Esmee Kosterman will make her F1 ACADEMY debut on residence soil because the Wild Card entry for Spherical 5 of the 2025 marketing campaign, with the Dutch driver representing TeamViewer, the worldwide chief in distant connectivity and digital office options.
The 20-year-old will race on the Circuit Zandvoort in a particular version livery that highlights innovators and changemakers driving progress – on and off the observe.
Kosterman started racing automobiles in 2021, competing within the Ford Fiesta Dash Cup Benelux. She grew to become the primary girl to win within the collection two years later earlier than occurring to complete second within the Junior Cup and third within the general Standings.
Transferring into single-seaters final season, Kosterman scored factors on her Indian F4 debut, while this 12 months has seen her race in British F4, with appearances at Zandvoort and the non-Championship spherical in the course of the British Grand Prix.
In celebration of TeamViewer’s Visibility Drives Change campaign, which inspires girls to see themselves because the leaders of tomorrow, the faces of girls inspiring change will characteristic on Kosterman’s #86 F1 ACADEMY automobile. The livery will characteristic over 200 girls on the automobile, with these position fashions inspiring girls throughout a spread of industries, in workplaces, in paddocks and of their private lives.
Along with the specifically designed livery, Kosterman’s race quantity recognises the ability of feminine position fashions, with findings from TeamViewer’s Ladies in Sport Tech report, produced in collaboration with Loughborough College London, indicating that 86% of girls consider that having seen feminine leaders is vital to gender equality within the office.
Karin Fink, Head of Industrial Operations, F1 ACADEMY stated: “Our sport has the ability to encourage change, and we’re extremely proud to be championing girls each on and off observe. We all know that creating feminine position fashions in motorsport is already serving to to enhance participation on the junior degree of racing, and dealing with TeamViewer, we’re excited to take this additional and encourage the subsequent technology of girls in STEM.
“Collectively our mission is to empower the subsequent technology of feminine leaders and ship a transparent message: your presence issues, you’re driving change.”
Religion Wheller, VP of Model, Built-in Advertising and Sports activities Partnerships, TeamViewer added: “It’s our ambition to drive significant change each on and off the observe. The chance to help Esmee in her F1 ACADEMY debut whereas driving a automobile that includes position fashions is the subsequent step in attaining this.
“Our analysis discovered that not with the ability to see somebody such as you in a senior position made it tougher to see a profession in your chosen subject. That is why it was so necessary to showcase so many position fashions on the automobile. Working with the F1 ACADEMY to see this come to life has been a spotlight of the partnership to date. We stay up for supporting Esmee in individual at her residence race.”
