Mercedes Formula 1 team principal and CEO Toto Wolff has showered 2025 F1 Academy champion Doriane Pin with praise after the 21-year-old “crushed” the all-female racing series.
The French driver joined the Mercedes Junior Team in 2024 as she entered her rookie season in F1 Academy. After finishing her first season in the championship in the runner-up position, she came back on the hunt for the title in 2025.Â
Over the seven rounds, Pin accumulated 172 points, which were enough to clinch the title over Maya Weug, who finished second.
“Yeah, Dori has been a great addition to the team. Her background was a little bit different because she came through karting and then more from touring cars and GT cars, and some very good performances in prototypes,” the team chief explained during a Mercedes debrief video.
“But then she went into Formula 1 Academy and crushed it. She won the championship. She’s a fierce young lady that can drive, and, from a personality, she fits into Mercedes, she fits into the team. And it’s a pleasure to see her working.”
Pin’s next move is currently unclear, but she is keen to remain with Mercedes.
Doriane Pin, PREMA Racing
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“We can decide where we want to go. We don’t know yet where we are going because we finished the season in mid-November, so it’s already late,” Pin explained to Goodwood. “We will, for sure, make some decisions in the next few weeks. The goal is hopefully staying with Mercedes, and we have a successful career together, and a long one.
“We finished the season together, so we will definitely have a full discussion with the team.”
She added:Â “I like both single-seaters and sportscars, obviously, because they’re high-level, and you always fight with the best in the world.
“When I raced in WEC, it was very competitive and a very beautiful championship, but single-seaters has been a really good experience over the last two years.”
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