Maya Weug
Maya Weug | |
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![]() Weug at Red Bull Ring in 2021 | |
Nationality | ![]() |
Full name | Maya Martine Els Weug |
Born | Costa Blanca, Spain | 1 June 2004
Italian F4 Championship career | |
Debut season | 2021 |
Current team | Iron Lynx |
Car number | 83 |
Starts | 21 (21 entries) |
Wins | 0 |
Podiums | 0 |
Poles | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
Best finish | 35th in 2021 |
Previous series | |
2021 | ADAC Formula 4 |
Maya Martine Els Weug (born 1 June 2004) is a Belgian-Dutch-Spanish female racing driver, currently competing in the Italian F4 Championship for Iron Lynx. She is a member of the Ferrari Driver Academy and the first female driver to have ever joined the academy.[1][2][3]
Career[]
Karting[]
Weug started karting when she was seven years old.[2] She has competed in multiple national championships, such as the Spanish Karting Championship, where she finished second in the Alevin Class in 2015. 2016 was Weug's first year on the international karting stage, where she would immediately show her talent, winning the WSK Final Cup in the 60 Mini category, where she beat fellow future academy member Dino Beganovic.[4] In the next four years the Dutch racer continued to compete on the international karting stage, making appearances in both the CIK-FIA Karting European Championship and Karting World Championship; her best result in the former ended up being a 17th place in 2020.
Lower formulae[]
In 2021 Weug will make her debut in Italian F4 for Iron Lynx Motorsport Lab as part of their Iron Dames program in association with her FDA-membership.[5]
FIA Formula 3[]
Weug was selected to take part in a one-day FIA Formula 3 test at Magny-Cours in November 2021, alongside fellow Iron Dames racer Doriane Pin and W Series drivers Nerea Martí and Irina Sidorkova.[6]
Formula One[]
In October 2020 Weug was nominated as one of twenty female drivers of ages between 12 and 16 to compete in the "Girls on Track - Rising Stars" programme organized by the FIA Women in Motorsport Commission, with the reward for the victor of the shootout being a place in the Ferrari Driver Academy.[7] Weug made it into the final selection stage and on January 22 it was announced that she had won the shootout and would be joining the FDA.[8][9][10]
Personal life[]
Weug was born on Costa Blanca, Spain[2] to a Dutch father[11] and a Belgian mother.[12] She has competed under the flags of all three nations across her career.[13][14][15]
Karting record[]
Karting career summary[]
Season | Series | Team | Position |
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2013 | Spanish Championship — Alevin | 14th | |
2014 | Formula de Campeones — Alevin | 4th | |
2015 | WSK Super Master Series — 60 Mini | Weug, Johan | 57th |
Spanish Championship — Alevin | 2nd | ||
2016 | WSK Champions Cup — 60 Mini | Morcia, Giuseppe | NC |
X30 Challenge Europa — Mini ROK | 4th | ||
Italian Championship — 60 Mini | 15th | ||
South Garda Winter Cup — Mini ROK | 9th | ||
WSK Super Master Series — 60 Mini | 38th | ||
WSK Night Edition — 60 Mini | 4th | ||
WSK Final Cup — 60 Mini | 1st | ||
2017 | WSK Champions Cup — OKJ | Pescador, Luis | 24th |
WSK Super Master Series — OKJ | 62nd | ||
CIK-FIA European Championship — OKJ | NC† | ||
CIK-FIA World Championship — OKJ | BKC Racing | 36th | |
WSK Final Cup — OKJ | Novalux Srl | 13th | |
2018 | WSK Champions Cup — OKJ | Novalux Srl | 26th |
WSK Super Master Series — OKJ | 23rd | ||
CIK-FIA European Championship — OKJ | 28th | ||
CIK-FIA World Championship — OKJ | 16th | ||
WSK Final Cup — OKJ | 19th | ||
2019 | South Garda Winter Cup — OK | Birel ART Racing | NC |
WSK Super Master Series — OK | 23rd | ||
Championnat de France — OK | 20th | ||
CIK-FIA European Championship — OK | 51st | ||
CIK-FIA World Championship — OK | 63rd | ||
2020 | WSK Super Master Series — OK | Birel ART Racing | 38th |
— OK | 17th | ||
WSK Euro Series — OK | 12th | ||
Champions of the Future — OK | 36th | ||
CIK-FIA World Championship — OK | 36th |
† As Weug was a guest driver, she was ineligible to score points.
Complete Karting World Championship results[]
Year | Team | Car | Quali Heats | Main race |
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2017 | ![]() |
OKJ | 36th | DNQ |
2018 | ![]() |
OKJ | 16th | 16th |
2019 | ![]() |
OK | 63rd | DNQ |
2020 | ![]() |
OK | 30th | DNS |
Racing record[]
Racing career summary[]
Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2021 | Italian F4 Championship | Iron Lynx | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35th |
ADAC Formula 4 Championship | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† |
† As Weug was a guest driver, she was ineligible for championship points.
Complete Italian F4 Championship results[]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | DC | Points |
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2021 | Iron Lynx | LEC 1 19 |
LEC 2 17 |
LEC 3 15 |
MIS 1 13 |
MIS 2 25 |
MIS 3 12 |
VLL 1 Ret |
VLL 2 11 |
VLL 3 12 |
IMO 1 22 |
IMO 2 14 |
IMO 3 25 |
RBR 1 17 |
RBR 2 14 |
RBR 3 16 |
MUG 1 20 |
MUG 2 17 |
MUG 3 22 |
MNZ 1 21 |
MNZ 2 29 |
MNZ 3 14 |
35th | 0 |
Complete ADAC Formula 4 Championship results[]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Pos | Points |
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2021 | Iron Lynx | RBR 1 15 |
RBR 2 16 |
RBR 3 9 |
ZAN 1 18 |
ZAN 2 Ret |
ZAN 3 15 |
HOC1 1 |
HOC1 2 |
HOC1 3 |
SAC 1 |
SAC 2 |
SAC 3 |
HOC2 1 |
HOC2 2 |
HOC2 3 |
NÜR 1 |
NÜR 2 |
NÜR 3 |
NC† | 0 |
† As Weug was a guest driver, she was ineligible for championship points.
References[]
- ^ Wood, Ida. "Maya Weug wins Girls on Track Rising Stars, gets Ferrari-backed F4 seat". Formula Scout. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ^ a b c Ramsay, George (23 January 2021). "Maya Weug becomes first female driver to earn a spot in the Ferrari Driver Academy". CNN. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ^ Benson, Andrew (22 January 2021). "Ferrari: Maya Weug becomes team's first female academy driver". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ^ "Maya Weug: two seasons with Birel ART before joining the Ferrari Driver Academy". birelART. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ^ Wood, Ida. "FIA Girls on Track Rising Stars winner Maya Weug joins Iron Lynx in F4". Formula Scout. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ^ Wood, Ida (27 October 2021). "F3 organises private test for W Series stars and Iron Dames racers". Formula Scout. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
- ^ Wood, Ida. "FIA Girls on Track reveals full Rising Stars longlist for F4 shootout". Formula Scout. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ^ "Primeur: Ferrari legt Nederlands racetalent Maya Weug (16) vast". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 22 January 2021.
Weug won een vijfdaagse scoutingswedstrijd. Ze krijgt nu een jaar lang de kans zich waar te maken in de Formule 4.
- ^ "Ferrari-baas Binotto spreekt van 'sleutelmoment' na komst Nederlandse Weug". Nu.nl (in Dutch). 22 January 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
De zestienjarige Nederlandse werd vrijdag als eerste vrouwelijke coureur vastgelegd in het talentenprogramma van de roemruchte Italiaanse Formule 1-renstal.
- ^ Wood, Ida. "Maya Weug wins Girls on Track Rising Stars, gets Ferrari-backed F4 seat". Formula Scout. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ^ "Half Nederlandse Maya Weug (16) eerste vrouwelijke coureur bij Ferrari". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 22 January 2021.
Weug is geboren in Spanje, heeft een Belgische moeder en een Nederlandse vader.
- ^ "Droom komt uit voor 16-jarige Maya Weug: 'Kippenvel toen ik het rode Ferrari-shirt aantrok'". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 21 January 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
Weug heeft een Belgische moeder en een Nederlandse vader, maar is geboren en getogen in Spanje.
- ^ "2020 WSK Euro Series - OK - Round 2 Participants" (PDF). WSK Karting. 14 September 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ "2020 FIA European Karting Championship - OK - Results after Wackersdorf" (PDF). FIA Karting. 13 September 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ "2021 Italian F4 Championship - Paul Ricard - Race 3 Results" (PDF). ACI Sport. 16 May 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
External links[]
- 2004 births
- Living people
- Ferrari people
- Italian F4 Championship drivers
- Dutch racing drivers
- Dutch people of Spanish descent
- Dutch people of Belgian descent