{"id":500941,"date":"2026-02-24T12:23:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T12:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/500941\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T12:23:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T12:23:08","slug":"tag-heuer-sign-megan-bruce-for-the-2026-f1-academy-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/500941\/","title":{"rendered":"TAG Heuer sign Megan Bruce for the 2026 F1 ACADEMY season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">F1 ACADEMY Official Partner TAG Heuer have confirmed that Megan Bruce will be representing them on the 2026 grid, with the Briton driving for Campos Racing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">The 21-year-old began racing competitively three years ago in the Caterham Academy, scoring her first podium after only five races. The following year saw her contest the Caterham 270R Championship alongside progressing up to single-seaters for the 2024 GB4 Championship campaign.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">Returning for a sophomore GB4 campaign in 2025, Bruce achieved a highest-finish of fourth at Oulton Park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">Selected to participate in the inaugural F1 ACADEMY Rookie Test, she finished inside the top four in both sessions. Bruce then made an early debut in the all-female series, stepping in for a one-off appearance at Round 6 in Singapore.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">Looking ahead to her rookie campaign, Bruce expressed her thrill at representing the iconic TAG Heuer brand.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">\u201cI\u2019m really excited to be joining TAG Heuer and Campos Racing for the 2026 F1 ACADEMY season,\u201d said Bruce. \u201cTAG Heuer have a major presence in motorsport and supporting many successful athletes in F1 and other sports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">\u201cHaving started this journey just three years ago, I\u2019m super grateful for their belief in me and giving me this opportunity. I had a great time getting my first taste of F1 ACADEMY in Singapore, learning so much, so I can\u2019t wait to work with Campos Racing and get this season started.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"F1 ACADEMY Official Partner TAG Heuer have confirmed that Megan Bruce will be representing them on the 2026&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":500942,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,817,813,816,85],"class_list":["post-500941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=500941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500941\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/500942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=500941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=500941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=500941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}