This week, Marta García, PREMA Racer secured a significant victory by attaining the very first win of the inaugural F1 Academy  Grand Prix, held at the Red Bull Ring. After achieving pole position during the first qualifying, García held onto her lead for the majority of the race. 

At the very first turn, Martí executed a strategic overtake on Bianca Bustamante around the outer edge of the track, securing P2. However, at Turn 3 a collision occured between Emely De Heus, MP Motorsport's racer and Lola Lovinfosse of Campos Racing. As a result, Lovinfosse was subjected to a five second penalty. De Heus was unable to continue due to damage sustained and was forced to retire while Léna Bühler and Carrie Schreiner, both from ART Grand Prix soon followed after falling victim to the gravel traps in attempt to avoid the previous accident. 

Following the elimination of 3 drivers, a safety car was deployed. Once the safety car had returned to the pits, Nerea Martí, racer for Campos Racing was able surpass García and claim the lead while Hamda Al Qubaisi, who had begun at the very bottom at p15 had crept up to fourth, closely pressurising Bustamante for the remaining podium position.

In the latter stages of the race, García manoeuvred her way into Turn 4, a late dive allowing her to overtake Martí, claiming first place. Unfortunately, Megan Gilkes suffered a spin-out, which resulted in her sliping from fifth place down to tenth, leaving Bustamante, H. Al Qubaisi, Pulling, and Edgar, to vie for the remaining position on the podium. During this final stretch, Hamda Al Qubaisi also spun out, which forced Pulling to take evasive action and go wide, allowing Bustamante to claim third position, with Edgar close behind in fourth place.

• Nerea Martí was later disqualified and lost her podium place after it was discovered that the Campos Racing car was not in compliance with the Technical Regulations. Jessica Edgar (Rodin Carlin) took her place instead, obtaining her first Podium in the F1 Academy.

Marta García, representing the PREMA team, attained her second win of the season durin the opening weekend of the F1 Academy.  García currently holds the top spot in the driver championship. During her third race as part of the academy, García emerged at the front of the grid for the second time, with teammate Bianca Bustamante in second. Regrettably, Bustamante was unable to start the race, resulting in a DNF. Despite her teammate's setback, García persevered and manage to maintain her lead, establishing a two second advantage over the other cars.

Bianca was not the only one who suffered from the race. Lena Bühler, (racer for ART Grand Prix) who began in P4 rapidly dropped to ninth place as a result of a slow start, while Hamda Al Qubaisi who began in seventh place steadily crept up the field, to finish in second place, her sister joining her on the podium for third place. H. Al Qubaisi gained her second place finish on the 5th lap, after an admirable overtake on Nerea Marti on the third turn of the Spielberg track.

A failed overtake by Lola Lovinfosse lower down the field resulted in the driver losing positions to Megan Gilkes, Chloe Chong, and Emely de Heus as she left the track. 

On the final lap, García and H. Al Qubaisi crossed the finish line with a mere 0.5s gap between the two cars, while H. Al Qubaisi pressured García right until the finish line. 

While Chloe Chong moved along the field with pace, she failed to bring home points. Other British drivers, Abbi Pulling finished in P4, while Jessica Edgar finished in P8, and Chloe Grant in P9.