F1 Academy’s 2026 season is concluding in Vegas this weekend, and with Alisha Palmowski crowned as F1 Academy’s Driver World Champion, the Constructors Championship is all to play for in the final race weekend of this season, writes Sports News Blitz’s Daisy Higgins.
F1 Academy returned in 2026 for its fourth season, travelling to three continents in seven races.
This year, the grid travelled to Shanghai, Montreal, Silverstone, Zandvoort, Austin and Las Vegas – with five reverse grid races, five feature races and two opening races this season so far.
Alongside these races, we’ve seen the likes of Emma Felbermayr, Nina Gademan, Mathilda Paatz, Alisha Palmowski and Alba Larsen win over the season.
A new world champion is crowned
In Austin at the end of October, Campos Racing and Redbull Academy Programme driver Alisha Palmowski won her maiden F1 Academy World Drivers Championship win – Palmowski led the Championship by 172 points this season so far.
She topped in both qualifying sessions, winning one of the three races over the weekend. She won the opening race, which crowned her world champion.
In an interview with Palmowski during the week at Purple Sectors Three, she was asked about how she has been feeling since winning her first championship in F1 Academy.
She said: “Still on cloud-nine, there’s been so much hard work over this year behind the scenes, not just this year but across my whole career… the last 10-11 it’s been my life, I say if you cut me in half you see motorsport – I really live and breathe this sport.”
She’s all focused ahead of this weekend in Las Vegas, where her team Campos Racing still have a Constructors Title win to fight for – and she’s determined to do it.
F1 Academy returns to the city streets of Las Vegas
This weekend in Nevada concludes the final race weekend of the 2026 season for F1 Academy, and with both a Reverse Grid race and a Feature Race, it is a weekend you won’t want to miss out on.
Felbermayr and Gademan will be looking to secure their podium places in the Drivers Championship, and Campos Racing will be aiming to take their first F1 Academy Championship.
In 2025, Campos placed second in the season.
F1 Academy announces 2027 calendar
Over the last week, F1 Academy announced their 2027 season calendar – where the women return to the grid for seven race weekends next year.
The 2027 calendar sets up to race in:
Jeddah (March 19th-21st)
Shanghai (April 16th-18th)
Montreal (May 21st-23rd)
Silverstone (July 2nd-4th)
Budapest (July 30th-August 1st)
Austin (October 22nd-24th)
Las Vegas (November 18th-20th)
It’s shaping up to be an exciting 2027 season, with F1 Academy set to bring fast pace, exciting races and a championship set to fight for next year.
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