{"id":456728,"date":"2026-05-23T21:27:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T21:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/456728\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T21:27:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T21:27:12","slug":"mathilda-paatz-eyes-more-in-montreal-after-maiden-f1-academy-podium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/456728\/","title":{"rendered":"Mathilda Paatz eyes more in Montreal after maiden F1 ACADEMY podium"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mathilda Paatz<\/a> was overjoyed to start her Montreal<\/a> weekend with some silverware, as the Aston Martin driver achieved her first F1 ACADEMY podium in the Opening Race.<\/p>\n

Starting from fifth, Paatz moved up one place off the line after Emma Felbermayr stalled on the grid and took advantage of Payton Westcott\u2019s unsuccessful move on Megan Bruce to slide up into P3.<\/p>\n

Reflecting on her achievement, Paatz admitted that her success tastes even sweeter after a disappointing opening round in Shanghai.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s super special,\u201d she began. \u201cI’m super proud. After struggling in Shanghai, having such a comeback is really awesome. I\u2019ve been working really hard with Aston Martin Aramco, with the PREMA team and getting all the support, not only from the teams, but also from home with my friends and my mum. It just feels very special to share that moment after having struggled so much.\u201d<\/p>\n

Crucially, while Bruce and Westcott fought over second, Paatz kept herself firmly in their mirrors throughout the opening stages. At the same time, she had to contend with the pressure of holding off a train of cars behind.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wouldn’t say it was a calm race, quite stressful to be fair,\u201d admitted Paatz. \u201cWe were all so close coming for P2, but I think we kept a cool head and maintained our position which was pretty good.\u201d<\/p>\n

READ MORE: OPENING RACE: Palmowski drives off into the distance for lights-to-flag Montreal victory<\/a><\/p>\n

Qualifying fifth overall, Paatz has set herself up well for all three races, with the Aston Martin driver lining up on the second row for the Reverse Grid Races. Looking ahead to this afternoon\u2019s race, Paatz believes she has the speed to fight for a spot on the podium once more. <\/p>\n

\u201cStarting from P4 is definitely not bad,\u201d she said. \u201cIf we can get off with a good launch as we did now, I think there’s definitely a chance to fight for a podium again and maybe a bit higher than P3.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mathilda Paatz was overjoyed to start her Montreal weekend with some silverware, as the Aston Martin driver achieved…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":456729,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":["post-456728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=456728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456728\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/456729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=456728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=456728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=456728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}