One other thrilling racing expertise has been added to the Mercedes-AMG F1 Staff Junior Programme as rising star Doriane Pin joins the ranks. The 20-year-old Frenchwoman will characterize the workforce in F1 Academy, the all-female racing sequence, with the help of Iron Dames and Prema Racing.
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Doriane has confirmed herself as one of many foremost feminine racing drivers lately, impressing as she has risen by the ranks of endurance racing. The Parisian is a member of the ground-breaking Iron Dames mission, the pioneering platform dedicated to selling and supporting girls in motorsport. It’s by this programme that Doriane has been in a position to reveal her expertise behind the wheel and see her profession flourish really.
Doriane Pin mentioned:
I’m thrilled to affix the Mercedes-AMG F1 Staff Junior Programme and to characterize the workforce in F1 Academy this yr with Prema Racing. A brand new chapter begins, and I’m proud to make this subsequent step in such a prestigious workforce and with the Iron Dames mission. I’m grateful for his or her belief and honoured to race for his or her colors. Shifting into single-seaters was a transparent goal for my profession, and to be on this atmosphere is a superb method. I’m working very exhausting to achieve the highest degree of this sport, and I can not wait to go racing.
Toto Wolff, Staff Principal and CEO of the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Staff, commented:
Doriane Pin is an thrilling expertise, and we’re happy to start collaborating in F1 Academy along with her as our chosen driver. Now we have saved a detailed eye on her growth lately as she has constantly impressed. The incredible help of Deborah Mayer and the Iron Dames organisation has enabled her to show her talents up to now; she has taken full benefit of that chance with dedication and talent. We now sit up for working with Iron Dames, Prema Racing, and F1 Academy to help Doriane as she takes the subsequent step in her profession.
Deborah Mayer, Iron Dames Venture Founder, added:
It’s extraordinary for a younger lady, 20, to affix the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Staff, probably the most prestigious groups in Method 1. Since getting into the Iron Dames mission in 2021, Doriane has demonstrated expertise, dedication, and distinctive maturity. Turning into a Mercedes-AMG F1 Staff 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. That is additionally a wonderful and really optimistic image of the resonance and affect that the Iron Dames mission can have in nurturing and blossoming expertise. We’re proud and delighted to have the ability to proceed to help Doriane as she takes her dream so far as attainable.
After successful the 2019 French Championship, Doriane graduated from karting and gained the help of the Iron Dames. She scored 5 podiums within the 2021 Le Mans Cup earlier than a breakthrough yr in 2022, which noticed the then-teenager turn out to be the Ferrari Problem 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 Sequence 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 lady to win the coveted ‘Revelation of the 12 months Award. She ended the yr by getting her first racing expertise in single-seaters, ending second general and claiming a race win within the Method 4 South East Asia Championship.
F1 Academy goals to develop and put together feminine drivers to progress to larger ranges of competitors. Heading into its second season, the sequence will be part of the F1 help 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.
