SOPHIA FLOERSCH & CHLOE CHAMBERS Lead 2025 F1 Academy Breakthrough Season

March 20, 2025

by Women’s Health // from womenshealthsa.co.za

• The F1 Academy’s all-female series is delivering results with partnerships across all ten F1 teams and major sponsorships from Charlotte Tilbury and Elemis. SOPHIA FLOERSCH completed Formula 2 testing at Silverstone while CHLOE CHAMBERS tackled Formula 3 testing the same weekend, proving the academy’s pipeline strategy is working exactly as designed.
• Behind the scenes, women are already dominating where it counts. HANNAH SCHMITZ has masterminded Red Bull’s race-winning strategies as principal strategy engineer, while SUSIE WOLFF directs the F1 Academy and positions herself as a hot candidate for team principal roles. Even pastry queen Kate Reid started as an F1 engineer two decades ago, showing this isn’t exactly new territory.
• The 2025 F1 Academy calendar spans seven rounds from Shanghai to Las Vegas, with industry insiders speculating this could be the year we finally see a woman land an F1 reserve driver role. JESS HAWKINS already broke testing barriers with Aston Martin in 2023, and with the first female F1 driver since LELLA LOMBARDI in the 70s feeling closer than ever, we’re watching history unfold in real time.

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