All language subtitles for F1 GP Academy Shanghai 2025 01 Qualif

Season 3 of the F1 Academy Racing Series
begins here at the Shanghai

International Circuit in China. A brand
new venue to kick us off

as we visit a brand new location.
Welcome everyone to your coverage

for qualifying practice which gives
us... A new format for this season.

going to have two races coming up this
weekend where the top eight will be

reversed for race one. And this, the
circuit, they will have to take on. It

have that 1 .2 kilometer straight down
at the back straight, which will give us

lots of great.

Overtaking lots of great on -track
action for the fans to enjoy as well. An

extended grid for this season. We are up
to 17 full -time drivers now in the

F1 Academy Racing Series.

The biggest grid we have seen. 18 for
this weekend. We will have a wild card

each round. And this weekend, Shi Wei
will be flying the Chinese flag for the

home... fans. We've had practice a
little earlier and now we will have

qualifying where we will go and set the
grid. 30 minutes coming up for you.

Well, my name's Chris McCarthy alongside
me, Izzy Browning. Izzy, practice

earlier where the drivers had their
first chance of the weekend to get up to

grid, get up to grips with the circuit
and lots going on in that practice

session. Yeah, exactly. Straight into it
in the 2025 F1 Academy Series. As you

said, 40 minutes of practice this
morning.

Dorianne Pan finished up the quickest in
that session with a 2 .04 .198, but

less than a tenth ahead of her teammate
that you can see on screen now, Tina

Hausman. Then came Chloe Chambers, Maja
Vug and Nina Hardeman. All three

premiers in the top five.

And a brief red flag where Rafaela
Ferreira and Leah Block coming together

track. And Rafaela Ferreira has been
deemed at fault for that incident. As

can see, Leah Block no longer taking
part in this qualifying session. We are

hearing that a potential chassis change.

for leah block and rafaela ferreira
taking a three place grid penalty for

race one and race two not the ideal
start for either of those drivers but

rafaela ferreira you move on and full
focus on this qualifying session yes and

uh a shame for both drivers but Long
season ahead and two

races coming up for this weekend. And
for Shi Wei, she mentioned this as a

breakthrough in her career to be given
this opportunity. She's being run by

Hitech TGR this weekend. New team for
this season and a welcome to Hitech TGR,

the sixth team now to be competing in F1
Academy. Really great to have them as

part of the series competing.

alongside the other teams that we have
in road in motorsport art grand prix mp

motorsport campus racing and prema
racing let's go through the format for

then we go back to the reverse grid race
that we had in 2023.

So the idea now of this qualifying
session is you want to be in the top

position. The top eight will be reversed
for race one. That will be a lower

scoring race. The top eight drivers will
score points in race one. Ten points

going to the winner. Eight for second.
Six points for third place. And then

we'll work from five points down to one.

for eighth place. And then on Grand Prix
Sunday, it'll be a race to where we

will have the Grand Prix point star
system with 25 for the winner. So it's

about being in the top eight for this
session.

Okay, well, we do not have Leah Block.

in this session. She is sadly watching
from the sidelines due to the rebuild

of her chassis that is happening. But we
did catch up with her yesterday before

the weekend.

It's really unique, especially with the
type of corners you have. The first two

corners look very odd on a track map,
but we have the long back straight,

I think will definitely lead to some
good overtaking into T14.

So, yeah, you're going to have to watch
out in your mirrors as well. There's

going to be a lot of drafting, and with
Formula 4 cars, it's going to be

interesting.

This is one of three new circuits on the
calendar for this season. We have

Shanghai International Circuit, Gilles
Villeneuve, and the Las Vegas Strip to

end the season as well.

Such great circuits to be added to the
calendar as well. Very unique challenge

for them. The circuit has had a new
surface go in for this year as well.

coming to it earlier in the year than we
usually do.

as well in terms of the Chinese Grand
Prix. F1 cars have been out there for

today, now as well.

It's a unique challenge for the F4 cars,
isn't it?

Absolutely so. And of course, these
drivers have had the practice session to

through grips a little bit with this
track. But of course, they've also had

three days of testing here previously.

And it being a new track, only one
driver on the grid has raced here

that is our wildcard driver, Shi Wei.

Some ways that makes it a more even
playing field, considering those

to the series this year. As I said, Shi
Wei, the only driver to have raced here

before. So perhaps a little bit of an
advantage for her.

Chloe Chong on your screen. She raced in
2023, so knows all about.

The reverse grid format. She is back for
2025 after showing the

capabilities she did in that season,
went on a run of point scoring finishes

toward the end of that season and has
done well in 2024 and is now back

for this season. We're seeing lots of
drivers still in pit lane, just making

their way out now. Someone who did well
in practice was Joanne Chikonti as well.

Had a great practice session.

Let's see how she does in this one. One
of the best rookies in practice as we

ride on board with Chloe Chong almost
going into the back of Joanne Chikonti

there. Let's see as Chikonti came out of
pit lane.

We had Chong not knowing which way to go
and Chong having to back off what

looked to be a flying lap there.

So Chikonti.

Just making her way out of pit lane.
Alicia Palmofsky, P9 for her in

Maybe not seeing the best of her
abilities just yet. She's in the Red

Racing livery. So all 10 teams
supporting a driver if you're new to F1

and their major partners.

Also supporting the others, major pundit
of F1 Academy, Red Bull Racing backing

young Alicia Palmowski. Yeah, Alicia,
very talented driver coming into this

field.

The wildcard round in Qatar and
impressed there, Red Bull snapping her

measured driver, very articulate driver,
great at explaining how she feels in

the car, which I have no doubt her
engineers appreciate too, given the way

she is able to explain at the level of
detail of how she feels in the car to

interviewers. I'm sure the engineers
hoping that, well, expecting and being

that she is able to give that level. of
detail.

Quickest time earlier was a 2 .04 .1.
We're getting closer and closer to that.

Let's see what Alicia Palmofsky can do
as she takes us to the line now. She's

going to make her way up and she goes
quickest now with a 2 .05

.092. So we are getting closer to those
quickest times.

Alicia Palmofsky goes to provisional
pole position as we continue to go

Let's ride on board with Chloe Chambers
now.

making her way through the S section and
she's going to drop the outside tyres

there off through turn 7 let's have a
look at this again from an

outside point of view there we see the
outside tyres going off we saw a similar

We saw a similar situation happen
earlier for Ella Lloyd. Maya Verg is

very quick on this lap. We've had the
turn one instant between Chakonti and

Chong noted for impeding. Meanwhile,
we're seeing a Ferrari go quick.

Sound familiar for today? Maya Verg
going quick in the Ferrari livery car.

She was very quick at the end of last
season. Can she pick up where she left

off? Up to the line she goes now.

Maya Verg goes quickest with a 2 .04
.301.

And Maya Verg with a point to prove
coming in. Of course, her second season

the championship ended last year in 2024
with a win. And we'll want to keep that

momentum going. And where does the
momentum... start it all starts in

of course setting the grid for both race
one and race two and mentally this is

one of if not the most important
qualifying session of the season because

setting the pecking order and it just
allows you to relax a little bit and

that you have the pace out there Chong
and Chikonti will be investigated after

the session, by the way. Yet to see what
Dorian Pan can do.

Reigning vice -champion, so she'll want
to go and try and take that title this

year. But times are coming in fast as
ever. We've had Alba last in go before.

Palmoski is third, Chambers is second.
But we're yet to see what the likes of

Dorian Pan can do. It looks like she's
getting ready to go for a quick run on

this lap.

Yeah, hugely excited to see what Dorian
Pan can do this year in the

championship. Of course, finished second
to Abby Pulling last year, and she will

have gone away over the winter, had a
reset, had a look at what she can do

better, and she will come back fighting
this year, I have no doubt, and I'm sure

that we will be seeing a lot of fast lap
time from Dorian Pan over the course of

the series.

Fighting with the dingle there, wasn't
she? Dorian Pan through the first corner

and into turn two.

She is pushing hard on this lap. We've
got personal best times coming in from

Chloe Chambers, Alba Larson, also from
Giaconti, and Nicole Havrida as well,

Canadian driver.

And Dorian Pan on your screen, as you
can see, is fastest of anyone. Tina

Housman also going quickly as well, as
is Nina Hardeman as well. But this is

quickest of all of them through the
first sector. It's the Mercedes -Benz

driver, Dorian Pan.

George Russell coming to visit her on
Thursday to wish her all the best. And

let's see if the Mercedes -Benz back
driver can now go fastest in this

as we approach half distance. Dorian Pan
taking us up to turn 11. And this is

looking quick, isn't it? It is looking
quick for now. Can she keep it together

for the rest of the lap? A personal best
in sector two. She'll be chasing after

that top spot that may have overcurrent.
holds in this qualifying session. 18

minutes to go in this session.

Round now on to the back straight. We've
just had a personal best from Ferreira.

Don't forget she is carrying three place
grid drops. Don't forget the top eight

are reversed as well as it currently
stands.

Ella Lloyd would go to reverse grid pole
bet. We have to consider that three

place grid drop for Ferreira.

Havrida has just gone in to that eighth
place.

There is George Russell watching on.
Jock Clear watching on as well. Part of

Ferrari Driver Academy.

He will be supporting Maia Verg.

Dorian Pan now round the final corner.

Will this take Dorian Pan to the top of
the standings? No. Second place for

Dorian Pan. Just under two tenths behind
Maia Verg.

But that would be enough for the front
row for the Mercedes -Benz back driver.

Here we see a replay.

Now this is, we did see at the start of
the lap that Dodie and Pam was fighting

with the car. We had that great picture.

The curb cam as she came through the
first corner and that was the outside

of when she was fighting with the
steering wheel coming through the first

corner. Lots of people going quickly.

One of them is Chloe Chambers. I can
tell you Dodie and Pam has gone faster

again.

through the first sector, Chloe
Chambers, trying to improve on what is a

place, your top eight currently, as they
are.

The top eight that would be reversed are
Berg, Pan, Chambers, Larson, Hardeman,

Palmofsky, Haussmann and Cicconte. Yeah,
Chloe Chambers took a win last year in

the series, never taken a pole position.
The only driver on the grid to have

taken a pole position is Dorian Pan.
Chloe Chambers trying to change that

weekend. And she's personal best in
sector one and in sector two currently.

Chambers coming into pit lane. So she
has bailed from that lap, Tina Hausman.

The Aston Martin back driver was second
fastest earlier.

Let's see if she can improve. Currently
in P7 in this session.

Will she be able to improve on this lap?
She's going a bit slower through the

second sector. The driver to watch,
Dorian Pan.

She is threatening to go past Maya Berg,
who is in pit lane so far.

Maya Verg is provisionally the driver
who would start this one from pole.

There's still a long way to go in this
session.

Tina Hausman, I think, is going to come
in. Is she? No. She's going to keep

going. Let's see as she makes her way up
to the line now. Will this improve on

her seventh place?

No. She stays where she is for the time
being.

Dorian Pan, though, where is she? Let's
see. We jump on board with her now.

Dorian Pan up to the line. She's within
a tenth of a second.

of meyerberg nina hardeman meanwhile has
gone p4 so another improvement

from the alpine driver now let's have a
look at what happened to chloe chambers

the red bull ford driver lock up into
turn 11 and that will affect her run

onto that crucial back straight into the
left -hander

Most important corner, probably on the
whole circuit. You've got to get a good

run out of there as we pick up the likes
of Hausman and Hardman, who's just put

in a really good run there. The Alpine
liveried car.

Alpine winning last year.

with Abby Pulling, and this is the
driver they're backing this year.

Absolutely, and psychologically to step
into those shoes and to represent the

Alpine team that, of course, Abby
Pulling won in that Alpine livery last

Big, big shoes to fill for Nina
Hardiman, but she's a strong character,

feisty character, and taking it all in
her stride on this first weekend of her

first full season in the F1 Academy
Series. Of course, wowed in Zandvoort,

home race in the wildcard weekend last
year in 2024, back for a full season

this year, and hoping that she can be a
title charger in her first year.

We're approaching, well, we're...

Into the second half of the session now.
We're about, we're getting to what is

half time. Lots of drivers in pit lane.

Nina Hardeman is coming towards the
hairpin at the end of the back straight.

This is where drivers were getting
caught out in practice earlier, going

deep on the brakes down there and having
a mental battle with themselves as well

as a battle on the brakes.

A similar theme when we were in F1
practice as well.

Maya Virk currently leads, just under a
tenth of a second ahead of Dorian Pan.

Then it is Chloe Chambers in third.

Nina Hardeman, who was a wildcard entry
at Zandvoort last season, is fourth.

Brilliant performance, I have to say,
from Alba Larsson in fifth place, the

young 16 -year -old.

Alicia Parmovsky, who was a wildcard at
Qatar, now in a full -time seat.

is P6.

Tina Housman is P7. Joanne Chakonti, in
her first weekend, is

P8. So there's some great performances
going on there.

Then we have Chloe Chong.

Rafaela Ferreira is P10.

Behind that is Nicole Havrida. And then
we have Ella Lloyd.

Shi Wei, the wildcard, is P13.

Aurelia Nobel, Emma Felbermayer. is in
15th, and Courtney Crone at Ava. Adag

Nostiardi is 17th. Of course, Leah Block
not taking part as she's having that

new shotty, but some good performances
going on there, particularly Albert

Larson in the likes of 5th, Geraint
Chikonti.

on her first weekend, up in eighth as
well. Yeah, certainly impressed with

of our rookies, some of our other
drivers back out on the track. Aurelia

keen to get another lap and keen to
improve. Currently sits in P14.

So outside of that all -important top
eight that we need, remember that

grid is top eight.

That will be reversed. So all important,
all eyes on the top eight. And Aurelia

Noble is keen to push herself up into
that top eight. Also out on track

a lap, Courtney Crone, who will also be
keen to get herself up into that top

eight before the end of the session.

She will.

Courtney Crone, who is currently out
there trying to set those personal bets.

She's gone personal best through sector
one and two. Let's see if she can

improve in Aurelia Nobels. We can see
Aurelia Nobels, the Brazilian driver,

coming down through the final two
corners now.

To get into the top eight, you need a 2
.05 .311 as it stands.

Up to the line comes Nobels now.

the puma back driver goes into the top
eight there we go 205 .152 and that will

do it but there's still quite a bit of
time left on the clock but that is The

improvement she needed. It is indeed.
And the laps will start coming thick and

fast now as the drivers are coming out
of the pit lane once again to start

next flying laps. And as you said
already, to get themselves into that top

eight. There's just 11 minutes left of
the session. Some of the drivers now

coming back into the pit lane. Just a
little bit of a reset before they go

again and take those final flying laps.
Alba Larson.

A word for her because sitting in P5 at
the moment, quite a shy character, quite

a reserved character.

But you rather get the feeling that once
that helmet goes on, it is all guns

blazing as she gets used to this F1
Academy series.

Albalast putting Denmark on the grid for
the first time.

What a brilliant performance she's
putting in so far.

And we'll see if she can stay up there.
She's battling with the likes of Nina

Hardeman so far.

Also fighting away with her car there
was Ella Lloyd.

And she's just had a few struggles in
terms of that so far.

Ella Lloyd, let's see if she can knock
off some lap time here. The McLaren back

driver now coming on to the back
straight.

Needs to get down to the new bar, which
has been set for the top eight, which is

a 205 .1. Ella Lloyd now on to that back
straight. Some drivers going out in the

gap here whilst we have the likes of...

Chambers, Hardeman, Larton, Palmofsky,
Houseman, Chikonti, Ferreira in pit

And there is our managing director,
Susie Wolfe, watching on from pit lane

good company.

Ella Lloyd making her way out of the
hairpin and up to the final corner.

Let's see if she can improve on this
time. Take her toward a top eight spot.

Courtney Crowe has just gone 11th.

So, toward the top ten, and in the top
ten is Everloy.

Yeah, Ella Lloyd, we saw a couple of
moments from her earlier in the practice

session, fighting the car, using all her
car control, but will have gone away in

between the practice session and the
qualifying session.

Just spoken to her engineer, who
incidentally, her race engineer this

Lloyd, is Courtney Cresswell, who was
Abby Pulling's race engineer last year.

all the knowledge of the team, all the
knowledge of a winning team behind her,

and Ella Lloyd will be...

Stoking in as much knowledge as she can.

Thag Hoyer backing Ava Anagnostiadi this
year, the Australian driver.

New to single -seater racing still.

It's not been long for her. I remember
meeting her when she was still racing

karting, and that wasn't long ago at
all. So it's going to be very much a

learning season for her.

See...

how she can develop, but that's what F1
Academy is all about, developing

drivers, as they mentioned when
announcing their partnership with More

Equal, helping develop drivers.

Absolutely, and F1 Academy pushing women
in motorsport in general. We see them

up and down the pit lane, showcasing the
many, many roles that the women

have within motorsport. Eva
Anagnostiadis just popping herself.

up to 16th. And as you said, a driver
still relatively new to single -seater

racing. Comes from a racing family. Her
brother James is a Mercedes junior

driver, but still relatively new and
still learning. And that is crucial, the

learning that F1 Academy gives these
drivers and the track time to just get

to how an F1 weekend works, how they
work within the team. The team's all

established within the junior formula
and all... with a wealth of knowledge

these drivers can soak up.

They have their Champions of the Future
Academy programme pushing drivers at

grassroots level in karting as well.

Ella Lloyd has just gone P7, so she's
now into the top eight. That's crucial.

Chloe Chong, we ride on board with her.

The Charlotte Tilbury, back driver.

Can she get away there? Look at the time
of Maya Berg. We're into the final

eight minutes.

Will we see?

The time of Mayerberg improved or
beaten.

A reminder of the format, the top eight
drivers reversed for race one. Emma

Felbermayer, the Kicksauber driver, has
just gone P9.

We're really seeing some improvements.

204 .9, it's very close between those
drivers fighting for that eighth spot.

We're on board with Chloe Chong.

She's going to take us now round turn
16. This is where you can lose all the

hard work you've just done over the last
two minutes.

Chloe Chong has not done that, though.
She's nailed it. And she's gone into P6.

204 .5 for Chloe Chong. Yeah, what a
comeback to the grid that would be. But

Maya Vogue extending her lead out in
front to nearly half a second to the P2

of Dorian Pan. Maya Vogue means business
in this qualifying session.

Back on board with Alba Larson currently
in P5. Set a personal best in sector

one and sector two. Now coming down the
back straight towards turn four. What

can Alba do on the rest of this lap?

Let's find out. Alba Larsson hard on the
brakes into the hairpin.

Now down at turn 14.

She's going to take it up to the left
hander at 16.

See what she can do.

Into the 90 left we go. And Alba
Larsson.

Across the line, will she be punished
for missing the apex there at the final

corner? Yes, she will.

Yellow final sector for missing that
apex through the final sector.

Right, Alicia Palmowski.

P7, but that could be under threat. Look
how close it is between Palmofsky,

Lloyd, Hausman. She will need an
improvement here to be safe in this top

and she gets it.

P5 for Alicia Palmofsky.

Joanne Cicconti across the line has
improved in time, but not position.

What about the likes of Tina Hausman?
She's a little bit away from the line,

the time is green, Izzy.

Absolutely lighting up. Yeah, the lap's
coming thick and fast as we get towards

the end of this qualifying session,
Tina. Housman just wrestling the car in

there. Green sector one, green sector
two. Emma Felbermayer has just gone up

P6 as well.

Yeah, Emma Felbermayer into P6. So Chloe
Chong has been eliminated from the top

eight. Meanwhile, we look at Tina
Hausman down the back straight. She is

far. So the Aston Martin driver could do
with an improvement here. 1 .4 back

from Maya Berg at the moment as Nina
Hardiman improves.

And this is all going to come. down for
the last few laps, isn't it?

Everybody setting more laps, getting
more time under their belt and just

carrying on with this qualifying
session, just wanting to get as best

as they can because mentally, a great
way to start the season. Tina Hausman

comes across the line up to P5.

Tina Housman into fifth place. Adeg
Nostiades into 15th behind Nicole

Here is Nina Hardiman. She needs to
improve now. She is now in eighth place.

And she is six thousandths of a second
behind Selba Meyer.

So can she improve?

Doesn't look like that will be the case.
But look at the toe that could be given

out on this lap. She's getting a toe
from Ella Lloyd.

Meanwhile, Alicia Palmofsky is getting a
double.

toe from them both. We could see big
improvements, but do not run wide on the

brakes. Bit of a lock -up there from
Hardeman up towards the final corner,

that could all be gained back by the toe
she is getting.

Chloe Chong, improving as well. We are
getting a lot of drivers improving on

this lap.

What will we see in terms of
improvements?

Alicia Palmofsky could be one to watch
here. Across the line, Hardeman improves

to fifth place, and she did that all in
the final sector, Izzy, as Joanne

Chikonti goes fifth.

Joanne Chaconse up to fifth, back on
board with Chloe Chong now on another

She's currently in P10. These times are
coming so quickly.

Someone gets to P8 and then immediately
pushed back down. It's going to be all

about those last few laps. Alba Larsson
still sitting up in P3 as well. And

Joanne Chaconse in P5. The rookies
really, really impressing in this

Alba Larsson, P3, is an amazing
performance.

Chambers for Chikonti next along. What
can Chloe Chong do?

Oh, no, she's gone wide. Down at the
hairpin. And Chloe Chong, that might

to be another attempt now at a lap. She
will get it. Nicole Havrida, the

American Express driver, has gone 12th.
Let's see what Chong can do.

Nevertheless, down to the line.

P10 so far only needs a bit of an
improvement.

But that mistake at the hairpin has cost
her. She still has time. We are getting

towards the territory now. Our final
laps. Here is the mistake she makes.

is going to be down at the left -hander.
So she made the mistake there when we

joined her on the onboard.

And then she ran wide again down at the
end of the back straight as well. So

Chloe Chong, she came out of the...

Out of the long right hander here. And
then it was down the back straight. That

probably would have been on her mind as
well.

Out of here.

Knew that she'd lost a bit of time
coming into the left hander. And it was

on her mind that she had to try and make
it up on the brakes. Went for it. Under

braking there as you can see.

And there went the apex to her right
hand. But Chloe Chong absolutely going

it. Has time to go again for another
lap. Possibly two.

Okay. Here's a driver that is right on
the cusp of getting reverse grid pole,

possibly a few positions. She's only two
tenths away from P6, is he?

Yeah, a driver that we've not spoken too
much about, but comes from a racing

family. Both father and grandfather
competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

from that racing pedigree, will want to
start her season well.

And it's green sector one, green sector
two. Looks like it is going to be an

improvement from Emma Felbermayer. Can
she get herself up into that all

-important top eight? We're into the
last minute of this qualifying session

Emma Felbermayer, the only driver
currently improving.

Can she go up the standings? Yes, P6.
Well done, Emma Felbermayer. Tina

down to P9. So that's a crucial change
in the standings there.

What about Nicole Havrida? 12th place,
stays there, but she's got one more lap

to try and improve.

We're going to see final laps coming in.

Alba Larsson has been the driver of the
session for me so far.

P3 for the 16 -year -old on her first
weekend, her first qualifying session in

this series.

Checkered flag is out. She's not
improving, but right now she doesn't

Currently the sectors, there is no one
improving as of yet. Ella Lloyd has just

gone personal best through the second
sector.

Rafaela Ferreira, likewise, is everyone
waiting for this final flying lap. Let's

watch Alba Larson come up towards the
line. Can she improve on what has been a

fantastic performance?

So impressive from Albalas and one of
the youngest drivers in the field, only

a few days to Joanne Chikonti as well. A
fantastic way to come into this F1

Academy season.

Third, it's looking like at the moment
as she takes the chequered flag.

Dorian Pan also on a lap, but Maya Vogue
sitting pretty still in provisional

pole.

Dorian Pan can't seem to improve on this
lap. The best.

of the tyre performance seems to have
faded for her.

Ella Lloyd looked like she might have
been improving, but she has taken the

and will be no higher.

then 11th, and lots of drivers now
beginning to take the flag.

Hardeman, P8.

Palmofsky has just improved and gone to
P5, so a change there at the end.

Alicia Palmofsky was P8. She has gone to
P5. Lock -up for Dorian Pan

coming down to the hairpin, and she now
makes her way up towards the final

corner. Dorian Pan, let's see if she can
gain anything here. to try and snatch

pole away from Maya Verg. She takes us
to the line now. Not quite. It won't be

an improvement for Dodi and Pan.

It looks like Maya Verg will be the
driver to take pole position,

and it will be a first pole position for
Maya Verg. We have a yellow flag out

at sector three. Let's have a look what
happened here with Dodi and Pan.

That's the lock -up we see.

And Dorian Pan giving it everything.
There you can see the left front locking

up, coming in to the hairpin.

The MP Motorsports, who run Maya Verg,
can now officially celebrate.

They take the first pole position of the
season, and Maya Verg takes her.

First pole position in the F1 Academy
Racing Series.

Picks up where she left off. She took
her first win in the series at the end

last season at Abu Dhabi. Now she's on
pole.

Here you go. Who is on pole? Who is on
pole?

Ferrari taking their last pole here in
2018.

And Ferrari now back there. And that
will make all the fans very

happy indeed.

Great performance from her.

Winning at the end of last season, Izzy.
And now Maya has put them back there.

Yeah, what a performance from Maia Verg
as well. And half a second, an immense

amount to take it by in these cars.

Dorian Pat in P2, as you can see, gap to
the leader. 0 .497, nearly half a

second down on Maia Verg. And what a way
to bring the momentum from 2024

into 2025.

Dorian Pat.

second she will be on the front row so a
good start to her season but she's

going to have to do something about that
half a second gap to Maya Verg here who

has put a big big gap down to her so a
well done to

Maya Verg taking pole position for the
first Race of the

season. Remember, that will be pole
position for race two because the top

will be reversed for race one where Nina
Hardeman will start on pole position

alongside Emma Felbermayer on her first
weekend in F1

Academy Racing Series.

In terms of row two for Grand Prix
Sunday, it will be 16 -year -old Alba

alongside Chloe Chambers, Albert on her
first weekend.

Alicia Palmofsky comes into her first
full season fifth.

Joanne Chakonti on her first ever
weekend, P6. Some real standout

there. Who stood out for you, Izzy?
Yeah, hugely impressed with Albert

of course, but also Joanne Chakonti and
Emma Felbermayer in that all -important

top eight on their first weekend in the
series.

let's go through the qualifying results
maya verg then taking pole position in

the first round of the season putting
ferrari at the top 30 and pound for

mercedes just under half a second back
well done Albert Larson, P3.

What a way to make an entrance.

Chloe Chambers, fourth. Alicia
Palmofsky, the only one improving

there, going fifth.

Joanne Cicconti, sixth. And Emma
Felbermayer. Nina Hardeman will take

grid pole.

And then it was Tina Hausman and Chloe
Chong.

Ella Lloyd, P11.

Nicole Havridat, 12th. Raffaella
Ferreira will take a three -place grid

both races, promoting Aurelia Nobel's
Courtney Crone.

Ava Adagnostiardi.

out, she way.

17th will fly the Chinese flag.

She is the wildcard for this weekend.

Leah Block is having a chassis rebuild
and did not take part, but we expect to

see her for both races.

Well, that is all from myself, Chris
McCarthy and Izzy Browning. Ben Edwards

Alice Powell will be here to call you
through both races for the rest of the

weekend. You can join them for race one
at 15 minutes past one. local time

tomorrow for now it's goodbye