All language subtitles for F1 GP Academy Zandvoort 2025 02 Race 1

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.