Williams Racing have confirmed the members of the Williams Racing Driver Academy for the 2025 season, saying a complete of eight drivers, who will compete in 5 completely different sequence.
After his F1 weekend look in Abu Dhabi when he drove the FW46 in Free Follow for Williams, Luke Browning will make his full-time debut in FIA Formulation 2 with Hitech GP for the 2025 season.
The Briton displayed a formidable efficiency in Formulation 3 final 12 months, reaching two Characteristic Race wins in Bahrain and Austria, then securing a seat in F2 for the ultimate three races of the season, the place he scored factors on debut.
Lia Block will proceed to signify the staff for the 2025 F1 Academy season, racing with ART Grand Prix. Her debut 12 months in open-wheel racing noticed her make progress each time she hit the observe, reaching fourth-place finishes in each races on the Singapore Grand Prix.
Alessandro Giusti can be stepping as much as FIA Formulation 3 with MP Motorsport following a hard-fought fourth-place end within the Formulation Regional European Championship final 12 months. Attaining wins at Imola and Paul Ricard, plus 5 podium finishes, he’ll look to proceed this optimistic trajectory into 2025.
Oleksandr Bondarev’s promising performances in karting and Formulation 4 have earned him a seat with PREMA Racing in Italian and UAE F4 for the 2025 season. He has seen a number of successes in his profession thus far, being topped CIK-FIA European Champion OKJ in 2023 and taking house the WSK Champions Cup in 2024, earlier than stepping as much as Italian F4 with PREMA Racing from Barcelona onwards.
Williams will assist 4 very younger drivers in karting in 2025. Sara Matsui, who accomplished her first season of OKNJ racing in Europe final 12 months and made the transition to OKN, will compete within the OK class for 2025.
New additions to the Academy, Dean Hoogendoorn and Will Inexperienced, will compete within the OKJ sequence, whereas Lucas Palacio will race in OKJ–N.
Commenting on Williams Academy’s line-up, the Grove-based outfit’s sporting director Sven Smeets said: “We’re excited to verify our Williams Racing Driver Academy drivers for this 12 months, and proud to showcase the quantity of expertise and promise in every of our drivers.
“The Academy is central to our dedication to shaping the way forward for our sport, supporting them each on and off the observe. We’re wanting ahead to following all of the drivers’ progress all through this 2025 season.”
Luke Browning (UK, age 22) – F2, Hitech GPLia Block (USA, age 18) – F1 Academy, ART Grand PrixAlessandro Giusti (France, age 18) – F3, MP MotorsportOleksandr Bondarev (Ukraine, age 15) – Italian and UAE F4, PREMASara Matsui (Japan, age 14) – OK kartingDean Hoogendoorn (Netherlands, age 12) – OKJ kartingWill Inexperienced (UK, age 11) – OKJ kartingLucas Palacio (USA, age 11) – OKJ-N karting
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