The 18-year-old will compete in a special-edition livery and race go well with to highlight F1 ACADEMY DISCOVER YOUR DRIVE, the sequence’ international programme geared toward altering perceptions of motorsport and provoking the subsequent technology of feminine expertise.
In 2024 F1 ACADEMY DISCOVER YOUR DRIVE launched the Profession Discovery Programme, an academic trackside expertise in every metropolis that F1 ACADEMY races, designed to provide tertiary college students the chance to discover a spread of roles throughout the motorsport trade.
In Singapore, six college students will probably be welcomed into the F1 ACADEMY paddock to take part within the early-careers programme. Throughout the weekend, college students are assigned to an F1 ACADEMY racing workforce to study in regards to the internal workings of engineering, operations and technique. They’re additionally launched to a wide range of off-track roles, together with journalism, advertising and marketing, sponsorship, hospitality and occasion administration.
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Throughout the Singapore race weekend F1 ACADEMY DISCOVER YOUR DRIVE may even welcome 100 native college students to the F1 ACADEMY paddock for paddock excursions and driver meet and greets.
Pilar Harris, F1 ACADEMY DISCOVER YOUR DRIVE Lead, commented: “At F1 ACADEMY, our mission is to encourage the subsequent technology of feminine expertise – each on and off the monitor. We’re working to deliver alternatives to younger women and girls around the globe and encourage a brand new technology of women and girls to contemplate a profession in motorsport.
“We’re delighted to welcome Ella as our Wild Card entry for Spherical 5 and to see her sporting a livery that underlines our dedication to fuelling futures with F1 ACADEMY DISCOVER YOUR DRIVE.”