Bianca Bustamante has become the first woman to be part of the McLaren Driver Development programme.
F1 Academy’s Bianca Bustamante has joined the McLaren Driver Development programme and will also represent McLaren by running the team’s livery on her car for the 2024 season.
With the competition moving closer to F1 next season, McLaren have become the first team to name their driver as Bustamante will race in the famous papaya.For 2024, all 10 F1 teams will have one driver and one car in their colours but up until now, no candidate had been named. Bustamante has become not only the first to do that but also the first female driver to enrol in McLaren’s development programme, a programme that has produced the likes of Lewis Hamilton in the past.
Bustamante said: “This is such an unreal moment in my career, to sign with McLaren and ART Grand Prix is way beyond anything I could’ve ever imagined growing up racing karts in the Philippines. I still have a hard time seeing my name next to McLaren without getting emotional, as the history and heritage linked to this team leaves me truly speechless.
“For now, my focus is to finish off the F1 Academy season strongly here in Austin, but we’ll get to work immediately on the 2024 season. I’ve never been more motivated in my life! A big thanks goes to Susie Wolff and the team at F1 Academy for fighting so hard for us girls and to give us this opportunity to be the best we can be.
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