19-718: Bianca Bustamante (born 19 January 2005) is a Filipina racing driver who currently competes for ART Grand Prix in F1 Academy . She is a part of the McLaren Driver Development Programme . From 31 January to 4 February 2022, Bustamante competed in a W Series test in Arizona , United States, along with 14 other prospective drivers. She then participated in a second pre-season test in Barcelona on 2–4 March along with 11 other potential drivers and 9 automatic qualifiers from
38-535: A driver swap between the two Stellantis -owned outfits. Jehan Daruvala 's contract at Maserati was also not renewed, with the team instead signing McLaren driver Jake Hughes . To replace Hughes, McLaren promoted reserve and developmental driver Taylor Barnard to a full-time drive. Andretti driver Norman Nato left the team after a single season to return to the Nissan Formula E Team , with whom he last raced in 2023, replacing Sacha Fenestraz , who left
57-455: A more robust front wing and new Hankook tyres aimed at providing increased grip. The new car will also contain an active front power train to be used in qualifying, the race start and during attack mode, increasing acceleration and power output. The Manufacturers' Trophy introduced in season ten will become a World Championship title alongside the Teams’ and Drivers’ titles. Points will be awarded in
76-518: A similar manner to the Teams’ title and will be based on the performance of each manufacturer's two highest-scoring cars in every race. Pre-season testing was set to take place at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia from 4–7 November 2024, before flooding in the area forced the championship to postpone and relocate the test to Circuito del Jarama on 5–8 November 2024. An all-female test,
95-480: Is a list of notable, professional, and female racing drivers or riders in any form of motorsport, sorted by country alphabetically. 2024%E2%80%9325 Formula E World Championship The 2024–25 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship is scheduled to be the eleventh season of the FIA Formula E championship, a motor racing championship for electrically powered vehicles recognised by motorsport's governing body,
114-527: Is the first female driver signed to the McLaren Driver Development Programme and the second full-time female driver signed by McLaren after Emma Gilmour for McLaren XE . In Round 1 at Jeddah , Bustamante finished fifth in Race 1 and was promoted to sixth (from eighth) in Race 2 due to penalties for other competitors. Bustamante qualified in fourth for the second round at Miami and finished
133-686: The Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), as the highest class of competition for electric open-wheel racing cars . All teams are scheduled to use the Formula E Gen3 Evo car on Hankook tyres. British motorsport brand Lola announced its return to top-level motorsport for the first time since the 1997 Formula One World Championship . Lola entered Formula E developing its own powertrain in cooperation with Yamaha . This partnership supplies powertrains to ABT , who had previously used Mahindra powertrains but ended that affiliation, and
152-474: The Brazilian leaving the championship, and instead opted to sign Porsche reserve driver David Beckmann for his full-time debut in the championship alongside Dan Ticktum . The following ePrix are contracted to form the 2024–25 Formula E World Championship: The championship is scheduled to introduce an upgrade to its Gen3 ruleset, called Gen3 Evo. The updated ruleset will feature a new chassis package featuring
171-461: The first race in ninth after stalling at the start, but set the fastest lap in consolation; in Race 2, she scored her first podium of the season with a second-place finish. In Round 4 at Zandvoort , Bustamante crashed during qualifying and finished outside the points in both races – a pointless streak which continued in Singapore after she received a stop/go penalty in Race 1 for being out of position on
190-578: The grid, before colliding with Tina Hausmann in Race 2 whilst recovering from a spin. On 24 May 2023, it was announced that Bustamante would make her debut in Italian F4 at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps , driving for Prema Racing in a one-off appearance, replacing Aurelia Nobels . Bustamante returned to Italian F4 for the final round in Monza , driving for ART Grand Prix , the French team making their debut in
209-417: The previous W Series season. On 22 March, Bustamante was confirmed to compete in the 2022 W Series season . She finished the season in 15th place scoring 2 points across 7 races. On 9 January 2023, Bustamante was announced to race under Italian team Prema Powerteam for the 2023 Formula 4 UAE Championship. She finished the season in 27th place scoring 3 points across 15 races. On 3 February 2023, Bustamante
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#1732884723570228-447: The season in the following reverse-grid race and winning the third and final race of the weekend. Bustamante scored a total of 116 points, finishing 7th in the championship standings; one point behind MP Motorsport 's Amna Al Qubaisi . On 18 October 2023, McLaren announced the signing of Bustamante to the McLaren Driver Development Programme and that she will represent McLaren for the 2024 season under ART Grand Prix . Bustamante
247-482: The second round at Circuit Ricardo Tormo , but was demoted to 8th for a track limits infringement. Having recovered to fifth in the first race, Bustamante then won her first race in the reverse-grid second heat – earning personal congratulations from President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos, Jr . Bustamante did not finish the first race of the weekend at Monza , before grabbing her third podium of
266-591: The series. On 15 October 2024, McLaren announced Bustamante and her F1 Academy successor Ella Lloyd as the line-up for the McLaren Formula E Team women's test pre-season testing for the 2024–25 season in Formula E . She placed in third in the test. Born in Manila , Bustamante resides between Laguna , Philippines, and San Jose, California . Former GT racer Darryl O'Young acts as Bustamante's manager. In March 2024, vehicle rental company Avis ranked Bustamante
285-423: The team after two seasons. Nico Müller left ABT after two seasons with the team to replace Nato at Andretti. Müller's replacement at ABT was announced to be Barbadian Formula 2 driver and former Andretti reserve driver Zane Maloney , who made his Formula E debut, thereby becoming the first Barbadian driver to compete in the series. Newly rebranded team Kiro Race Co did not rehire Sérgio Sette Câmara , with
304-586: The team entered the season as Lola Yamaha ABT Formula E Team. After just a single year running, ERT Formula E Team was acquired by investment firm The Forest Road Company . The team rebranded as Kiro Race Co and raced under an American license. The team also ceased to be its own manufacturer, forming an agreement with Porsche to use its 2023–24 powertrain instead. Season 8 champion Stoffel Vandoorne ended his contract with DS Penske after two seasons and joined Maserati MSG Racing in place of Maximilian Günther , who signed with DS Penske , thereby completing
323-412: The third-most influential non-European female racing driver; at the time, she had a combined 2.2 million followers across Instagram and TikTok . In December 2023, upon joining McLaren , she received backlash on social media after it emerged that she had liked several tweets critical of Formula One driver Lance Stroll , one of which used ableist language. * Season still in progress. As Bustamante
342-961: Was a guest driver, she was ineligible for points. ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Season still in progress. ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) List of female racing drivers This
361-502: Was confirmed as the second driver to compete in the newly launched all-female F1 Academy series with Prema Racing. Bustamante finished 3rd in the series' first race at the Red Bull Ring , but was promoted to P2 following the disqualification of Nerea Martí . Having finished ninth in the second race, her car suffered a technical failure on the formation lap for the third race at and did not start. Bustamante initially qualified 2nd for
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