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Maya Weug

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Maya Weug
Weug at the 2024 Singapore Grand Prix
NationalityNetherlands Dutch
Belgium Belgian
Spain Spanish
Full nameMaya Martine Els Weug
Born (2004-06-01) 1 June 2004 (age 20)
Pedreguer, Valencian Community, Spain
F1 Academy career
Debut season2024
Current teamPrema Racing
Car number64
Starts10 (10 entries)
Wins0
Podiums6
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finishTBD in 2024
Previous series
2021-2022
2021-2022
2023		Italian F4 Championship
ADAC Formula 4
Formula Regional European Championship

Maya Martine Els Weug (born 1 June 2004) is a Dutch-Belgian-Spanish[1] racing driver, who currently competes in F1 Academy for Prema Racing, having previously raced in the Formula Regional European Championship for KIC Motorsport. She is a member of the Ferrari Driver Academy and the first female driver to have ever joined the academy.[2][3][4]

Career

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Karting

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Weug started karting when she was seven years old.[3] She has competed in multiple national championships, such as the Spanish Karting Championship, 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 WSK Final Cup in the 60 Mini category, where she beat fellow future academy member Dino Beganovic.[5] 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 and Karting World Championship; her best result in the former ended up being a 17th place in 2020.

Lower formulae

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2021

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Weug driving at the Red Bull Ring during the 2021 Italian F4 Championship.

In 2021 Weug made her debut in Italian F4 for Iron Lynx Motorsport Lab as part of their Iron Dames program, in association with her FDA-membership.[6] Driving alongside the Italian pairing of Leonardo Fornaroli and Pietro Armanni, Weug would score three rookie podiums, one each at Le Castellet, Misano and Vallelunga, 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 [to score points]", and said that her lack of experience hindered her throughout the season.[7]

2022

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Weug driving at Spa-Francorchamps during the 2022 ADAC Formula 4 Championship.

For the 2022 season the Dutch driver would remain with Iron Dames, partnering Ivan Domingues.[8] A mixed-weather qualifying session in the opening round at the Imola Circuit 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.[9][10] 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.[11] The Belgian took a tenth place from the next meeting at Spa-Francorchamps, before yet another top-ten finish at Vallelunga. 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.[12]

F1 Academy

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Weug leads Abbi Pulling in an F1 Academy race at Zandvoort in 2024.

Weug moved down to F1 Academy for the 2024 season, racing with Prema Racing and representing Scuderia Ferrari.[13] After 5 rounds she sits in 3rd place with six podiums.[14]

Formula Regional

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2023

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Having taken part in several post-season tests with KIC Motorsport, Weug would progress to the Formula Regional European Championship, driving for the Finnish outfit.[15][16] She achieved her best result in the second race at Spa-Francorchamps, 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.[17] Weug finished the 2023 FRECA season third among rookies, and 17th among all 42 drivers eligible for points. [18]

2024

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Weug returned to the Formula Regional European Championship in 2024 with KIC Motorsport for the Mugello round.[19]

FIA Formula 3

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Weug was selected to take part in a one-day FIA Formula 3 test at Magny-Cours in November 2021, alongside fellow Iron Dames racer Doriane Pin and W Series drivers Nerea Martí and Irina Sidorkova.[20]

Formula One

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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 Ferrari Driver Academy.[21] 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.[22][23][2]

Personal life

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Weug was born in Costa Blanca, Spain[3] to a Dutch father[24] and a Belgian mother.[25] She has competed under the flags of all three nations across her career.[26][27][28]

Karting record

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Karting career summary

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Season Series Team Position
2013 Spanish Championship — Alevin 14th
2014 Formula de Campeones — Alevin 4th
2015 WSK Super Master Series — 60 Mini Weug, Johan 57th
Spanish Championship — Alevin 2nd
Copa de Campeones — Alevin 1st
2016 WSK Champions Cup — 60 Mini Morcia, Giuseppe NC
X30 Challenge Europa — Mini ROK 4th
Italian Championship — 60 Mini 15th
South Garda Winter Cup — Mini ROK 9th
WSK Super Master Series — 60 Mini 38th
WSK Night Edition — 60 Mini 4th
WSK Final Cup — 60 Mini 1st
2017 WSK Champions Cup — OKJ Pescador, Luis 24th
WSK Super Master Series — OKJ 62nd
CIK-FIA European Championship — OKJ NC†
CIK-FIA World Championship — OKJ BKC Racing 36th
WSK Final Cup — OKJ Novalux Srl 13th
2018 WSK Champions Cup — OKJ Novalux Srl 26th
WSK Super Master Series — OKJ 23rd
CIK-FIA European Championship — OKJ 28th
CIK-FIA World Championship — OKJ 16th
WSK Final Cup — OKJ 19th
2019 South Garda Winter Cup — OK Birel ART Racing NC
WSK Super Master Series — OK 23rd
Championnat de France — OK 20th
CIK-FIA European Championship — OK 51st
CIK-FIA World Championship — OK 63rd
2020 WSK Super Master Series — OK Birel ART Racing 38th
CIK-FIA European Championship — OK 17th
WSK Euro Series — OK 12th
Champions of the Future — OK 36th
CIK-FIA World Championship — OK 36th

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

Complete Karting World Championship results

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Year Team Car Quali Heats Main race
2017 United Kingdom BKC Racing OKJ 36th DNQ
2018 Italy Novalux Srl OKJ 16th 16th
2019 Italy Birel ART Racing OK 63rd DNQ
2020 Italy Birel ART Racing OK 30th DNS

Complete CIK-FIA Karting European Championship results

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

Year Team Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 DC Points
2017 Luis, Pescador OKJ SAR
QH
57 		SAR
R
DNQ 		CAY
QH
 CAY
R
 LEM
QH
 LEM
R
 ALA
QH
 ALA
R
 KRI
QH
 KRI
R
 NC† 0
2018 Novalux Srl OKJ SAR
QH
22 		SAR
R
11 		PFI
QH
38 		PFI
R
DNQ 		AMP
QH
30 		AMP
R
29 		ALB
QH
 ALB
R
 28th 5
2019 Birel ART Racing OK ANG
QH
29 		ANG
R
32 		GEN
QH
40 		GEN
R
DNQ 		KRI
QH
46 		KRI
R
DNQ 		LEM
QH
39 		LEM
R
DNQ 		51st 0
2020 Birel ART Racing OK ZUE
QH
15 		ZUE
R
9 		SAR
QH
19 		SAR
R
34 		WAC
QH
25 		WAC
R
20 		17th 7

Racing record

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Racing career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2021 Italian F4 Championship Iron Lynx 21 0 0 0 0 0 35th
ADAC Formula 4 Championship 6 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2022 Italian F4 Championship Iron Dames 20 0 0 0 0 36 14th
ADAC Formula 4 Championship 6 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2023 Formula Regional European Championship KIC Motorsport 20 0 0 0 0 27 17th
2024 F1 Academy Prema Racing 10 0 0 0 6 120* 3rd*
Formula Regional European Championship KIC Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 0 29th

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

Complete Italian F4 Championship results

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 DC Points
2021 Iron Lynx LEC
1
19 		LEC
2
17 		LEC
3
15 		MIS
1
13 		MIS
2
25 		MIS
3
12 		VLL
1
Ret 		VLL
2
11 		VLL
3
12 		IMO
1
22 		IMO
2
14 		IMO
3
25 		RBR
1
17 		RBR
2
14 		RBR
3
16 		MUG
1
20 		MUG
2
17 		MUG
3
22 		MNZ
1
21 		MNZ
2
29 		MNZ
3
14 		35th 0
2022 Iron Dames IMO
1
10 		IMO
2
6 		IMO
3
28† 		MIS
1
7 		MIS
2
11 		MIS
3
8 		SPA
1
13 		SPA
2
10 		SPA
3
15 		VLL
1
13 		VLL
2
11 		VLL
3
8 		RBR
1 		RBR
2
7 		RBR
3
8 		RBR
4
11 		MNZ
1
37† 		MNZ
2
28 		MNZ
3
C 		MUG
1
14 		MUG
2
9 		MUG
3
15 		14th 36

Complete ADAC Formula 4 Championship results

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pos Points
2021 Iron Lynx RBR
1
15 		RBR
2
16 		RBR
3
9 		ZAN
1
18 		ZAN
2
Ret 		ZAN
3
15 		HOC1
1 		HOC1
2 		HOC1
3 		SAC
1 		SAC
2 		SAC
3 		HOC2
1 		HOC2
2 		HOC2
3 		NÜR
1 		NÜR
2 		NÜR
3 		NC† 0
2022 Iron Dames SPA
1
16 		SPA
2
Ret 		SPA
3
18 		HOC
1 		HOC
2 		HOC
3 		ZAN
1
9 		ZAN
2
11 		ZAN
3
Ret 		NÜR1
1 		NÜR1
2 		NÜR1
3 		LAU
1 		LAU
2 		LAU
3 		NÜR2
1 		NÜR2
2 		NÜR2
3 		NC† 0

† As Weug was a guest driver, she was ineligible for championship points.

Complete Formula Regional European Championship results

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points
2023 KIC Motorsport IMO
1
20 		IMO
2
14 		CAT
1
20 		CAT
2
24 		HUN
1
19 		HUN
2
25 		SPA
1
7 		SPA
2
6 		MUG
1
9 		MUG
2
Ret 		LEC
1
10 		LEC
2
7 		RBR
1
19 		RBR
2
Ret 		MNZ
1
9 		MNZ
2
13 		ZAN
1
19 		ZAN
2
Ret 		HOC
1
18 		HOC
2
21 		17th 27
2024 KIC Motorsport HOC
1 		HOC
2 		SPA
1 		SPA
2 		ZAN
1 		ZAN
2 		HUN
1 		HUN
2 		MUG
1 		MUG
2 		LEC
1 		LEC
2 		IMO
1
22 		IMO
2
14 		RBR
1 		RBR
2 		CAT
1 		CAT
2 		MNZ
1 		MNZ
2 		27th* 0*

* Season still in progress.

Complete F1 Academy results

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 DC Points
2024 Prema Racing JED
1
3 		JED
2
2 		MIA
1
6 		MIA
2
5 		CAT
1
Ret 		CAT
2
13 		ZAN
1
3 		ZAN
2
2 		SIN
1
2 		SIN
2
2 		LSL
1
 LSL
2
 ABU
1
 ABU
2
 3rd* 120*

References

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  1. ^ Johnston, Alex (2 November 2021). "Formula 3 pushes for diversity with all-female Magny-Cours test". Downforce Radio. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  2. ^ a b Wood, Ida. "Maya Weug wins Girls on Track Rising Stars, gets Ferrari-backed F4 seat". Formula Scout. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  3. ^ a b c Ramsay, George (23 January 2021). "Maya Weug becomes first female driver to earn a spot in the Ferrari Driver Academy". CNN. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  4. ^ Benson, Andrew (22 January 2021). "Ferrari: Maya Weug becomes team's first female academy driver". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Maya Weug: two seasons with Birel ART before joining the Ferrari Driver Academy". birelART. Archived from the original on 20 April 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  6. ^ Wood, Ida. "FIA Girls on Track Rising Stars winner Maya Weug joins Iron Lynx in F4". Formula Scout. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  7. ^ Studenkov, Alexander (4 August 2022). "Ferrari junior Maya Weug on women in motorsport: 'Girl or boy, it shouldn't make a difference'". F1 Feeder Series. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
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  11. ^ RACERS (5 June 2022). "F4 Italy: Maya Weug ends P8 after massive accident in Misano Race 3". Racers. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
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  20. ^ Wood, Ida (27 October 2021). "F3 organises private test for W Series stars and Iron Dames racers". Formula Scout. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
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  22. ^ "Primeur: Ferrari legt Nederlands racetalent Maya Weug (16) vast". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 22 January 2021. Weug won een vijfdaagse scoutingswedstrijd. Ze krijgt nu een jaar lang de kans zich waar te maken in de Formule 4.
  23. ^ "Ferrari-baas Binotto spreekt van 'sleutelmoment' na komst Nederlandse Weug". Nu.nl (in Dutch). 22 January 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2021. De zestienjarige Nederlandse werd vrijdag als eerste vrouwelijke coureur vastgelegd in het talentenprogramma van de roemruchte Italiaanse Formule 1-renstal.
  24. ^ "Half Nederlandse Maya Weug (16) eerste vrouwelijke coureur bij Ferrari". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 22 January 2021. Weug is geboren in Spanje, heeft een Belgische moeder en een Nederlandse vader.
  25. ^ "Droom komt uit voor 16-jarige Maya Weug: 'Kippenvel toen ik het rode Ferrari-shirt aantrok'". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 21 January 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2021. Weug heeft een Belgische moeder en een Nederlandse vader, maar is geboren en getogen in Spanje.
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