Maya Martine Els Weug (born 1 June 2004) is a Dutch, Belgian and Spanish

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, who is currently competing in

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for

MP Motorsport MP Motorsport is a Dutch auto racing team currently competing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship, FIA Formula 3 Championship, Eurocup-3, Spanish Formula 4 Championship and the newly established F1 Academy in 2023. The team has also participated in ...

, having previously raced with

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in the 2024 season, finishing third in the standings. She also competed in the

2023 Formula Regional European Championship The 2023 Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine was a multi-event, Formula Regional open-wheel single seater motor racing championship held across Europe. The championship featured a mix of professional and amateur drivers, competing ...

for KIC Motorsport. Weug is a member of the

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and the first female driver to have ever joined the academy.

Career

Karting

Weug started karting when she was seven years old. She has competed in multiple national championships, such as the

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, where she finished second in the Alevin Class in 2015. 2016 was Weug's first year on the international karting stage, where she would immediately show her talent, winning the

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in the 60 Mini category, where she beat fellow future academy member

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. In the next four years the Dutch racer continued to compete on the international karting stage, making appearances in both the

CIK-FIA Karting European Championship The FIA Karting European Championship, officially known as the Mondokart.com FIA Karting European Championship for sponsorship reasons, is a kart racing competition organised by the CIK-FIA. Alongside the Karting World Championship, it is one ...

and

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; her best result in the former ended up being a 17th place in 2020. In October 2020 Weug was nominated as one of twenty female drivers of ages between 12 and 16 to compete in the Girls on Track - Rising Stars programme organized by the FIA Women in Motorsport Commission, with the reward for the victor of the shootout being a place in the

. Weug made it into the final selection stage alongside Doriane Pin, Julia Ayoub and Antonella Bassani, and on 22 January it was announced that she had won the shootout and would be joining the FDA.

Formula 4

2021

In 2021 Weug made her debut in

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for Iron Lynx Motorsport Lab as part of their ''Iron Dames'' program, in association with her

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-membership. Driving alongside the Italian pairing of

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and Pietro Armanni, Weug would score three rookie podiums, one each at Le Castellet, Misano and

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, however she would miss out on scoring any points in the main championship, thus ending up 35th in the standings. In an interview, Weug stated that "we were so close so many times o score points, and said that her lack of experience hindered her throughout the season.

2022

For the 2022 season the Dutch driver would remain with

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, partnering

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. A mixed-weather qualifying session in the opening round at the

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enabled Weug to start third in both races on Sunday, and after scoring her first point in Race 1 she would finish sixth on Sunday. At the following round in Misano, Weug continued this run of form by scoring yet more points, and despite a heavy collision at the end of Race 3 she would be classified eighth due to the countback rule. The Belgian took a tenth place from the next meeting at

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, before yet another top-ten finish at

. Having scored points in three more races during the remainder of the season, Weug was placed 14th in the championship, one place ahead of teammate Domingues.

Formula Regional

2023

Having taken part in several post-season tests with KIC Motorsport, Weug would progress to the

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, driving for the Finnish outfit. She achieved her best result in the second race at

, with a rookie win and 6th place overall classification. She was the only KIC Motorsport driver to score any points during the season, finishing in a points position 6 times for a total of 27 points. Weug finished the 2023 FRECA season third among rookies, and 17th among all 42 drivers eligible for points.

2024

Weug returned to the

in 2024 with KIC Motorsport for the Mugello round.

F1 Academy

Weug moved down to

for the 2024 season, racing with

and representing

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. After 5 rounds she sits in 3rd place with six podiums. Weug remained for the 2025 season, retaining her Ferrari backing but switched to

. She scored her first podium of the season by finishing Race 1 at

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in third place.

FIA Formula 3

Weug was selected to take part in a one-day

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test at

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in November 2021, alongside fellow

racer

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and W Series drivers

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and

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Personal life

Weug was born in

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to a

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father and a Belgian mother. She has competed under the flags of all three nations across her career.

Karting record

Karting career summary

^† As Weug was a guest driver, she was ineligible to score points.

Complete Karting World Championship results

Complete CIK-FIA Karting European Championship results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Racing record

Racing career summary

^† As Weug was a guest driver, she was ineligible for championship points.
Season still in progress.

Complete Italian F4 Championship results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete ADAC Formula 4 Championship results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) ^† As Weug was a guest driver, she was ineligible for championship points.

Complete Formula Regional European Championship results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete F1 Academy results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) Season still in progress.

References

External links

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Maya Weug
on Ferrari.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Weug, Maya 2004 births Living people Ferrari people Italian F4 Championship drivers Dutch racing drivers Dutch people of Spanish descent Dutch people of Belgian descent ADAC Formula 4 drivers Karting World Championship drivers Formula Regional European Championship drivers KIC Motorsport drivers Iron Lynx drivers Dutch female racing drivers Belgian racing drivers Spanish female racing drivers Belgian female racing drivers F1 Academy drivers Prema Powerteam drivers 21st-century Dutch sportswomen 21st-century Spanish sportswomen 21st-century Belgian sportswomen MP Motorsport drivers