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Tag: Red Bull Academy

  • Colnaghi moves up to F3

    MP Motorsport have confirmed that Mattia Colnaghi will race with the team in FIA Formula 3 next season.

    The Italian driver will also be joining the Red Bull Junior Team programme as he moves up to F3 in 2026.

    Currently, the 17 year old is leading the Eurocup-3 Championship, with four race wins so far in 2025 along with a further two podium finishes.

    Prior to this season, the future MP F3 driver debuted in single-seaters in the Formula winter Series in 2024, winning the Spanish F4 Championship later in the year and finishing runner up in the Eurocup-3 Spanish Winter Championship earlier this year.

    Speaking on his promotion to F3, Colnaghi said he was very excited at the prospect and him joining Red Bull.

    I’m super excited about the opportunity handed to me by MP Motorsport and the Red Bull Junior Team. Joining the Grand Prix weekends as a Formula 3 driver is a dream come true, and I’m looking to forward to building on the amazing working relationship that MP and I have developed in the past two seasons. I’m truly grateful to Helmut Marko and Red Bull for allowing me to demonstrate my racing skills in FIA F3, while staying with MP is the obvious choice. They have become my family in the past two years and have helped me grow as a driver. I believe that working with them in Formula 3 will be just as enjoyable and successful.
    Colnaghi on the news.

    Moving up to FIA F3 with Mattia is a proud moment for us as a team. We immediately recognised his talent when he joined us as a young teenager in the winter of 2023-’24, and it was a joy to see that talent truly accelerate in Spanish F4, resulting in title-winning glory in his first year out of karts. This year, he has been outstanding again, also proving his qualities as a sportsman when the going got tough. We will continue to work hard for our Eurocup-3 title contenders this year, including Mattia, before we head towards the 2026 season with the confidence that his immediate future is now firmly set in stone.
    MP Team Principal, Sander Dorsman.

  • Alisha Palmowski to drive for RB

    Alisha Palmowski has become the eighth driver locked in for the 2025 F1 Academy campaign, with the Brit joining the Red Bull Racing Academy programme for next season.

    The 18 year old will be driving for Campos Racing alongside Red Bull Ford’s Chloe Chambers and RB’s Rafaela Ferreira, who are all part of the Red Bull Academy programme.

    Palmowski has already had her first taste of F1 Academy, competing as the Wild Card entry for Round 6 in Lusail, Qatar.
    A promising weekend saw her qualify sixth and fourth, before going on to score a P5 finish in Race 1.

    Starting her career in karting back in 2018, she achieved the Junior Vice Champion title in the Daniel Ricciardo Series in 2020 and 2021.
    Stepping up to cars in 2022, the following year saw her finish fifth in the Ginetta Junior Championship with 10 podiums.

    Selected as a BRDC Rising Star last year, Palmowski brought home more success in her first year in single-seaters, becoming the Vice Champion in the GB4 Championship with three wins, two pole positions and 11 podiums – the most in the field.

    I am incredibly excited and honoured to be joining the Red Bull Racing Pepe Jeans Programme in F1 ACADEMY for 2025. Oracle Red Bull Racing is one of the best teams on the grid, and to see the talent they have brought through the doors and to get to be a part of that next generation is something that I could never have imagined. The Team has been incredibly supportive so far, and I can’t wait to get fully underway with them in 2025 with the ultimate goal of winning the championship. I have already been working in the sim and with the Team to get a jumpstart on next year and have full focus on performing and delivering results.
    Palmowski on the news.

    Alisha impressed us from the start and has already proved herself on the F1 ACADEMY grid as a Wild Card entrant in Qatar. We are very excited to welcome her to the Red Bull Academy Programme for 2025, and she is a great addition to complete our line-up as we look to next season. We’ve taken a lot of key learnings from our first year in F1 ACADEMY and are looking forward to building and pushing harder with a fresh challenge.
    Sarah Harrington, Red Bull Academy Programme Manager.