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  • Dobson to represent AMEX

    Ava Dobson will take on her rookie F1 Academy season this year, with the 17 year old competing for the series’ Official Partner American Express.

    Awarded the Parella Motorsport Holdings Powering Diversity Scholarship in 2023, the American racer made her single-seater debut in the Formula 4 United States Championship.

    Dobson gained further experience with appearances in the USF Juniors and USF2000 Championship that same year.

    Transitioning over to racing in Europe, Dobson contested two rounds of the 2024 GB4 Championship before returning for a full campaign the following year.
    Claiming her maiden podium at Donnington Park, she finished the 2025 season as the highest scoring female driver.

    Dobson becomes the fourth Wild Card driver to progress to the 2026 grid after making her F1 Academy debut on home soil during Round 3 in Miami last May.

    I am really excited to be going with F1 ACADEMY this year with American Express. I’m truly super honoured to be chosen to race in the series and having an amazing partnership with American Express. I can’t wait to continue to build off of that throughout the whole year and work really hard with the team, and with American Express to be the best we can be.
    Dobson on the news.

  • Ava Dobson announced as Miami Wild Card

    Morgan Stanley, the first financial services partner of the all-female series, will support Ava Dobson as she races in Miami in a firm-branded bespoke livery and race suit.

    American driver Dobson will join the F1 Academy grid on home soil as the Wild Card entry for Round 3 in Miami. Supported by Morgan Stanley, the 16 year old will take to the track in a Morgan Stanley branded bespoke livery and race suit operated by Hitech TGR car.

    Dobson, who fails from Milwaukee, began competing in open-wheel racing in 2023 in the Formula 4 US Championship and was awarded a Parella Motorsports Holdings Powering Diversity Scholarship, alongside racing in the USF Juniors and USF2000.

    Venturing over to Europe for a two-round appearance in the GB4 Championship the following year, 2025 has seen Dobson return for a full campaign, with her scoring points across the first two rounds in Donington Park and Silverstone.

    We are very proud to have Morgan Stanley on board as the inaugural financial services partner of F1 ACADEMY, in the firm’s first foray into motorsport sponsorship. It is fantastic to see Morgan Stanley, a brand that has driven excellence and innovation for 90 years, investing in women’s sport and championing female talent in motorsport.
    Susie Wolff, Managing Director of F1 Academy.