The F1 ACADEMY storylines to get excited about at Zandvoort

Putting the summer break behind them and dusting off their race suits, the F1 ACADEMY grid reunite for an all-important visit to Zandvoort.

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PREMA back to old ways

Although PREMA Racing are two-time Teams’ Champions, they haven’t always looked like the squad to beat this year. Following Round 3 in Miami, PREMA were stuck down in third, 20 points behind leaders Campos Racing and six behind MP Motorsport.

One round later and the Italian team now hold a 27-point lead over Campos, outscoring their rivals by 47 points.

Pin’s victory and P3 finish in Race 3 were complemented by Alpine driver Nina Gademan’s double podium and Aston Martin’s Tina Hausmann matching her best result in F1 ACADEMY with a P4 finish in Race 3.

By contrast, Campos missed out on four points-scoring opportunities in Montreal, two more than they’d lost out on across the previous three rounds. Marking the first time they’ve sat top of the Teams’ Standings all season, can PREMA keep up the pace or will we see a resurgence from Campos?

Sitting in sixth, Tommy Hilfiger’s Alba Larsen remains the highest-placed driver yet to score a podium. Her best result came courtesy of a P4 finish in Race 2, in what was a stellar debut weekend in Shanghai. Since that point, the Dane has kept consistent, delivering four further top-five finishes.

Interestingly, following Emma Felbermayr’s win in Montreal Race 2, 2025 has witnessed three of the top-five youngest race winners. Crucially, the Kick Sauber driver was only a month older than Bianca Bustamante was when she set the record aged 18 years, 3 months and 18 days at Valencia Race 2 in 2023.

As a result, only Larsen, her MP Motorsport team mate Joanne Ciconte and TAG Heuer’s Aiva Anagnostiadis are eligible to beat that record by the end of the season.

Based on their performances up to this point, wins and podiums don’t seem too far away for Larsen, and with her getting picked up by the Scuderia Ferrari Driver Academy for 2026, she’s certainly one to take note of.

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