Ferrari Driver Academy
Racing driver development program by Ferrari
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2025 | Ole Steinbråten, Lorenzo Manfredotti, Michele Constantini, Niklas Beu, Luke Whitehead, and Ismael Fahssi are added to the Ferrari Driver Academy Esports Team. |
2025 | Filippo Sala becomes a Ferrari Driver Academy member, currently competing in Karting |
2025 | Luke Whitehead joins the Scuderia Ferrari Esports Team, competing in the LFM Pro Series and winning the Ferrari Esports Series in 2024. |
2025 | Noah Baglin joins the Ferrari Driver Academy, beginning in karting. |
2025 | Ole Steinbråten joins the Ferrari Driver Academy Esports Team, competing in IMSA Esports Global Championship. |
2024 | Isaac Gillissen, Gergő Báldi, Graham Carroll, Patrik Sipos, Daniel Kjeldsen, John Evans become part of the Ferrari Driver Academy Esports Team. |
2024 | Luke Whitehead joins the Ferrari Driver Academy Esports Team, competing in LFM Pro Series and winning the Ferrari Esports Series. |
2024 | Graham Carroll joins the Ferrari Driver Academy Esports Team, competing in British F4 Esports Championship and FIA F4 Esports Global Championship. |
2024 | Gergő Báldi joins the Ferrari Driver Academy Esports Team, competing in SRO Intercontinental GT Challenge Esports, DTM Esports Pro Championship, Precision Racing League GT3 Sprint Series, and British F4 Esports Championship. |
2024 | Isaac Gillissen joins the Ferrari Driver Academy Esports Team, competing in multiple racing series including SRO Intercontinental GT Challenge Esports, Virtual Endurance Championship, DTM Esports Pro Championship, and British F4 Esports Championship. |
July 2024 | Haas F1 announces they have signed Oliver Bearman on a multi-year contract beginning in the 2025 season. |
2023 | Bardia Broumand, Dylan Warren, Kamil Stachura, and Jonathan Riley join the Ferrari Driver Academy Esports Team. |
2023 | Jonathan Riley joins the Scuderia Ferrari Esports Team, participating in SRO Intercontinental GT Challenge Esports and winning the Ferrari Esports Series in 2022. |
2023 | Isaac Gillissen joins the Ferrari Driver Academy Esports Team, competing in multiple esports championships including SRO Intercontinental GT Challenge Esports and winning the Ferrari Esports Series. |
2023 | Aurelia Nobels becomes a member of the Ferrari Driver Academy, winning Eurocup-4 Spanish Winter Championship and participating in F1 Academy. |
2023 | Bardia Broumand joins the Ferrari Driver Academy Esports Team, competing in F1 Sim Racing. |
2023 | Tuukka Taponen joins the Ferrari Driver Academy, competing in FIA Formula 3 Championship and Formula Regional Middle East Championship. |
2022 | Jonathan Riley wins the Ferrari Esports Series. |
2022 | Fabrizio Donoso (2017 runner-up) joined the team alongside Leigh and Tonizza. They experienced their worst season to date, with only one podium from Leigh and finishing 7th in the team standings. |
2022 | Oliver Bearman joins the Ferrari Driver Academy and begins competing in FIA Formula 3 Championship and Formula Regional Asian Championship. |
2022 | Rafael Câmara joins the Ferrari Driver Academy, competing in FIA Formula 3 Championship and Formula Regional European Championship. |
2021 | Two-time Esports champion Brendon Leigh joined the team from Mercedes, partnering with David Tonizza and newcomer Domenico Lovece. The team finished 4th in the teams' championship with 125 points, securing 1 win and 2 podiums, both from Tonizza. |
2021 | Rafael Câmara and Oliver Bearman are added to the Ferrari Driver Academy after winning the Ferrari's Scouting World Final. |
January 2021 | Maya Weug, 16, becomes the first female driver to join the Ferrari Driver Academy. |
2020 | Enzo Bonito and Filip Prešnajder joined the FDA Esports Team. David Tonizza achieved two wins for the team during a challenging season. |
2020 | Dino Beganovic joins the Ferrari Driver Academy, competing in FIA Formula 2 Championship and Formula Regional European Championship. |
2020 | Mick Schumacher graduates to F1 with Haas F1 after winning the Formula 2 Championship. Callum Ilott is given a test and reserve driver role at Scuderia Ferrari. |
2019 | Ferrari established the FDA Esports Team to compete in the Formula One Esports Series. Italian driver David Tonizza won the drivers' championship, securing the team's first championship victory. |
2019 | Mick Schumacher, son of Michael Schumacher, is added to the Ferrari Driver Academy lineup. |
2018 | Charles Leclerc completes his time in the Ferrari Driver Academy and transitions to Formula One with Sauber. |
September 2018 | It is announced that Charles Leclerc will become the first academy member to graduate to Ferrari in 2019. |
November 2017 | Ferrari adds Callum Ilott, Robert Shwartzman, and Gianluca Petecof to their driver lineup. |
November 2016 | Enzo Fittipaldi is invited to join the Ferrari Driver Academy. |
March 2016 | Charles Leclerc is inducted into the Ferrari Driver Academy. |
June 23 2015 | Antonio Fuoco has his first Formula One test with Ferrari during the post-Austrian Grand Prix test in Spielberg at the Red Bull Ring. |
2014 | Jules Bianchi's time with Ferrari Driver Academy concludes after five years of involvement. |
November 2010 | Sergio Pérez is signed to the Ferrari Driver Academy and becomes its first graduate expected to compete in Formula One. |
March 2010 | Mirko Bortolotti, Daniel Zampieri, and Raffaele Marciello join the Ferrari Driver Academy. |
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