{"id":935269,"date":"2026-10-16T14:20:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T14:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/935269\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T14:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T14:20:09","slug":"ferraris-alba-larsen-to-return-for-2027-f1-academy-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/935269\/","title":{"rendered":"Ferrari&#8217;s Alba Larsen to return for 2027 F1 ACADEMY campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">Ferrari have announced that Alba Larsen will become the first driver to contest a third campaign in F1 ACADEMY, continuing as part of the Scuderia Ferrari Driver Academy next season.<\/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 first driver to land a seat in the all-female series for 2027, the Dane has been granted a third season following a rule change announced last year, which is available exclusively to drivers whose performance indicates strong potential for continued growth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">Larsen was signed by the SFDA midway through her debut F1 ACADEMY season in 2025, achieving 10 top-10 finishes in the Tommy Hilfiger car. Switching to the Ferrari car this year, she recently claimed her first podium in the series, with back-to-back P2 finishes in Zandvoort.<\/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 17-year-old currently sits fourth in the drivers\u2019 standings with two rounds in Austin and Las Vegas remaining, and also scored her first win in British F4 earlier this season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">&#8220;After two years in F1 ACADEMY, I\u2019ve seen first-hand how much this series has grown and how important it\u2019s become,&#8221; said Larsen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">&#8220;Susie [Wolff, F1 ACADEMY Managing Director] and the team keep pushing it forward, the fans bring so much energy, and I\u2019ve had an incredible team around me.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">&#8220;I\u2019ve grown a lot here too. I\u2019m really proud to be part of it and can\u2019t wait to be back on the grid with Scuderia Ferrari HP in 2027.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ferrari have announced that Alba Larsen will become the first driver to contest a third campaign in F1&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":935270,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[49,48,578,576,577,82],"class_list":["post-935269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/935269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=935269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/935269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/935270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=935269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=935269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=935269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}