Lisa Billard has been introduced because the Wild Card entry for Spherical 6 of the F1 ACADEMY season in Singapore, representing the sequence’ Official Companion, Gatorade.
The French racer lately participated within the inaugural F1 ACADEMY Rookie Take a look at, ending with the second-fastest overall time. Billard will race across the Marina Bay Avenue Circuit within the #60 F1 ACADEMY automobile, that includes a customized Gatorade livery to have fun the model’s sixtieth anniversary.
By the partnership, which runs till 2030, Gatorade is bringing world-class sports activities science and hydration experience to F1 ACADEMY to assist gasoline the subsequent technology of feminine drivers.
With this newest announcement, the sports activities drinks model continues to deepen its help for rising expertise within the all-female sequence, having already supported Wild Card entry Mathilda Paatz at Spherical 4 of the F1 ACADEMY season in Montreal.
The partnership additionally provides essential scientific and bodily advantages to the drivers, most lately together with sweat testing to drivers throughout Official Testing, offering personalised insights into their hydration must help their ongoing improvement.
First launched for the 2024 season, the Wild Card initiative was launched to assist strengthen the expertise pool. The initiative has already proved profitable in strengthening the expertise pipeline, with 4 of the 2024 Wild Card drivers at present holding full-time F1 ACADEMY seats together with the 2024 Singapore Wild Card, Ella Lloyd.
Karin Fink, Head of Business Operations, F1 ACADEMY, mentioned: “It’s improbable to see our youngest ever F1 ACADEMY Wild Card driver benefiting from our partnership with Gatorade in Singapore.
“Our collaboration continues to set new requirements within the sport, bringing their sports activities science experience on to the subsequent technology of rising feminine expertise, and providing invaluable instruments and information that can profit the drivers all through their careers.”
Parinya Kitjatananpan, GM Asia & ANZ Drinks, PepsiCo, added: “At Gatorade, we’re proud to have fun our sixtieth anniversary by fueling the way forward for motorsport with F1 ACADEMY. Lisa Billard’s debut because the youngest-ever Wild Card driver displays precisely why we’re right here – to offer world-class sports activities science, hydration, and help to the subsequent technology of feminine athletes.
“Along with F1 ACADEMY, we’re dedicated to giving rising expertise like Lisa the instruments they should carry out at their finest, at present and for years to come back.”
