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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