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McLaren Young Driver Programme
The McLaren Driver Development Programme, formerly known as the McLaren Young Driver Programme, is a driver development programme operated by McLaren. It is intended to offer year-by-year guidance, assistance and endorsement to help promising young racers climb the motorsport ladder. The programme was also formerly known as the McLaren-Honda Young Driver Programme and the McLaren-Mercedes Young Driver Support Programme, reflecting engine deals with Honda and Mercedes, respectively. The most notable participant in the programme is Lewis Hamilton, who joined the programme while karting and eventually graduated to the McLaren F1 Team. He has won the Formula One Drivers' Championship seven times between 2008 and 2020, where the championship was won with McLaren. Hamilton is currently the only graduate from the programme who has won a World Drivers' Championship. As of 2025, nine programme drivers have graduated to Formula One, with four of those debuting directly with the McLare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McLaren Technology Centre
The McLaren Technology Centre is the headquarters of the McLaren Group and its subsidiaries, located on a site in Woking, Surrey, England. The complex consists of two buildings: the original McLaren Technology Centre, which acts as the main headquarters for the group, and the newer McLaren Production Centre, primarily used for manufacturing McLaren Automotive cars. The main building is a large, roughly semi-circular, glass-walled building, designed by architect Norman Foster and his company, Foster + Partners. The building was short-listed for the 2005 Stirling Prize, which was won by the Scottish Parliament building. By 2015, approximately 1,500 people worked at the Technology Centre. The Technology Centre also serves as the home to McLaren Racing, McLaren Automotive, and other companies of the McLaren Group. It was also the main setting of McLaren's cartoon, ''Tooned''. In 2011, the size of the centre was doubled after a second building, the McLaren Production Centre, was b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stoffel Vandoorne
Stoffel Jacques L. Vandoorne (; born 26 March 1992) is a Belgian racing driver, who competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Peugeot and in Formula E for Maserati. In formula racing, Vandoorne competed in Formula One from to , and won the 2021–22 Formula E World Championship with Mercedes. Born and raised in Kortrijk, West Flanders, Vandoorne began karting aged six. Despite struggling with a lack of funding, Vandoorne achieved success in national and international competition, progressing to junior formulae in 2010. He won his first championship at the 2010 F4 Eurocup with the FFSA Academy, then progressing to Formula Renault, where he won the Eurocup in 2012 and finished runner-up to Kevin Magnussen in the 3.5 Series in 2013. Vandoorne graduated to the GP2 Series with ART in 2014, finishing runner-up to Jolyon Palmer in his rookie season. The following season, he won the championship in record-breaking fashion with seven victories and 16 podiums from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macau Grand Prix
The Macau Grand Prix (; ) is an annual motorsport road racing event for automobiles and motorcycles held on the Guia Circuit in Macau. The event includes the Formula Regional and Motorcycle Grand Prix title races, with other races for Touring car racing, touring, GT racing, grand touring and Sports car racing, sports cars. The first Macau Grand Prix was held in 1954 as a sports car racing, sports car event. In 1967, the Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix was introduced. In 2008, a Group GT3, GT3 race was added to the event, which became known as the FIA GT World Cup. The Formula 3 Macau Grand Prix featured many national Formula Three, Formula 3 champions and drivers from around the world, with the winner being awarded the FIA Formula 3 World Cup. Due to the challenging nature of the Guia Circuit, which consists of fast straights (a Formula 3 car can reach a top speed of at the end of the straight), tight corners and uncompromising crash barriers; the Macau Grand Prix races are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 Euro 4 Championship
The 2023 Euro 4 Championship was the inaugural season of the Euro 4 Championship. It was a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars regulated according to FIA Formula 4 regulations, run by ACI Sport and WSK Promotion. The championship uses Tatuus F4-T421 chassis. The inaugural championship was won by Ugo Ugochukwu. Teams and drivers Race calendar and results The calendar was officially revealed on 26 April 2023. Championship standings Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race. No points are awarded for pole position or fastest lap. For round 3, double points were awarded. ; Round 1 & 2 points system ; Round 3 points system Drivers' championship Secondary classes standings Teams' championship See also * 2023 Italian F4 Championship Notes References External links ACI Sport page* {{FIA F4 Championships Euro 4 The European emission standards are vehicle emission standar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euro 4 Championship
Euro 4 Championship, known since 2025 as the E4 Championship, is a formula racing series regulated according to FIA Formula 4 regulations. The championship was inaugurated in 2023 and was designed to provide more racing opportunities for teams and drivers in Italian F4 Championship after the folding of ADAC Formula 4. History The series is run by ACI and promoted by WSK, who are well known for running prominent karting championships including the WSK Euro Series. The series was confirmed when the calendar for the inaugural season was announced in April 2023, with three rounds supporting the Formula Regional European Championship. The series faced minor challenges in its first year, after results for the second race in Monza were frozen for a month due to confusion over one marshal post showing a safety car board when no safety car had officially been called. Nonetheless, the series showed close racing and a title fight with only a two-point gap going into the final race, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2025 FIA Formula 3 Championship
The 2025 FIA Formula 3 Championship is a motor racing championship for Formula 3 cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The championship is the sixteenth season of Formula 3 racing and the seventh season run under the FIA Formula 3 Championship moniker. FIA Formula 3 is an open-wheel racing category serving as the third tier of formula racing in the FIA Global Pathway. The category is run in support of selected rounds of the 2025 FIA Formula One World Championship. As the championship is a spec series, all teams and drivers competing in the championship run the same car, the Dallara F3 2025. Prema Racing entered the season as the reigning Teams' Champions, having secured their title at the penultimate race of the 2024 season at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. 2025 saw the introduction of a new Dallara-built chassis, with the championship retiring the Dallara F3 2019 it had used since its inaugural season in 2019. Entries The following teams ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2025 Formula Regional Middle East Championship
The 2025 Formula Regional Middle East Championship was a multi-event Formula Regional Open-wheel car, open-wheel single seater Motorsport, motor racing championship. The championship featured a mix of professional and amateur drivers, competing in Formula Regional cars. This was the third season of the championship, held in January and February 2025. ART Grand Prix driver Evan Giltaire won the Drivers' championship title at the penultimate race. His closest challenger, runner-up Freddie Slater (racing driver), Freddie Slater won the Rookie Cup at the final race, while his team, Mumbai Falcons, Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited, also secured its second Teams' Championship title after last winning it in 2023 Formula Regional Middle East Championship, 2023. Teams and drivers All drivers competed using identical Tatuus-built Formula Regional cars powered by a 270HP turbocharged Alfa Romeo engine and running on Giti Tire, Giti tires. Race calendar The 2025 calendar was officially ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2025 F1 Academy Season
The 2025 F1 Academy season is the third running of F1 Academy, an all-female, Formula 4-level, open-wheel racing championship founded by and organized under the management of Formula Motorsport Limited. The championship is the second season run in support of selected rounds of the 2025 FIA Formula One World Championship with 10 of the 18 drivers' cars sporting liveries sponsored by the 10 teams competing in Formula One during 2025. Prema Racing entered the season as the defending teams' champion after clinching the title at the final race of the 2024 season in Abu Dhabi. Entries F1 Academy is a spec series; all teams competing with an identical Tatuus F4-T421 chassis and tyre compounds developed by Pirelli. Each car is powered by a turbocharged 4-cylinder engine developed by Autotecnica. Team changes * Hitech TGR joined the championship as the sixth team, with two full-time competitors and the third seat reserved for the wild card drivers, relieving Prema Racing from th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
F1 Academy
F1 Academy is a female-only, Formula 4-level Formula racing, single-seater racing championship founded by the Formula One Group. The championship is a One-design racing, spec series, meaning that all teams compete with an identical Tatuus F4-T421 Monocoque#Race cars, chassis and tyre compounds developed by Pirelli. Each car is powered by a 174-horsepower Turbocharger, turbocharged 4-cylinder engine developed by Autotecnica Motori, a Tatuus subsidiary. F1 Academy held its 2023 F1 Academy season, inaugural season in 2023. The 2024 F1 Academy season, 2024 drivers' championship was won by Rodin Motorsport's Abbi Pulling whilst Prema Racing retained the team's championship for 2024. History The championship traces its roots back to 2004, when Formula Woman was established due to the lack of female drivers in other series. In 2019, the W Series (championship), W Series was created for the same reason and was held for over three seasons, and the planned 2020 season was cancelled due ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 F1 Academy Season
The 2024 F1 Academy was an open-wheel racing championship and the second season of F1 Academy, an all-female, Formula 4-level racing series founded and organized under the management of Formula Motorsport Limited. All seven rounds were run in support of selected rounds of the 2024 Formula One World Championship, with 10 of the 15 drivers' cars sporting liveries sponsored by the 10 teams competing in Formula One during 2024. Prema Racing started the season as defending team's champions, having won the 2023 title with inaugural drivers' champion Marta García, and retained the team's championship after winning the final race. Abbi Pulling won the drivers' championship with Rodin Motorsport, clinching the title after scoring pole position for the first race at Abu Dhabi. Entries The following teams and drivers competed in the 2024 F1 Academy season. As the championship was a spec series; all teams competed with an identical Tatuus F4-T421 chassis and tyre compounds deve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bianca Bustamante
Bianca Denise Bustamante (born January 19, 2005) is a Filipino racing driver who competes in the GB3 Championship for Elite Motorsport. She is also the development driver for Kiro Race Co, Cupra Kiro. Junior career W Series From January 31 to February 4, 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 Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Barcelona on March 2–4 along with 11 other potential drivers and 9 automatic qualifiers from the previous W Series season. On March 22, Bustamante was confirmed to compete in the 2022 W Series, 2022 W Series season. She finished the season in 15th place scoring 2 points across 7 races. Formula 4 UAE Championship On January 9, 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. F1 Academy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zak Brown
Zakary Challen Brown (born November 7, 1971) is an American motorsports executive, currently serving as the chief executive officer of McLaren Racing. Born and raised in California, Brown raced professionally around the world for ten years before focusing on motorsport's business and commercial worlds. Brown co-founded and co-owns United Autosports, a professional team competing in international sportscar racing and various historic racing events around the world. Through United, he co-owns Supercars Championship team Walkinshaw Andretti United alongside Michael Andretti and Ryan Walkinshaw, as well as Extreme E's Andretti Autosport, Andretti United XE and McLaren XE. He was the non-executive chairman of Motorsport Network, a global market-leading motorsport and automotive digital platform, between 2016 and 2019. Brown has been recognised by a range of industry bodies and publications, including the ''Paddock Magazine'' F1 Power List and his induction into the ''Sports Business ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
