{"id":364659,"date":"2025-12-23T22:30:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T22:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/364659\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T22:30:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T22:30:11","slug":"toto-wolff-hails-doriane-pin-after-crushing-f1-academy-to-win-2025-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/364659\/","title":{"rendered":"Toto Wolff hails Doriane Pin after ‘crushing’ F1 Academy to win 2025 title"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mercedes<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n

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.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Over the seven rounds, Pin accumulated 172 points, which were enough to clinch the title over Maya Weug, who finished second.<\/p>\n

“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<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“But then she went into Formula 1 Academy and crushed it. She won the championship. She\u2019s 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.”<\/p>\n

Pin’s next move is currently unclear, but she is keen to remain with Mercedes.<\/p>\n

\"Doriane <\/p>\n

Doriane Pin, PREMA Racing<\/p>\n

Photo by: Patrick T. Fallon \/ AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

“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.\u00a0The goal is hopefully staying with Mercedes, and we have a successful career together, and a long one.<\/p>\n

“We finished the season together, so we will definitely have a full discussion with the team.”<\/p>\n

She added:\u00a0“I like both single-seaters and sportscars, obviously, because they’re high-level, and you always fight with the best in the world.<\/p>\n

“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.”<\/p>\n

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