting a report. Their lights are

going out.

So we will be back to racing in just a moment. So this time, Abby, it's up to

Dorian Pan to try and judge when to do the restart.

Dorianne has had a few goes at this now throughout the years she's been in this

series, and she'll know what to do to control the pace and be ready mentally

what she's to do. She'll have talked to the team beforehand where she's going to

think about going, but here we're on board with Alicia Palowski, who won't

to be caught off guard.

Filling the mirrors of Dorian, piling on the pressure, showing that she's there

and she's here ready to attack into turn one.

Yeah, well, she's gone for it now, out of the hairpin, absolutely just floored

it on exit. And that has worked actually very well because they're all bunched

up so closely, but she's already pulled away from Palmoski. So Palmoski's not in

a position to be able to challenge as they go down into turn one. Is anybody

else in a position to have a go down the inside?

A little bit of a look from Mina Gaidman in the Alpine.

livery, but I don't think that she was quite able to do anything, was she?

No, and this first sector as well, it's a high -speed sector, so it's really

hard to follow. So these girls need to try and get as close as possible going

into Turn 7. The best opportunity is actually into Turn 11 after this point.

here, making sure that they're hitting their marks, managing the aero wash that

they'll be getting, getting ready to attack.

Sorry, I kept changing speed there. Almost broke.

Great testing, mate. Thanks for your time.

Well, it's always the challenge of a restart, of course. The leader has the

ability to decide when to go, as long as you're not standing on the brakes. And

I don't think she was. She might have been just lifting a little bit and

slowing. Right, so let's have a little look. We've got Chloe Chambers now

an attack on third place. Chloe Chambers on the outside in the red bull colours,

trying to go around the outside of Aurelia Nobels. And it's side by side,

Nobels is defending with no. Chloe Chambers has now got the inside line,

she's taken third place, Abby.

Yeah, that turn 11 around the outside seems to be a really, really hot point

overtaking, especially as it becomes the inside dent for turn 12.

A really brilliant move from Chloe Chambers, one of the biggest movers

from last season as well, coming back to Miami here in front of the home crowd,

absolutely loving it.

Yeah, really good. Remember, she started down in eighth for this race because

she was fastest in qualifying.

Dorianne Pan is not getting away quite so much. Maya Verg, you're on board with

Maya Verg in the Ferrari colors now. She is now going to see if she can find a

way past Aurelia Nobels. So, Nobels is holding it to the inside there a little

bit. Is that going to cost her on the exit?

Not sure, actually looked like she's still got a good exit. But Dorianne Pan

having to watch her mirrors, isn't she?

Yeah, Alicia's looking like she really wants to have a go, trying to feel the

mirrors of Dorianne and show that she's there, pile on the pressure.

But actually, side by side, it's turn one with Aurelia and Maya trying to get

the cut back, not quite able to do it here.

Looking into turn four, potentially trying to set something up, but she'll

doing a good job if Maia can get past.

Yeah, we shall see how this goes.

It is very close in that battle right now.

Aurelia Nobels still defending from Maia Verg.

Maia Verg with the win that she's already had and the championship lead

she wants to try and extend, but with...

One of her major, well, two of her major competitors are up ahead of her,

particularly Dorianne Pat, but Chloe Chambers as well, who is also one of her

main contenders this year.

She's up ahead, but Maia Wittberg just needs to work this out and try and

decide, get a clean move here. What she cannot afford is to throw the car off

the track. She's got a bit of a toe here. If there's going to be an

she goes to the outside. And as you said, it's always up to turn 11, but

dives back down the inside.

At the last moment, I thought that was clever stuff, wasn't it?

That was measured and mighty well. Amazing job from Maya getting through

Selling the dummy perfectly.

Leah Block also gaining position there as well in the Williams colouring

she has now moved up into sixth place. So Leah Block is also now going to go on

the attack possibly of trying to get past Aurelia Nobels. That might be a

bit harder to do. Dorian Pan is just that little bit further ahead of Alicia

Palmowski as they cut down the main straight.

Meanwhile, though, Maya Virk, who's got past Nobels, is also now giving her

quite a toe. So I don't think Aurelia Nobels has given up on getting the place

back again, although down the inside, Nina Gaidman in the background.

Yes, she's gained a place.

Yeah, there with Tina Hausman, but Maya having a massive lock -up going into the

last corner under a lot of pressure by Aurelia, and she wants to...

stop getting slowed down by all this defending.

She wants to get up to the top three. She's got a podium streak. She actually

has not been off the podium at all this year. So they want to get going and

chase after the leaders.

Absolutely. Let's take a little look back at this, Avi, from the on -board

version and just talk us through this.

Yeah, last -minute decision to go to the right and then realise, actually, she's

opened the door. She's going to let me throw right past here. A really textbook

move there from Maya Vogue.

That's a tough one, isn't it? I bet, have you ever been in that situation

you think, oh, I've got this, but I'm in front. Oh, look at that. That was a bit

close. Nearly contact with the lock -up there, but thankfully...

But, yeah, that was so well done, wasn't it? And sometimes it can be so

frustrating when you've been defending well and then that happens.

Yeah, and obviously she was running up in the top two at the start of the race,

so she'll be frustrated with that. But also, it's a really great showing from

her. It's one of her best races so far. Leah Block, who actually was in contact

at the first corner at the start of the race, now putting the pressure on

Aurelia too, seeing if she can go around the outside of turn 11 sideways.

off the track there so if she does get past she's gonna have to give it back

four wheels off there over the white line from from my point of view if i'm

honest Yeah, no, it did look like it, absolutely. So, yeah, the stewards will

have to look at that and just see, which is a bit of a shame because Leoblock's

actually been doing a fantastic job.

She's had a bit of a tough season, certainly in qualifying. She's managed

some results. She always manages to gain places in the races.

And tomorrow she'll be quite near the front of the grid, of course, after

such a good job in qualifying.

But, yeah, right now that will be looked at, I would think. Oh, a little lock

-up from our race leader, Dorian.

She's still not got this totally comfortable yet because Alicia Palmoski

keeping the pressure on her. Here we are, the top two. They've got away from

Chloe Chambers in third place, but we still have a battle going on to the last

lap, don't we, Abby?

Yeah, Dorianne would have wanted to have got a bit of pressure off her shoulders

by this point and made the gap a bit bigger, but Alicia is right there, ready

attack, making sure there's an opportunity on this last lap to try and

and go for the win, but we'll see.

Hopefully...

close the gap a bit more and try and scoot on past.

But although the gap's opening up here in sector one a little bit. It is. And

you were saying, if you can close in through this sector, it's then into the

second sector. That's an interesting tighter line that Palmoski takes there

going into turn seven and eight. But exit -wise, I think Dorianne Pan... Oh,

don't know, actually. I thought she'd be further ahead.

No, she actually tightened up and shortened the distance, got a lot on the

entrance. but then the exit, she washed out and she bottomed out. So the toe

will be helping her, but it wasn't an ideal exit for her as there's a yellow

sector in sector one and two. But Alicia right on the back of Dorianne.

Looking at the inside, no, not quite close enough. The next opportunity here

will come into the last corner. So make sure around this tight, twisty sector

two, you get it perfect and be right underneath her, ready to go into turn

So you're right, it's all about the slipstream down the straight that's

up. Remember, into the tight left -hander now, which leads on to the long

straight. Get a good exit here, and then you will get the tow. There's no DRS in

F1 Academy, as in Formula 1, but you still get a decent tow down a straight

is this long. But is it going to be enough? She will now start to gain just

little bit, just a little bit, but I'm not sure if she's going to be quite

enough to attack.

No, that Dorian Pan has done a good job there, holding the position.

And as they come through the last few corners now, it looks like it's all

the way of the French driver.

It's Dorian Pan who is going to take the chequered flag. Dorian Pan wins the

first of the two races for F1 Academy here in Miami in 2025.

Alicia Palmowski finishes in second. Chloe Chambers in third place.

Maya Verg finishes in fourth position.

With Lea Block in fifth place. Nina Gaidman going well into sixth place in

end. Aurelia Nobles, who was so much a part of that battle, finished in

Final point in eighth place goes to Tina Hausman.

And then just outside that, Rafaela Ferreira, who started up on the front

ended up down in ninth place.

Dorian Pan, though.

Abby, she did a really, really good job there.

Amazing job. She picked up the pieces when everyone else was pinging off left,

right, centre and going side by side. She was really smart with how she was

driving and here she's obviously very happy about the result.

Yes, sir.

Wow. Bravo. Good job.

P1 and fastest lap of the race.

Thank you. Thank you for today, team.

We are a green team.

Let's go for tomorrow.

Yeah, and of course tomorrow she will be third on the grid, but it will be Chloe

Chambers and Alicia Palmoski on the front row. But showing that pace, Abby,

could well still be giving them a pretty hard time.

Yeah, she's shown really great racing as well today. So she can make the move

there, and that's the important thing. She wants to move forward tomorrow. She

had a great start, and that will be important going into race two.

But I think overall, good job.

That was great to come through to second.

Some good racing there.

But, yeah, on to tomorrow.

Yeah, very, very impressive.

She has been on the podium in all three reverse grid races this season.

Not the main races, but we shall see. She was the winner in China, but a good

chance tomorrow of being on the podium as well.

Some more investigation is exactly what you were talking about there, Abby.

Yeah, out of turn 11.

Whenever they're going around the outside, you have to keep a close eye on

white line on the exit because it is easy to cross over it and take a little

lasting advantage.

As again, we see a similar thing, three abreast. Looks like maybe she kept all

tyres. on the tarmac that time round.

Oh, yeah.

Well, very close, though. It was close. That will lead to some other views,

which the Stuarts will be able to get to see whether the line was fully crossed.

But well done to Dorian Panth. Five, second penalty, four block.

3 -3, mate. 3 -3.

Good job.

That's another podium.

podium!

Yeah, good race.

Yeah, well done.

Chloe Chambers was on the podium in race one in Miami last season as well. So,

yeah, she's done a great job. She will be starting from pole position tomorrow.

She's still looking for her first win. She did lead across the line at the last

race, but had a penalty. So that handed the victory over to Maya Verg. But

nonetheless. She is very much a part of the championship battle that's going on

up front. But Dorianne Pan has taken the 10 points for the victory in the

reserve race here, and she has done that extremely well. The French racer, she

has very much in her second full year of F1 Academy now, and a great contender.

Backed by Mercedes, the 21 -year -old, I think, is very pleased with the way

that this has gone so far.

And congratulations to Dorianne Phan for taking the win here today.

Lovely.

No, amazing result there, going to see her team celebrating. It's a really

feeling standing on top of that car here at Miami. What a venue to do it at.

Incredible result for them as she there embraces all and everyone and

celebrates.

Yeah, that's really good.

Very happy, of course, to see that having done for the Premier team.

This is very good news indeed for them. They were third in the points. So it's

Campos that have been leading coming into this.

Campos are still leading. They're on 106 points. But Maia Verg is still the

championship leader by one point now from Dorian Pan, who is just one point

behind having taken that victory today. So that really keeps things very close.

Chloe Chambers.

is 10 points further behind, but Alicia Palmosky is in fourth place

in the championship. A fascinating competition all the way through.

We're getting ready for the podium celebration, of course, for this first

of F1 Academy this weekend.

Abi, you were on the podium on the top step both times last year.

It is a lovely place, isn't it? It's a great venue, and there was some really

good racing going on there. The opportunities to overtake here, they

know, the slipstream helps, but getting the cornering and getting the

positioning, absolutely crucial.

The straights are really long here in Miami, and it provides great

for these girls to try and move past each other.

And, yeah, here in Miami, actually, the podium is across the track, so you've

got to get a buggy. I'm sure we'll see them very soon jumping in the cars,

getting ferried along to celebrate on the podium and spray some champagne.

Absolutely right. So we will see them come up in just a few moments' time.

As I mentioned, Mayerberg just still with that championship lead, but it is

to just one point now over Dorian Pan, who got that.

Excellent victory here today.

And we'll have to see how it all develops tomorrow when they get F1 style

points. Of course, it will be 25 points for a win tomorrow as opposed to 10

points for the win today on the reverse grid. So the points in the second race

certainly can make a big difference then to the outcome of the championship at

this stage.

Dorian Pan then, the winner of this race with Alicia Palmoski finishing in an

excellent second place and Chloe Chambers.

in third position, and she'll be starting from pole tomorrow.

Maya Verg in the Ferrari -backed car, moving up from tenth on the grid,

fourth. Nina Gaidman was fifth, ahead of Aurelia Nobels, who battled hard.

Seventh place to Tina Housman. The final point actually ended up going to

Rafaela Ferreira. Courtney Crone finished in ninth place, and Leah Blott

penalty, getting pushed down to tenth place. That is why Ferreira, in the end,

ended up in the points.

Eleventh place for Alba Larsson, ahead of Nicole Havrida.

Eva Dobson, the wildcard entry, finishing in 13th place ahead of Ieva

Anagnostiadis. Emma Felbermayer in 15th place after battling so well early on

and a few non -finishes.

So there we are. That's how the result has gone.

But for Dorian Pan, that really was an excellent race. That was a good control

as well, wasn't it?

Yeah, really, really well controlled from the front, picking up the pieces

textbook, really great defending and also getting back past Emma Felbermayer

when she sent that last minute dive into turn one.

Yeah, definitely. And the way that she had to work, but kept it clean and no

contact made. That was good news as well. Yes, we did have safety cars in

race and we've had them in quite a few, but not very many.

Really silly incidents in this. Yes, there was that three -way battle that

a bit wrong, but that's just racing. I think quite often that's the case. If

you're going to have three cars alongside each other, it often ends with

of damage done.

But it was a little bit disappointing for Ella Lloyd, of course, that off the

start of the grid in the McLaren -backed car.

And, Abby, I know she will be disappointed, but she could still be a

-runner tomorrow.

Yeah, you've got to keep your head up high in these...