Filipino racing driver Bianca Bustamante. –MCLAREN PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines — Filipino racing driver Bianca Bustamante made historical past as the primary feminine driver to hitch McLaren’s driver improvement program.
The 18-year-old Bustamante will don the British workforce’s iconic orange colour whereas racing for ART Grand Prix within the 2024 F1 Academy season.
Thanks Papaya Household for this🥺
— Bianca Bustamante (@racerbia) October 18, 2023
“That is such an unreal second in my profession, to signal with McLaren and ART Grand Prix is method past something I may’ve ever imagined rising up racing karts within the Philippines,” Bustamante mentioned by way of F1’s official web site.
“I nonetheless have a tough time seeing my title subsequent to McLaren with out getting emotional, because the historical past and heritage linked to this workforce leaves me actually speechless,” she added.
This system, which has produced the likes of seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton, goals to assist younger promising racers advance to probably the most prestigious tournaments within the motorsport world, together with Formulation One.
In a video posted by McLaren, Bustamante expressed her pleasure about becoming a member of the revered motor racing squad.
“Each single occasion I went to, F1, Formulation E, IndyCar, I used to be all the time with McLaren. I wasn’t anticipating this chance to return about, that I might really be, you realize, a part of the workforce,” she mentioned. “I’m so joyful to be becoming a member of the Papaya Household.”
A part of the papaya household! 😄 @RacerBia pic.twitter.com/izlKCsyauz
— McLaren (@McLarenF1) October 18, 2023
Bustamante made waves final Could after touchdown her first F1 Academy race win at Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia, Spain. She then claimed one other profession win at Italy’s Autodromo Nazionale Monza in July.
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