Emma Felbermayr recovered from her Race 1 Disqualification to claim her maiden F1 Academy victory in Race 2 of the 2025 Canadian GP.
Race One Recap
In Race 1 of the 2025 Canadian GP, Pin powered home to claim her third victory of the season. Rodin Motorsports’ Ella Lloyd finished in second while a post race disqualification bumped Nina Gademan up to third.
Felbermayr, who races for Rodin supported by Kick Sauber, was disqualified due to an underweight car. Alisha Palmowski received a ten second time penalty for her collision with Chloe Chambers. Fellow Campos racer, Rafaela Ferreira received a five place grid drop for race two, starting from 14th.
Lights Out
It was lights out for the second of three races at the Circuit de Gilles-Villeneuve. Chloe Chong, who started the race on reverse grid pole, was left behind in the opening few corners with Gademan moving into the lead.
Pin was quick to put pressure on Lloyd. Chambers then made it a three way battle for third, as she tried to recover from her Race 1 upset.
Chambers was squeezed off in Lap 3, moving down to 14th. Meanwhile, Alba Larsen was the biggest mover of the opening laps. She made her way up from eleventh to fifth.
Battles on track
The second race of the weekend was filled with many on track battles.
Pin and Lloyd battled for third, allowing Gademan and Felbermayr to escape up the road. After passing Palmowski, Larsen was able to join the battle.
Weug had recovered from 15th, battling Aurelia Nobles for 8th. Nobles and Weug made contact in the final chicane, allowing Williams supported driver Lia Block into 8th.
Nobles picked up significant damage, having to pit the following lap.
Safety Car
Hometown hero, Nicole Havrada brought out the only safety car of the race on lap 14.
Havrada, who races for American Express operated by Hitech GP, ran into the back of Anagnostiadis at the hairpin. The Canadian ran into the gravel out of turn ten, leaving her unable to re-join the race.
One Lap Shootout
The late safety car, which lasted three laps, left only one full lap on racing for the drivers.
Gademan initially pulled away on the restart; But she was quickly passed by Rodin teammates, Felbermayr and Lloyd. With the McLaren backed driver chasing hard, Felbermayr cut across the final chicane on the last lap.
Felbermayr, Lloyd and Gademan thus made up the podium for Race 2 of the F1 Academy 2025 Canadian GP.
It was Rodin Motorsports first 1-2 of the 2025 F1 Academy season.
F1 Academy will be back for Race 3 of the 2025 Canadian GP on Sunday at 10:55am local time.
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