ALBA HURUP LARSEN Fights Through F4 Chaos to Finish P21 at Valencia Round

February 18, 2025

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ALBA HURUP LARSEN showed serious improvement at Valencia, dropping her lap times by over a second during pre-event testing and consistently running competitive pace in the 1:35s throughout race weekend. The 16-year-old Danish driver, fresh off winning the FIA Girls on Track Rising Stars selection, is using the Formula Winter Series as crucial preparation for her upcoming F1 Academy campaign as a Tommy Hilfiger ambassador.
Despite facing typical rookie challenges including a gravel trap retirement in race one and contact incidents that required pit stops, LARSEN demonstrated the racecraft that got her noticed. She battled wheel-to-wheel with drivers like Payton Westcott and Joanne Ciconte, making decisive passes and showing she belongs in Europe’s competitive F4 field after her promising Indian F4 debut where she scored a sixth-place finish.
The weekend ended on a positive note with a P21 finish in the final race, narrowly missing the top 20 after capitalizing on late-race chaos. While the results don’t fully reflect her pace in the tightly-packed 30-car midfield, LARSEN gained exactly the kind of combat experience she needs before her full-time 2025 program, with the next Formula Winter Series round at Motorland Aragon providing another opportunity to build on this momentum.