{"id":467672,"date":"2025-10-02T05:35:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T05:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/467672\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T05:35:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T05:35:16","slug":"preview-f1-academy-returns-to-singapore-for-round-6-f1-academy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/467672\/","title":{"rendered":"PREVIEW: F1 Academy returns to Singapore for Round 6 | F1 Academy"},"content":{"rendered":"

F1 Academy returns this weekend (October 3-5) for Round 6 around the streets of Singapore. Abbi Pulling took the win in both Race 1 and Race 2 in 2024\u2026 meaning we will have a new race winner or two in 2025, but who will it be?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Singapore is a challenging street circuit, characterised by high speeds, bumpy streets, high temperatures and intense concentration required to navigate around the 19-corner track, making it one of the most physically demanding races on the calendar.<\/p>\n

To make it even more challenging, the drivers will be competing under floodlit lights for the qualifying session and in bright sunshine for the practice session and both races.<\/p>\n

The circuit isn\u2019t the only challenge these drivers face; the unpredictable weather can always throw up a curveball, with heavy rain or a thunderstorm never off the cards. But extremely humid conditions with weather averaging over 30\u02daC are a given.<\/p>\n

Keep an eye on Maya Weug and Doriane Pin this weekend. Weug finished second in both races last season and Pin finished third in both races. Both drivers were aggressive and engaged in on-the-edge battles with each other last season. Ella Lloyd also performed strongly around Singapore, scoring eight points in her wild card debut.<\/p>\n

\"Three<\/p>\n

Zandvoort recap<\/p>\n

The series visited Circuit Zandvoort\u00a0for the third time, with Dutch driver Esmee Kosterman\u00a0joining as the wild card.<\/p>\n

Maya Weug, Kosterman and Nina Gademan were the stand-out performers of the race weekend, with Gademan and Weug taking one race win each. Kosterman was the first wild card driver to score points this season with a seventh-place finish in Race 2, outscoring five full-time drivers in the Championship Standings.<\/p>\n

\"Race<\/p>\n

Singapore race weekend format<\/p>\n

The 2025 season introduced a change to the weekend format, which is now split into three days: Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Up to two practice sessions, each lasting up to 40 minutes, take place on Friday. A 30-minute qualifying session will take place on either Friday or Saturday, depending on the number of practice sessions allocated.<\/p>\n

Saturday will host Race 1, and following this season’s reform of the Sporting Regulations, it will be a reverse grid race.<\/p>\n

The reverse grid race means that the top eight drivers from qualifying will be reversed on the grid, while the drivers that finish between P9 and P18 will start from the position they qualify in. In this race, only the first eight drivers will earn points and the driver who records the fastest lap and finishes in the top eight will score an extra point.<\/p>\n

Race 1 points allocation:<\/strong><\/p>\n