Nina Gademan took a commanding victory after seizing the lead from Alisha Palmowski, as the Red Bull driver battled with Alba Larsen for much of the race before contact between the pair ended their races early—promoting Payton Westcott and Natalia Granada to the podium.

Credit: Formula 1 Alisha Palmowski is the 2026 F1 Academy Champion after a strong drive from eighth saw her finish in second, giving her adequate points to claim the title. Finishing in first Alba Larsen, who made her way up from fourth, clinched her first win in F1 Academy. Simultaneously to round out the podium, Lisa Billard claimed her first podium in the series. How it happened Whilst the race began on a yellow flag, Rafaela Ferreira had a strong start off the line to mai

Alisha Palmowski kept a charging Alba Larsen at bay to take her fourth win of the season and extend her championship lead, with home favourite Nina Gademan completing the podium on F1 Academy’s final visit to Zandvoort.

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Written by Teagan Strachan Credit: F1 Academy Sunday morning marked the beginning of the final F1 Academy race of Round 1 in Shanghai with the grid reverted back to qualifying positions for Race 2. The front row will be occupied by Red Bull Racing backed driver Alisha Palmowski and Scuderia Ferrari Driver Academy’s Alba Larsen as the pilots compete across 13 intense laps and fight for a spot on the podium. How it happened As the lights went out, Palmowski had an unfavourable

Nina Gademan charged to victory from reverse-grid pole as Natalia Granada crossed the line in second on her F1 Academy debut, while Emma Felbermayr bagged third place after an intense race-long battle for the final podium spot.

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