Another thrilling racing expertise has been added to the Mercedes-AMG F1 Team Junior Programme as rising star Doriane Pin joins the ranks. The 20-year-old Frenchwoman will characterize the group in F1 Academy, the all-female racing collection, with the assist of Iron Dames and Prema Racing.
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Doriane has confirmed herself as one of many foremost feminine racing drivers in recent times, impressing as she has risen by way of the ranks of endurance racing. The Parisian is a member of the ground-breaking Iron Dames venture, the pioneering platform dedicated to selling and supporting ladies in motorsport. It is thru this programme that Doriane has been capable of show her expertise behind the wheel and see her profession flourish actually.
Doriane Pin mentioned:
I’m thrilled to affix the Mercedes-AMG F1 Team Junior Programme and to characterize the group in F1 Academy this 12 months with Prema Racing. A brand new chapter begins, and I’m proud to make this subsequent step in such a prestigious group and with the Iron Dames venture. I’m grateful for his or her belief and honoured to race for his or her colors. Moving into single-seaters was a transparent goal for my profession, and to be on this setting is a good strategy. I’m working very arduous to succeed in the highest stage of this sport, and I can’t wait to go racing.
Toto Wolff, Team Principal and CEO of the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team, commented:
Doriane Pin is an thrilling expertise, and we’re happy to start taking part in F1 Academy together with her as our chosen driver. We have saved a detailed eye on her growth in recent times as she has persistently impressed. The improbable assist of Deborah Mayer and the Iron Dames organisation has enabled her to show her skills up to now; she has taken full benefit of that chance with dedication and talent. We now look ahead to working with Iron Dames, Prema Racing, and F1 Academy to assist Doriane as she takes the following step in her profession.
Deborah Mayer, Iron Dames Project Founder, added:
It’s extraordinary for a younger girl, 20, to affix the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team, probably the most prestigious groups in Formula 1. Since getting into the Iron Dames venture in 2021, Doriane has demonstrated expertise, dedication, and distinctive maturity. Becoming a Mercedes-AMG F1 Team Junior Programme member is a promising step in her younger profession. As F1 Academy develops, lining up for its second season guarantees to be an thrilling problem for her. This can also be a superb and really optimistic image of the resonance and affect that the Iron Dames venture can have in nurturing and blossoming expertise. We are proud and delighted to have the ability to proceed to assist Doriane as she takes her dream so far as doable.
After successful the 2019 French Championship, Doriane graduated from karting and gained the assist of the Iron Dames. She scored 5 podiums within the 2021 Le Mans Cup earlier than a breakthrough 12 months in 2022, which noticed the then-teenager turn into the Ferrari Challenge Europe champion, successful 9 out of 14 races. She additionally claimed victory on the prestigious 24 Hours of Spa and took a historic win on the European Le Mans Series season finale within the GTE-AM class.
This success precipitated a transfer into the FIA World Endurance Championship for 2023, competing within the LMP2 class alongside Mirko Bortolotti and former F1 driver Daniil Kvyat. The crew claimed a podium on the season-opening race, and Doriane turned the primary girl to win the coveted ‘Revelation of the Year Award. She ended the 12 months by getting her first racing expertise in single-seaters, ending second total and claiming a race win within the Formula 4 South East Asia Championship.
F1 Academy goals to develop and put together feminine drivers to progress to greater ranges of competitors. Heading into its second season, the collection will be part of the F1 assist invoice for all seven rounds and race throughout the globe. The 2024 marketing campaign begins in Saudi Arabia on March seventh earlier than heading to Miami, Barcelona, Zandvoort, Singapore, and Qatar and concluding in Abu Dhabi.
