Race 1 Highlights | Zandvoort 2025 | F1 Academy

All set to go racing here, as we look at the Zandvoort race. Light down, F1 Academy is go, and it's a very good start indeed by Nina Gaidman. She's made an absolutely blistering start, and has a very comfortable lead going into the first corner. Tina Housman in second place, but Lia Bloch going round the outside. Lia Bloch in the Williams backing is looking good. And Tooth takes second, but Chambers, Chloe Chambers, one of the contenders for the championship, she's dropped loads of places. She has, she was forced out wide there, but a great start from Lia Bloch and our pole sitter, Nina Gaidman. And it looks like Alicia's lost a little bit of pace from this top six group. She's under a bit of pressure, and that looks like there's a board. So someone went wide. Tina Housman's dropped right down. I'm so sorry, I don't know, I'm so stupid. She's hit that compression at turn eight. Yeah. And that exit curve, it doesn't look aggressive, but majority of these single-seater cars will bottom out on that exit curve. And once you are on that curve, it just drags you out. Ella Lloyd under all heaps of pressure. And Maia knows she's got to try and clear Ella Lloyd to give herself any chance of getting up. Dorian Pan, who's made a mistake. She's had a wobble. This is going to allow Ella Lloyd through, and she's going to be under all sorts of pressure from Maia Wirg. And there, side by side, you can just see Maia Wirg's alongside Dorian Pan. This is going to be brave stuff if they're going to head side by side into one of the fastest corners of the track, and they don't have to. She's through already. Wow, that's an unusual place to overtake. That was beautifully done by Maia Wirg. Now, in the meantime, Chloe Chambers gets past Alicja Palmoski. And more teammates racing hard against each other. Can Palmoski come back? I don't think so. Chloe Chambers has done that well. Number 20, Ella Lloyd in the McLaren back machine. It's all putting the pressure. You have to go very tight. Is she going to go down the inside? Ella keeps it wide. This could be an opportunity for Maia Wirg. Oh, nearly touching once again. For a moment, she's in third place. She now has the inside line, and she should be able to hold on to it. Yes, she's got it. Maia Wirg says, who said you can't overtake? Round, down ball. Great move from her. Dorian Pan's under immense pressure now as we go into Turn 8. Down the inside goes Chloe Chambers. That's brave stuff. They made contact at Turn 1 on the first lap. But Chloe Chambers, is she going to keep the inside there at Turn 8? She does. Nice stuff. Coming down into Turn 1. And, oh, that was a late break. A bit of a lock-up, thankfully. Didn't run too wide, though. Did she squeeze on the exit? Looks like it's going to be pretty close between the two ART drivers. Just about enough room, I would say, maybe, on the outside. Oh, and was that a slight contact as we cut to them there at Turn 9? Ella was slightly wide of the apex at Turn 8. And Chambers thought, I'm going to give it a go. And just, oh, that's lucky. No bells. Another late lunge down the inside. Oh, that was a late one. And Ferrara saw her coming. So gave her racing room on the inside. I think if she didn't, that would have certainly ended in incident. Nobels has done a great job starting towards the back of the grid. On the inside goes Maeverg. Does she get it stopped? She does. Leah Bloch's given her the space. Be interested to see what Leah Bloch does here. Because, again, she's chasing her first podium in F1 Academy. And she won't want to get into too much of a scrap and maybe be forced off wide. This is fantastic. Nina Gaetman making her way down towards the chequered flag. It's the Dutch racer on her birthday. Nina Gaetman, who wins round 10 of F1 Academy. Across the line in second place goes Leah Bloch. That's her best result. First podium in F1 Academy. And third place for Maeverg. A vital good point score for Maeverg, as she tries to chase Dorianne Pann in the championship. Bravo, mate. Good drive. Let's go. First win. Oh, my God, mate. How did we go from being declared upset to this? Oh, my God. We just got the big thing. Oh, my God. Thank you so much. It's an Alpine-backed car that wins race one once again here at Zandvoort in F1 Academy. And a big cheer from her home crowd and hugs all around. Let's just confirm the results, then, of this first race at Zandvoort of the weekend for F1 Academy. Nina Gaetman taking the victory on her birthday. Leah Bloch in a fine second place fending off Maeverg. Ella Lloyd was fourth ahead of Chloe Chambers and Dorianne Pann. Alicja Palmowski down in seventh ahead of Emma Felbermaier. A really no-goals in ninth place, making some good moves. And Nicole Havrida, also who started down towards the back, she finished in tenth position. So no points, but still moved up the order extremely effectively. Then outside the top ten, Rafaela Ferreira ahead of Esme Kosterman, the wild-card entry. Courtney Kroon, Joanne Cicconti, Chloe Chong had to come into the pits. Eva Anagnostiadis, Alba Larsson and Tina Haussmann were all a bit out of luck. But it was a very, very enjoyable event. Oh, the emotion from Nina Gaetman taking the win at her home event. Very, very emotional, and of course, it's like Max Verstappen taking many wins here at Zandvoort in the past. Now, Nina Gaetman, as a Dutch racer, has managed to do it at her home event in F1 Academy, which is a junior level, but it's still a significant level to take victories and try and establish your career going forward.