ESMEE KOSTERMAN Gets Home Wild Card as F1 Academy Returns to Zandvoort

August 23, 2025

by Sheona Mountford // from www.gpfans.com

• ESMEE KOSTERMAN gets the home advantage treatment as F1 Academy’s latest wild card at Zandvoort, where she’ll race with TeamViewer’s women-powered livery featuring over 200 female role models. The 20-year-old Dutch driver made history in 2023 as the first woman to win in the Ford Fiesta Sprint Cup Benelux before transitioning to single-seaters.
• The wild card program keeps proving its worth as a pipeline to full-time seats – just ask ELLA LLOYD, COURTNEY CRONE, ALISHA PALMOWSKI, and fellow Dutch racer NINA GADEMAN who all converted their one-off appearances into permanent rides. KOSTERMAN’s already shown single-seater chops with points on her Indian F4 debut and British F4 experience.
• DORIANE PIN leads the championship hunt heading into Round 5, having claimed three wins this season while CHLOE CHAMBERS positions herself as the primary threat in second place. With the passionate Orange Army crowd backing her, KOSTERMAN could become the latest wild card success story in a series that’s genuinely creating opportunities for women to advance their careers.

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