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Qualifying for rounds 10 and 11 of F1 Academy in 2025 was a challenge. Early

morning rain left the Zandvoort track very slippery in places.

The Anagnostiades, one of those that had a disappointing moment. As the session

continued, the track was drying in places, yet it was slippery elsewhere.

And in the final stages, they were able to put the slick tyres on.

Still, some of those having major problems as a result, but we saw the

times being best. And it was Dutch competitor Maierberg who set the pace.

We are now getting ready, though, for the reverse grid race, the first race of

the weekend.

And that means, of course, that Maya Verg will actually start down in eighth

place. She'll start from pole in the main points race tomorrow. But it's

Dutch racer, Nina Gaedeman, who will be starting from pole position. So the

Dutch fans have plenty to support here at the Zandvoort in the Netherlands on

this remarkable circuit. 2 .6 miles long, 4 .2 kilometers with so much up

down and camber through the...

especially the last couple of corners as well. It is going to be fun to see how

they get on. Now, alongside me, Alice Powell, who raced here, won here in the

past in W Series. And Alice, the conditions that we saw earlier on were

tricky. Looks like it's going to be dry for the actual race.

It does. I mean, it was looking nice and sunny. We've had some cloud come over

now. As you can see, the cars all lined up on the grid. Some of the personnel

starting to leave.

And we've got Nina Gaidman starting on pole position.

She'll be hoping for a very happy 22nd birthday today. Yeah, that would be

remarkable, wouldn't it? Seeking her first win in F1 Academy. However, she's

two challengers right behind her in Tina Hausman and Leah Block, who are also in

the hunt for that. their first win in the series.

Yeah, and Nina Gaidman, it's great to see her out because yesterday there was

slight moment where she couldn't go out in FT2, being recognised for an unfit,

but they rechecked her and she was able to compete. And it's great. She's going

to be starting on the front row there with Tina Hausman, Leah Block, and

Pant, series leader, on the second row. But let's take a little bit more of a

detail at the entire grid. So starting down the back, Eva Agnostiadis and

Aurelia Nobles. didn't set time to qualify so they're down on the final row

the grid Nicole Havrida, lots of penalties.

She's ended up 16th on the grid. Joanne Cicconte is in 15th position, 14th. Alba

Larson, she could do a lot better than that. She's scored points from seven out

of eight races. Courtney Crone starts from 13th on the grid.

Chloe Chong, they've finished fifth so far this year. Rafaela Ferreira, she's

had a fifth place as well. She's got 11th. Emma Felbermayer, down in 10th,

though she was setting some of the fastest sector times. And the wild card,

Kosterman, keep an eye on her. She starts in ninth. Eighth place. Then Maya

Verg, who was fastest in qualifying.

Alicia Palmosky, who's also been one of the front runners throughout.

Ella Lloyd has been quick all weekend as well.

Finished second three times last time out. Chloe Chambers, of course, second

the championship.

She starts in fifth. There's our series leader, Diane Pan, starting fourth.

Leah Block starts in third place. And then on that front row, we have Tina

Housman, her best grid position in 2025.

And Nina Gaben, her second time. She's had pole for a reverse grid race.

It happened for her in the opening round in China, and it looked like she was

going to win that race that she'd indicated. She did a great job, but

unfortunately had an issue with the car, and it was a non -finish for her.

It was plagued by that technical issue. It totally took her out of the race. She

was leading, of course, the reverse grid race in Canada as well until the final

moments where Emma Felberweyer and Ella Lloyd were just able to sneak on

through.

said there's a few drivers on that front row or the front couple of rows that

are looking for their first win. And Dorian Pan, she's looking pumped. She

she needs to stay out of trouble. And she also knows she needs to finish ahead

of her rivals. You can see just on the left -hand side there of the shot is

Verg. Who knows?

Technically, she's got to try and beat Dorian Pan to keep herself in this fight

for the championship.

And isn't it interesting, Alice, how we've got Prema team three.

All three are in the top four places on this grid because the Prema team, they

run Nina Gaidman, they run Tina Hausman, and the car's just heading away on the

formation lap, but they also run Dorian Pat.

So you've got the three cars out of that Prema team in the top four places. The

only one, Leah Block, who's with ART with the Williams backing.

So it's great to see that, but whether that's going to work when we get to the

end of the race, that's another story, of course. That is another story.

Prema have experience of winning here last year with Dorian Pratt and Alpine

have experience of winning here too with Abby Pulling, who won race one here

last year.

Well, it's going to be a fascinating race. Our top three on the grid, Nina

Gaidman, Tina Housman and Leah Block. Let's hear from those top three,

with Leah.

I think we'll just have to hold out and see what the weather does.

But I'm happy to, you know, starting P3 second row.

I think it's a good position for both races.

So I'm excited. I think it's going to be fun.

I would love a wet race.

The first few laps in quali have been in the wet tires and we were super strong.

So I hope it's going to be a wet race, to be honest.

Well, yeah, later today it's going to be dry probably. So that's just tough

getting hanging in there probably from P1.

Tomorrow from P8 it'll be wet. And then I don't worry that much about starting

P8 because I'm quite good in the wet. So I expect my way, like, to fight my way

to the front.

Well, weather here at Zandvoort is always a bit unpredictable.

And from what you were looking at earlier, Alice, it could well be a wet

tomorrow, couldn't it? It certainly could be. And that will unleash and

Plenty of overtakes, I'm sure, usually causes a bit more carnage.

Please box, please box, and we will start the race at the end of pit lane.

explain later.

That's a real disappointment for the wildcard entry, the Dutch racer Esme

Kosterman, who's done a good job. She's ninth on the grid, best wildcard

qualifying so far we've seen this year, but now she's going to have to start

from the pit lane. Yeah, that's not ideal. This is not the first time we've

something like this happen. I think I remember Ella Lloyd had to do something

similar, and that was due to... Oh, and we've had Ava...

Her weekend goes from bad to worse, clearly trying to warm up her tyres

and make a mistake and spinning off. But we saw Ella Lloyd have to do that in

Shanghai, I believe, because of a minimum tyre pressure being under that

limit. So not saying that's what's happened, but we'll keep an eye on if we

any more updates, as you can see.

Drivers coming around. The final turn now. Still getting plenty of temperature

in their tyres. Last few burnouts. It's not carbon clutches on an F1 Academy

car. So you do have to be quite careful on how many clutch burnouts you do. The

last thing you want is to overheat the clutch.

Now, the Ferrari -backed car there, as you can see, Meijer Berg, and in fact,

yes, coming into the tip, there goes Esme Kosterman, so she's going to have

start from a bit late. But the Ferrari backing of Meijer Berg, the Dutch racer

that was fastest in qualifying, she starts down in eighth place. Remember,

had a very tough time at the previous event in Canada where they had a

issue with the car, and it just...

It lost her the lead in the championship, basically. And she is now

35 points behind Dorianne Pan because she made up two points by taking pole

position earlier.

Team viewer showing us that Esme Kosterman is in the pits at the moment.

putting air in the rear tyre. So I think that's explained. But it's green flag

at the rear of the field, Ben.

So we're all set to go racing here as we look at the Zandvoort race.

Like town, F1 Academy is going. It's a very good start indeed by Nina Gaidman.

She's made an absolutely blistering start and has a very comfortable lead

into the first corner. Tina Hausman in second place, but Leah Block going round

the outside.

Leah Block in the Williams backing is looking good and took take second, but

Chambers, Chloe Chambers, one of the contenders for the championship. She's

dropped loads of places.

She has. She was forced out wide there, but a great start from Leah Block and

our pole sitter, Nina Gaidman.

Those two drivers are looking... Looking for their first win in this series. But

falling back and some dust being kicked up there. And it's side by side between

the two Premier teammates.

Yes, Dorianne Pan, the series leader, trying to come in there. She's in fourth

place, trying to grab third. But Leah Block here, who's done a great job.

see how she can get on. She's finished fourth a couple of times in F1 Academy,

once in Singapore last year and once in Canada this year. But you're also

keeping an eye on that battle for third.

And Maya Bird and the Ferrari backing up the inside of Ella Lloyd.

Couldn't quite make that work. But this is a very close battle between some of

the front runners. And she's got back up the inside again.

Oh, nearly making contact.

Lovely switchback move, but it's not done yet. She has to tuck back in behind

Ella Lloyd, who's going to have the run down to turn 11. She's going to have to

block there. She does on the inside.

Alicia Palmosky is sat quite close behind the Ferrari back driver. And

fairly clean and safely through. And Noble, she's been able to gain a

on Agagnostiardis as they make their way up through into turn 13.

Absolutely. Well, let's see how this all develops as we go. It's going to be

fascinating. But up front, oh, puncture for Chloe Chong. And that's a great

shame for Chloe. Starting down in 12th place. But presumably she will be coming

into the pits over the lead then. It is Nina Gaiman. And here comes Maia Berg at

the inside again, trying to get past Ella Lloyd. Lloyd very aware and just

holding that position. This is good racing between these two. And remember,

both need as many points as possible.

trying to fight with Dorian Pan, who's actually just up ahead of them.

We know it's hard to follow here, so Maya doing everything she can to try and

get past in these early laps, just before everything starts to settle down.

Remember, no DRF.

of course, on these F1 Academy cars. No push to pass. It's side by side in the

background there between a couple of the drivers. So they all have to do it

purely with getting a good exit, putting their rival under pressure, trying to

force that mistake.

And it looks like Alicia's lost a little bit of pace from this top six group.

She's under a bit of pressure and that looks like there's a board. So someone

run wide.

Tina Hausman's dropped right down. So something's happened to Tina Hausman.

We've got a yellow flag there. She's hit the barrier. or was that herself?

Was there contact before? We don't know. Hopefully we'll get a replay.

But Tina Hausman, who started on the front row, made a reasonably good start.

Not as good as Nina Gaidman, but she is out of the race.

Yes, I think that would have been a mistake at turn eight. There's a big

compression. We've been talking about it over the course of the weekend and it

really can throw.

Any car, whether you're talking about an F1 Academy car or a Formula 1 car, can

really throw. And from her reaction there, I would probably say that's a

error. Puts her steering wheel back on, which they have to do.

Yeah, some damage. We've seen worse damage for sure at that corner before,

huge frustration. Of course, she was looking not just for her first podium in

Academy, but trying to hunt down her first win. Yeah, that is, I do feel, for

Tina Housman.

And, of course, teammates, Anina Gaidman, who is leading. There's only

points difference between them, actually. Funnily enough, Tina Housman's

in the championship, and Anina Gaidman eighth, with just a three -point gap

before this race.

But that obviously will change. We don't know whether Nina Gaidman is going to

win this race or not. But 10 points for the win in the reserve top eight, or

reverse rather, top eight race.

So Gaidman currently leading, but of course under safety car, they'll all be

absolutely together again once they get racing once again.

Let's have a look at the start once again here, Alice, and that great start

Nina Gaidman.

And initially, it wasn't a great launch, actually, from Leo Bloch.

Was there contact there, Ben, between Ella Lloyd and Chloe Chambers?

And down the inside, around the outside, should I say, bravely was Leo Bloch

after, like I said, not a great getaway. And then there was a bit of hip and

shoulder between Chloe Chambers and Dorian Panth. So I wonder if there's

any complaints at all on the radio. Meyerberg was having a look, took that

tighter line.

Here we go on board.

Yeah, this is interesting because this is Dorian Parr. Level pegging on the

exit.

And I think you could probably argue that maybe Chloe Chambers was expected

have a little bit more space on the outside there.

Yeah, that is an interesting one. Let's listen. Should we report anything,

Chloe? Let us know if we need to report something.

Oh, yeah, she pushed me off the track. What do you mean, what do we have to

report?

Well, they probably hadn't seen it until now.

Yeah, the screens on the pit wall are quite small. So it'd be hard for the

to say that, but it's clear frustration.

And here is what happened to Tina.

And there's that compression there.

I'm so sorry, I don't know. I'm so stupid.

So she's hit that compression that we talked about at turn eight. And that

curve, it doesn't look aggressive.

But the majority of these single -seater cars will bottom out on that exit kerb.

And once you are on that kerb, it just drags you out. And then you're a

passenger, particularly on wet grass. The grass will still be wet from this

morning's rain.

And the marshal picking up the boards and putting them to a face spot. And the

marshal's doing a great job, as always.

Interestingly enough, the fastest lap so far has been set by Esme Kosterman, who

had to start from the pit lane.

So she's in 16th place. And, of course, now they're under safety cuffs. She will

be in the queue, having started from the pit lane.

She has set a good lap. So we will keep an eye on Esme Kosterman to see how she

gets on. Remember, this is the first time she's raced in F1 Academy.

She has raced in British Formula 4, F4, and she finished 11th at Silverstone

earlier this year.

a good opportunity for her. She did a decent job in qualifying. We'll have to

see whether she can be the first wildcard entry to actually get points

year.

So drivers keep trying to maintain that tyre temperature.

Let's have a little look to see how the clean -up is going. So still ongoing.

Down.

Or is it? No, I think the cleanup's done. So potentially you may see Safety

in this lap. We'll have a little look. And there we go. The message comes up on

our timing screen here in the commentary box. Safety Car in this lap. So Nina

Gaiman will back up the field.

Best to try and leave it as late as possible here because you've got that

run. It's flat out essentially from turn 13 all the way through 14.

And then down that long run down that main straight.

Now, keep an eye on the third place. The Mercedes -Benz back of Dorianne Pan

because she is the series leader.

And she's in a good place because she's in third position. She's ahead of her

main competitors in the championship.

Chloe Chambers is down in seventh place. Maya Verga is in fifth.

But we could see some changes on the restart here. But for Dorianne Pan,

be very happy to be where she is right now. You're on board with her right now.

So she's the series leader.

Can she also gain a few more points? Here we go. So, as you said, as they

up through the last two corners, that's where Nina Gaidman floors it. She's

accelerating away.

Leah Block in second place with the Williams backing. And third place, as I

Dorianne Pan looking for some more points. But Ella Lloyd under pressure

from Maya Verg.

The Ferrari backed Maya Verg. The McLaren backed Ella Lloyd on the inside.

Or just about making it through.

But Maya hasn't given up yet. No, she gets forced onto the kerb slightly

There, Ella Lloyd under all heaps of pressure. And Maya knows she's got to

and clear Ella Lloyd to give herself any chance of getting up. Dorian Pan, who's

made a mistake. She's had a wobble. This is going to allow Ella Lloyd through.

And she's going to be under all sorts of pressure from Maya Virg. Yeah, now this

is interesting because Maya Virg and Dorian Pan have been the two sort of

runners in the championship, mainly this year. And this is going to be for Maya

Virg. Such an important thing for her to try and get past that Mercedes car. And

so Ferrari...

Mercedes, that's what we're looking at here. And it's important in terms of the

points. Up front, I have to say, Nina Gaidman is still doing an excellent job

leading from that pole position, being the eighth fastest in qualifying. But

she's easing away a little bit again from Leah Block.

She is.

All under pressure still is Dorianne Pan.

And I just want to point out in the background, Elba Larson started in 14th.

She's made her way up into the top nine.

Emma Felbermayer is in eighth place there. Dorianne on the defense at the

moment. Remember, Dorianne and Chloe Chambers, that incident between the two

them at the first corner is still under investigation. It's being noted as they

filter through now. And Ella Lloyd is putting...

They are blocked under some pressure. That's a good point about Alba Larsson.

You're absolutely right. Up into ninth place is the number 12 car, Tommy

Hilfiger, backing.

And that is great because she has a very consistent run this year. She scored

points in seven out of the eight races. Now, remember this reverse top eight.

You've got to get into the top eight to get points, but she's in a good

position. Now, Dorian Pan still defending. You're on board with Maya

behind Dorian Pan. Two major contenders.

for the title this year. The car ahead has the advantage, well, Dorian has the

advantage in terms of points, but what, oh, this is an interesting little

attempt down the inside.

Yeah, it doesn't quite work.

No, and I think soon, that's actually compromised Mayerberg. I was just about

say, soon she's going to be attacking and defending at the same time, and

going to be defending slightly earlier than she would have liked.

She had to go for it, so let's see, on riding on board with Dorian Pan, she's

going to go into turn...

three and maybe just a bit too hot carried a bit too much speed and ella

said yeah well thank you very much sails on through here's the outboard shot and

you can see whack the lock on ram wide and it is slippy up there you don't want

to run too high certainly don't want to risk it at all that'll be track limits

as well which we saw alicia pomofsky had a lap time taken away from her during

qualifying for running too high up So it's still Nina Gaidman who has the lead

of this race. We're on lap six out of 17.

And the Alpine -backed Dutch racer, Nina Gaidman, doing a fine job at this

stage. Leading from Leah Block in second place, who could still be on for her

best result in F1 Academy.

Ella Lloyd in a strong third place with those consistent podium finishes last

time out in Canada.

Dorianne Paz still under pressure, of course, from Maya Verg.

Verg went for that move, didn't quite work. She now has eased away a little.

from Alicia Palmosky so I think Maia Verg will be on the attack once again

see is she going to have a go into turn one she's having a little look oh little

lock up from Dorian but actually that was just a the right front not a major

problem no it's not and Maia's pace is looking particularly strong it is hard

overtake round here Ella Lloyd is that you could say essentially backing them

ever so slightly she's at nine tenths is the gap as they went across the line to

Leah Block And there, side by side, you can just see Meinberg's alongside Dorian

Pan. This is going to be brave stuff if they're going to head side by side into

one of the fastest corners of the track, and they don't have to. She's through

already. Wow, that's an unusual place to overtake. That was beautifully done by

Maya Virk. And Dorianne Pan, in a way, sensible because she's got a comfortable

points lead. She can't afford to take too many risks and not get any points.

if you're up against somebody who really goes for it. Now, in the meantime,

Chloe Chambers gets past Alicia Palmowski. The more teammates racing

against each other, can Palmowski come back? I don't think so. Chloe Chambers

has done that well. She has, but again...

Chloe Chambers needs to try and move forward because she's still in the

championship battle. She's going to be on the defensive now if they run into

turn 11. She's only 20 points behind Dorianne Pan, 35 points Maya Vergis

the leader Pan.

So definitely need to try and move forward.

And Dorianne, she's very good at staying out of trouble. And that's why she's

leading the championship. She's scored points in every single...

race this spot so far this season interestingly Nina Gaidman with that

just over a second from Leah Block she has that fastest lap in this race so far

at 137 .6 and uh yep that's another good lap she's just done so the gap is

remaining about a second to Leah Block in that second place Ella Lloyd still in

third but now Maya Verg up in the fourth and Maya Verg will be pushing on

because she needs the points. She was so unlucky in Canada, scoring very few

points because of her technical problems with the car. And here she goes down

the inside into turn three, which is, as we've seen, it's a tricky place to try

and overtake. But now it's on exit.

where perhaps she can try and put the pressure on Ella Lloyd. This was where

made the move on Dorian Pam, but it's not going to happen this time. It's not,

no. And that gap looks like that come down at the front.

Leah Block is dying to settle in during this race and has really done an

electric first sector.

Ella Lloyd just snaking with the rear of the car there as she enters.

into where we saw the race ending for Tina Hausman. And all over the back is

Maya Berg. She's looking so feisty at the moment. She sent Ella Lloyd on the

defensive. She's going to back her up in the middle of the corner and get a

great exit. Yes, she does.

So that might give her a little bit of breathing space as she goes into turn

She might not have to bother defending, but she feels like she does. And that's

brought Dorian Pan.

And now, look behind. Quite a bit of chambers into the mix as well. This is

close. Now, Maia has got good history here at Van Waard. She is a Dutch racer,

as I said. She finished second and third here last year when F1 Academy was

racing. She's with the MP Motorsport team, which is based in the Netherlands.

this is such a key event for her, and particularly when she's trying to...

up that gap in the points to Dorian Pan. But as you say, Dorian's getting closer

as they all try and get past Ella Lloyd. Number 20, Ella Lloyd in the McLaren

back machine. Oh, putting the pressure. She had to go very tight. If she can go

down the inside, Ella keeps it wide.

This could be an opportunity for Maya Berg.

Oh, nearly touching once again. For a moment, she's in third place. She now

the inside line and she should be able to hold on to it. Yes, she's got it.

Berg says, who said you can't overtake?

Round, down ball, great move. from her she was brave she was forced towards the

pit wall by Ella Lloyd really getting her elbows out which she knows she has

and I think Ben she's going to have the pace to charge down and Dorian Pan's

under immense pressure now as we go into turn eight down the inside goes Chloe

Chambers that's brave stuff they made contact at turn one on the first lap but

Chloe Chambers is she going to keep the inside there at turn eight she does nice

stuff Very impressive. And by the way, I've just seen coming up on our screens

that no further investigation in that incident that happened on the opening

But Dorian Pan has now lost the place once again to Chloe Chambers. So now

suddenly, I was talking about Dorian Pan being in a great position earlier on in

third place where she was going to score points and be scoring more points than

her main rivals. But that, of course, has now changed. Her main rivals, Maya

Berg, is now up into third place. Chloe Chambers has just gone ahead into fifth.

And Dorian, there you are looking at her.

She's now down in sixth place. She's coming under a bit of pressure as well

behind, from Alicia Palmowski.

Emma Feldermeyer is behind her as well. And then we saw Alba Larsson not far

behind, having made that good opening part.

Yeah, she's got a black and an orange flag. That's a mechanical flag. So I

know whether she's got something, a bit of damage on the car, maybe from her

front wing. Let's have a look. We can see in the background of the shot there.

It could be something else that's maybe hanging off the car from a bit of

contact. But Maya Verg has set the fastest last sector of anybody.

So she's going to charge down. Leah Block and Ella Lloyd is still struggling

there. She's having now to put on the defensive to Chloe Chambers and Dorian

Pan, who's another driver that's struggling. She's now on the defensive

Alicia Pomosky.

Very, very interesting, isn't it, to see how this goes. Nina Gaidman is still

doing this great job of leading the race, as she did in China earlier this

only for the car to go wrong. But Leah Block is keeping the pressure on, no

doubt. And behind her, Maia Berg will try and close up. It'll be interesting

see if we see fastest laps now from Maia Berg, now that she's got a bit of clear

air in front of her. Meanwhile, there you are looking at Ella Lloyd, who went

very well here at Zandvoort earlier.

This year for British F4. But she's struggling a little bit. She doesn't

have quite the pace. And Chloe Chambers is putting her under a lot of pressure.

You're on board with Alicia Palmosky. A British driver.

Who is now trying to get past the French racer Dorian Pan.

Who is still of course leading in the points comfortably.

Let's have a little look back at Aurelia Nobels.

Coming down into turn 1.

And oh that was a late break. A bit of a lock up.

Thankfully, didn't run too wide, though. Did she squeeze on the exit?

Looks like it's going to be pretty close between the two ART drivers.

Just about enough room, I would say, maybe, on the outside there. But another

place grained, and you can see the flag just in the background there, actually,

and I think Alba Larson has just...

come into the pits. So that's a big shame for her. She made some good

but that has promoted Habrida up into the top nine. She was 10th. She keeps

up. This will be her best finish in F1 Academy so far this season. OK, well,

let's keep an eye on that. I do feel for Larson. They're changing the front wing

there. on her car and yes it's going to be virtually impossible of course to

score any points as a result of this they're still doing a little bit of work

checking the front suspension by the look of it yeah she was a bit uh bit too

keen trying to to get away there moving whilst the mechanics were still making

those final attachments to the the front wing looking at these sectors now

it looks like Meyerberg, fastest of anybody in that first sector. And, of

course, Ben, we've got a race control notice on screen as well. Yeah, so

as we've seen the damage, there was contact with Chong, Chloe Chong, and

being looked at in a bit more detail now.

So, Ella Lloyd, you're looking at the number 20 car, the McLaren back machine

Ella Lloyd in fourth place.

being chased by Chloe Chambers. Dorianne Pan is still behind them in sixth

place. Fastest lap, by the way, now has gone to Maya Berg, who is setting

fastest set to times as she tries to close that gap up to the top two. And

that's absolutely vital for her to score as many points as possible. Maya Berg

will be starting from pole position tomorrow, but how many points can she

today in the reverse grid race? That's what it's all about for her. She's doing

well up into third.

Certainly a podium finish, but maybe she can get even further. You're looking

at... The race leader there, Nina Gaidman, leading the way from Leobloch

second place.

Then, Dennis Elleloid from Chloe Chambers. Then, Dorian Pant, Palmosky,

Felbermayer. Then, let's have a little look back.

Nicole Havarder doing a pretty good job. Up into ninth place, Rafaela Ferreira,

head of Aurelien Nobles. And then, Courtney Crone under pressure now from

Kosterman. So, Kosterman, who had to start from the pit lane, it says started

ninth. But, of course, actually, she had to start. from the pit lane got herself

up into 13th position a bit of a way away from scoring points of course more

possible for her to do that tomorrow as long as she gets off the line okay but

let's stay on board Chloe Chambers for now because Chloe is still trying to

a way past Ella Lloyd and we know Chloe can be very very effective when it comes

to overtaking she certainly can and she's oh you could just see got in the

air of Ella Lloyd

And that's the difficult part, finding the right moment, keeping that pressure

on and trying to find a way past.

And you can see she's right up to the back. You can see Ella Lloyd snaking on

the throttle there.

It's a difficult place to pass on the outside of turn 11, but she's having a

look down the inside.

She's going to try it round the outside.

I expected that was never going to work there as Ella Lloyd is wise to it, but

under great pressure. This has allowed Dorian Pan to catch up again on the back

of this pack.

3 .4 seconds now, the gap.

Between Ella Lloyd and Meyer Berg, who is actually closing rapidly on the top

two. You're right, she is. She is setting some good lap times at the

you're on board with Chloe Chambers as she now still finds to try and find a

to get into fourth position. Here comes Chloe Chambers, currently second in the

point. But she needs to move up and get a few more if possible. Mind you, Ella

Lloyd also proving her abilities this year in F1 Academy. She's doing a good

job. And once again, she's holding them off, not doing anything. silly just

making sure she's positioning the car correctly but they are all closing up to

her again just a little bit Maya Virg has managed to escape from this battle

Virg now just 1 .4 seconds behind Leah Block it's still Nina Gaidman from that

pole position having been the 8th fastest qualifier who's still on target

remember it's Nina Gaidman's birthday today can she really hold on on her

birthday to take a victory you've only ever seen that twice in the Formula 1

world

And James Hunt, they both did it on their birthday, taking an F1 win. But

see whether it can happen in F1 Academy. Oh, and was that a slight contact as we

cut to them there at turn nine?

And Chloe Chambers desperately trying to find a way through. Ella Lloyd's really

having to get her elbows out here. Got a podium in British F4 a couple of months

ago.

She's going to have a little bit of breathing space into turn 11, and it's

to get your clean exit through 12. This is turn 12, and then, more importantly,

get a real nice clean exit through the exit of turn 13.

We're going to catch a replay, so heading here, going to hit that

there, and it was slightly wide.

of the apex at turn eight.

Chambers thought, I'm going to give it a go, and just, that's lucky, that not

to, both of them to turn round, spin round there, and our wild driver,

Kosterman, down the inside, has a small luck up, as she manages to get the pace,

so great stuff.

Yeah, that's impressive.

Esme Kosterman has now got herself up into 12th place, so.

Still outside the points, but that is impressive, having started from the pit

lane, as we focus here on Ella Lloyd being chased by Chloe Chambers and then

Dorianne Pan.

Meanwhile, up front, Nina Gaten still has the advantage, not by much, by 7

tenths of a second from Leah Block, but it's Leah Block who's likely to be

coming under pressure fairly soon from Maya Verg. The gap, 1 .2 seconds.

We've still got a few laps to go, and of course, do remember, if we get a late

safety car and they all close up again... then that can make some big,

changes in the final lap. But right now, everyone is in their particular

positions and they're trying to make the most of what they can do. And Ella

Lloyd obviously wants to hold on to that fourth place if she possibly can.

But Chloe Chambers is trying all sorts of things. I'm so pleased they didn't

actually take each other off just now. No, that was very relieving to see that.

Just having a look. So that has been noted. That collision has been noted

between the two drivers on screen.

But having a look at the sector times, Nina Gaben's not as strong as the other

two that are chasing her down in the first sector, but is stronger,

over Leah Block in that middle sector. So we see...

The time keep going up and down between the top two, at least. And look, Maia

Verg now is eight tenths of a second away from Leah Block. And you can see on

screen there, all three of our drivers in the top three are on the same page.

I think Leah must have made a little mistake in the middle sector there

she had a little bit of a slow time in the middle sector.

And that has, as you say, allowed Maia Verg to get much, much closer. So we

could be on for a battle for second place, as well as this ongoing battle

fourth.

Now, let's just have a look. This is on board with Alicia Palmowski a moment

ago.

Going through the famous turn three. Oh, my goodness.

She got away with that, but that could easily have gone horribly wrong.

Pan was wide enough, but she went even wider. She did, and it's so bumpy on the

exit of turn three, but unfortunately, you just have to brave it and ride the

bump. And a bit too much there for Alicia Palmowski, who managed to keep

pace from Ebba Felbermeyer.

is under a bit more pressure than she would have liked now, as Dorian Pant.

Absolutely give everything.

She is still trying, but she's got to try and hold on to what could be a

place, which would, of course, be her best ever result.

podium but Maia Verg who is a real challenger and has done extremely well

year with a victory and several podiums just last time out in Canada where the

technical issue cost her so many points just having a look back at Aurelia at

Nobels again as you can remember late lunch down the inside that was a late

and Ferreira saw her coming so

Gave her racing room on the inside. I think if she didn't, that would have

certainly ended in incident.

But Nobles has done a great job starting towards the back of the grid, of

course, because she went off in qualifying.

And now on the inside goes Meyerberg. Does she get it stopped? She does.

Leah Block's given her the space.

Be interesting to see what Leah Block does here, because, again, she's chasing

her first podium in F1 Academy.

She won't want to get into too much of a scrap and maybe be forced off wide.

But, of course, she does want to get that second place trophy. And who knows,

something happens up the front with Nina Gaidman, she could potentially inherit

the win.

Absolutely. This is a fascinating battle between Leah Block and Maya Vergh. And,

of course, this is allowing Nina Gaidman, as you said, to get that gap a

bit further away.

She drives for the Prema team, which leads the team's series at the moment

comfortably. They have 27 points advantage coming into the event over

And it does look as though they're going to be scoring very, very well. Again,

Team Viewer saying that Mayor Dempsey is going to be waving the flag when we're

getting the chequered flag out. Coming out fairly soon, but not quite just yet,

as they come through one more time. And Gaetan there. But look at this. Maia

Berg really, really putting the... pressure on yeah she's filling the

leah block trying to snake from one way to the other just trying to desperately

put her off she's going to have one more lap to try and get par she needs to get

a good exit to give her any hope of trying to attack down into the turn one

a very good exit in front from leah block of course the gap now has opened

the front with leah doing a These two doing a slower lap time, but you can see

how effective the tow is. She's going to have a look down the inside. Is she

bent? No, thinks better of it. Yeah, that was interesting. She decided not to

have a go. She obviously thought she wanted to carry the speed. We did see

doing a very impressive move later on after turn three. Now, you're coming up

turn three now, of course. The banking on Ray go right around the outside here,

and she pulled off a surprise performance.

But I have to say, Leah Block's done that well. She was quick there around

outside, and I don't think Lurg is going to... close enough to challenge coming

down this section turns four five six but maybe there will be one more chance

but we are on the last lap and nina gaidman looking for her first win in f1

academy and it's on her birthday this is of what such a chance it's her she'll

be She is 22 today.

Is she going to be able to take her first win on her birthday? The gap is

up because these two are battling so close. Again, Maia Berg has a look up

inside. Leah Block a little bit wide there, but she's just about hanging on.

is, but she's going to have to be on the defensive down into 11.

We saw Maia Berg trying to get a great exit, and she did. There's going to be

way around the outside there.

And that could be it unless a mistake potentially from Leah Block heading into

the final corner. She's going to be forced to defend.

It's going to be brave from Ivor to go around the outside.

But unless she gets a stellar exit and gets that drag run to the line. But it's

going to be Nina Gaidman that's going to get her first win in F1 Academy, Ben.

This is fantastic.

Nina Gaidman making her way down towards the checkered flag.

It's the Dutch racer on her birthday. Nina Gaidman who wins round 10 of F1

Academy. Across the line in second place goes Leah Block. That's her best

result. First podium in F1 Academy. And third place for Maya Verg. A vital good

point score for Maya Verg as she tries to chase Dorian Pant in the

So behind them, Ella Lloyd held on to that fourth. That was clever driving by

Ella Lloyd to hold on to fourth. Chloe Chambers in fifth.

Dorian Pan in sixth, still scoring points. Of course, this is the reverse

and so for finishing in sixth, you only score three points, but the winner

scores ten points.

So that's really good for Nina Gaidman, and well done to her on her birthday.

That is fabulous.

Bravo, mate. Good drive. Let's go. First win.

Thank you so much. You're the one in the car. Mega drive. Well done. Well done.

And it was. And I do feel she deserves it after she led so much in China at the

beginning of the year and then they had a problem with the car.

It's so good that it came together. And she was very consistent all the way

through that race.

Leah Block was doing a good job of chasing her. But then, of course,

end, Leah had to defend that second position. But still a great result for

Block as well because she's shown great talent but hasn't really had the

results. Down in tenth place in the points coming into this race. This will

her. But Maia Verg.

Excellent. In third. She started in eighth. Let's not forget.

That's a big point.

First

career

podium finish in her 23rd F1 Academy start for Leah Block.

Different driver to finish on the podium this season. So well done to her and

Maya Verg.

It's her first podium finish, would you believe, since winning in Jeddah back in

April.

I think that's an important podium for her as well. It is very important.

absolutely right.

Ella Lloyd missing out on the podium this time after consistently being on

podium last time out in Canada, but nonetheless still scoring some useful

in fourth place. And Ella, of course, will be one of the frontrunners tomorrow

because Maya Virg will start from pole, Alicia Palmowski will start from second,

and Ella will start from third place. But that was a really interesting race

well done by Nina Gaidman. That was very effective.

Thank you so much, team.

We worked so hard for this. I'm so happy we finally got it now.

Bravo. Super proud of you.

Yeah, they are very proud of her. And because you never quite know, because if

you qualify eighth, it's very rare that necessarily the person that starts from

pole, having qualified eighth, does go on to win. But that's exactly what she

has done this time.

She has.

And points make prizes.

And after, especially for Maya, a difficult weekend in Montreal, this is

what she needed. She was looking racy.

But well done, Nina Gator, and high fives between her and Tremor.

And it's an Alpine -backed car that wins race one once again here at

Zandvoort in F1 Academy.

And a big cheer from her home crowd and hugs all round.

Yeah, this is really, really lovely to see how Mina Gaidman, in particular, as

we weren't sure she was going to be racing today because there was a little

of a problem yesterday, a physical problem, but she...

dealt with that really well, and she has taken victory on her birthday. It's

just remarkable.

And Maya Verg, of course, doing a great job and congratulating her as well. But

yes, Maya Verg scoring some very, very useful points. So Dorianne Pamp is still

very much the points leader, but Chloe Chambers and Maya Verg have both managed

to close the gap up a little bit.

19 points now, the gap between Pan and Chambers. And Maia Verg, yeah, she's

still quite some way off Chloe Chambers because of what happened to her last

time out in Canada.

But she's just going to give everything she can for Prema Racing, of course,

with another victory for a team driver, in this case, Amina Gabeman. They've

opened up their lead in the team's points.

They're on 191 versus Campos on 157.

So, yeah, all interesting at this stage. But you have to say Dorian Pan is still

in a good...

position and she will be starting down in fifth place tomorrow so tomorrow's

race will be important for dorian pan when they will of course be looking for

points for the race victory certainly will and you can see drivers have to get

down there weigh themselves and they'll take that weight and then weigh the cars

once the cars are back in the f1 academy paddock and i'll add the weights

together to see if you're over the weight or under the weight if you're

the weight of course that means an exclusion but Posing down by the number

board.

Exciting race. F1 race and F1 Academy delivers once again.

Her home race too. Isn't it lovely? You know, she's a Dutch racer.

And to do this, get her first win at a home event.

This is really, really lovely.

And yeah, for Nina Gaidman, I think this is going to be one of her most special

moments, of course.

22 -year -old celebrating that today.

She raced karts from when she was 18 years old.

And she's also, of course, gone into single -seater racing over the last few

years. But this is a great result for her, no doubt about it.

And we shall get to hear from her in just a few moments' time.

And it's Arianna Bravo who is going to be talking to our race winner here at

Zandvoort.

Nina, congratulations.

Your first F1 Academy win and to get it here in front of your home crowd. You're

being cheered as your team drive past here.

What a way to celebrate your birthday.

How special does this one feel?

Well, it's special for a lot of reasons. Obviously, it's my home race. Last year

I was so close to the podium at the wildcard and then to win next year

year later is just crazy.

We've missed out twice on the win due to mechanical issues.

And I mean, yesterday I was declared unfit and now I'm a race winner. So it's

crazy. It's been a crazy 24 hours, really.

What an incredible bounce back from you. And in that race, you were under

pressure throughout the whole race from Leah, but you managed to stay cool, calm

and collected. Just talk us through how it was in the car.

Well, the start was quite easy.

And adapting from this morning to today, I thought it would be a struggle as I

missed out on FP2 and on the important dry running.

But in the end, it was actually quite easy at the start. And I know at the

I can drive as I want to without the injury having a lot of influence. So

I'm really fast and then I had enough backing for the end of the last few laps

to take it a little bit more with ease.

And do you have any final words for all of the home crowd here who are cheering

you on?

Well, I know my mum's somewhere in the crowd. I just want to say, Mum, I really

love you and I really want to see you later.

And any words in Dutch?

Amazing.

Thank you so much, Nina. Well done on your first F1 Academy win. Thank you.

Well, that's absolutely wonderful to see. And of course, for the fans here at

Zandvoort to see.

A Dutch winner, of course, very, very important.

Just seeing as she came over the line, Nina Gaben with that very, very

comfortable victory. She won by over two seconds in the end, partly because Leah

Block was busy defending from Maya Berg behind, and Leah did manage to hold on.

And I'm pleased for Leah Block, too, because the American racer, she's had

good performances, but not quite had a result like this before. And the fact

that she was able to hold on...

and defend all the way through.

Her late father, Ken Block, would have been very, very proud of what she did

today. But, yeah, well done to her.

Let's listen in.

First, Ella tried to overtake Dorian, then Dorian made a mistake, so I got

passed, and then I had to pass Ella, and everyone was defending.

Congrats, mate.

OK? Yeah.

You caught up to Leah so I actually had some room to breathe.

They should have seen me like the second last lap I went down.

Yeah,

the start was crazy.

I don't know what happened at the start.

They pushed each other off. Ah, maybe that's the investigation.

Chambers and Dorian.

Good for me.

Oh, she had crashed. On her own, yeah.

Oh, that's very okay.

And then Dorian went off on C3.

Oh, as well?

Yeah.

Oh, that's how it ended.

That was smart.

Yeah, we have no idea what happened in the race.

No, I was behind her. I told her I was behind her.

Yeah, I didn't expect that. Yeah, what the hell?

I was flying with the start.

Yeah,

but when I saw how much the gap was to you, look how close I was.

But I saw such a big gap, I was like, okay, this left, I have to...

Be slow.

I tried going for the overtake one.

It's a T1, right?

I tried in T1, but it was optimistic.

I was never going to make it. I was just hoping you did something.

I was like, I hope she doesn't let off the brake.

Because I'm turning in.

That's how I got past almost everyone.

Just sending it without... It's weird how I played the overtake with my crest

the middle.

Yeah, it's horrible.

Apologies if there's any unsuitable language, but actually I thought they

spoke very well most of the time there, discussing how that race had gone.

Sometimes, of course, in a race that's very...

hard fought you don't get much language between them but that was actually quite

fun to listen to Susie Wolfe of course running F1 Academy and I think she'll be

very happy with the way it has gone today and especially seeing that Nina

Gaidman was able to take her first win at her home event fabulous stuff but

seeing how Maierberg was attacking coming up from eighth place, driving for

MT Motorsport team, who is a Dutch -based team, of course. And let's see

they get on tomorrow when Maier will be starting from that all -important pole

position. But let's enjoy the podium from the reverse grid race as they head

out now to be celebrated by those Dutch fans. There's Dutch racer Maierberg

finishing in third place. And then the American, Lea Bloch.

Celebrating her best ever result in F1 Academy so far and doing a superb job of

keeping Maia Ver behind her. Well done to Leah Plott, finishing in second place

with the Williams back up. So you've got Ferrari colours, Williams colours, but

the race winner, Nina Gaidman, taking the victory with the Alpine colours,

driving for the Premier Team and celebrating her birthday.

Oh, the emotion from Nina Gaidman taking the win at her home event.

Very, very emotional. And, of course, it's like Max Verstappen taking many

here at Zandvoort in the past. Now, Nina Gaidman, as a Dutch racer, has managed

to do it at her home event in F1 Academy, which is a junior level, but

still a significant level to take victories and try and establish your

going forward.

Maya Verg, great job by her as well.

Support from Ferrari, of course.

And we will be looking forward to more of this action in the race tomorrow when

there are even more points to offer. But many, many congratulations to all three

of them. And she's lost her rivals now.

She has.

But there we go. She won't mind. She'll still spray the champagne.

And she waits. They'll have to have a photo on the top step of the podium.

see if they do come back.

But great racing, as always, here in F1 Academy. And as you said, Ben, great to

have Williams back on the podium, on an F1 podium.

And their first one in F1 Academy.

And Alpine's first win since Abu Dhabi last year, when Abi

Pulling took the win in the second race in Abu Dhabi, is Jamie Chadwick, who

works very closely with Williams, and particularly with F1 Academy.

And Leah Block, great to see her down there giving support.

But Maya Berg, she's going to hope that she's going to hear that national anthem

again, and it's going to be for her tomorrow.

Tricky conditions expected.

Yeah. And big smiles on it.

Fantastic trophy they get in F1 Academy, and a big smile as expected from Nina

Gaben. You're absolutely right, yes. But as you say, we are thinking it's going

to be a wet race tomorrow, so that could be a very, very challenging race.

So I do hope if you've enjoyed watching today that you'll be joining us again

for the second race. Let's just confirm the results then of this first race

example of the weekend for F1 Academy.

Nina Gaidman taking the victory on her birthday.

Leah Block in a fine second place, fending off Maya Vergh. Ella Lloyd was

ahead of Chloe Chambers and Dorianne Pan.

Alicia Palmoski down in seventh ahead of Emma Felbermayer. Really no goals in

ninth place, making some good moves. And Nicole Havrida, also who started.

Down towards the back, she finished in 10th position.

So no points, but still moved up the order extremely effectively.

Then outside the top 10, Raffaella Ferreira ahead of Esme Kosterman, the

card entry. Courtney Crone, Joanne Chikonti, Chloe Chong had to come into

pit. Eva Anagnostiari, Alba Larson and Tina Houseman were all picked out of

luck. But it was a very, very enjoyable event.

So we have a new winner in F1 Academy, but tomorrow, Maya Verg is looking for

maximum points to try and close up the gap a bit further to Dorianne Pan. Pan

still the championship leader, but will she be after tomorrow? It's likely, but

we shall find out. I do hope you can join us. Many thanks to Alice Powell.

me, Ben Edwards, it's goodbye for now.