Four female drivers – W Series' Nerea Marti and Irina Sidorkova plus Iron Dames' Maya Weug and Doriane Pin – will take part in Formula 3 tests this November at former French Grand Prix host Magny-Cours.
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Sixteen-year-old Maya Weug of Belgian-Dutch-Spanish nationality, has recently made history by becoming the first female driver to join the Ferrari Driver Academy.
She was selected from the final stage of the Girls on Track – Rising Stars initiative, a program run by Ferrari together with motorsport governing body the FIA.
Weug apparently beat competition from 17-year-old Doriane Pin of France, 14-year-old Antonella Bassani of Brazil and 15-year-old Julia Ayoub of Estonia.
Weug has earned a place in the Academy which prepares talented young drivers for a potential career in motorsport.
“I will never forget this day! I am so happy to be the first female driver to join the Ferrari Driver Academy,” said Weug, who was born in Spain to a Belgian mother and Dutch father.
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Maya Weug, the Dutch/Belgian driver born in Spain, has made history not only by becoming the first FIA Girls on Track – Rising Stars driver to join the Ferrari Driver Academy, but the first-ever female to do so.
Nearly a year since the initial launch of the FIA Girls on Track – Rising Stars programme, and after months of intense preparation, training, scrutiny and pressure, Maya Weug has been selected to become the first-ever female student of the world-famous Ferrari Driver Academy.
16-year-old Maya will now embark on the most significant journey in her young racing career with a one-year contract at the Academy and a full season in a Formula 4 championship certified by the FIA.