Maya Weug

Maya Martine Els Weug (born 1 June 2004) is a Dutch-Belgian-Spanish [1] female racing driver, currently competing in the Italian F4 Championship for Iron Lynx. She is a member of the Ferrari Driver Academy and the first female driver to have ever joined the academy.[2][3][4]

Maya Weug
Weug at Red Bull Ring in 2021
Nationality Dutch
Belgian
Spanish
via triple nationality
Full nameMaya Martine Els Weug
Born (2004-06-01) 1 June 2004
Pedreguer, Costa Blanca, Spain
Italian F4 Championship career
Debut season2021
Current teamIron Lynx
Car number83
Starts21 (21 entries)
Wins0
Podiums0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish35th in 2021
Previous series
2021ADAC Formula 4

Career

Karting

Weug started karting when she was seven years old.[3] She has competed in multiple national championships, such as the Spanish Karting Championship, where she finished second in the Alevin Class in 2015. 2016 was Weug's first year on the international karting stage, where she would immediately show her talent, winning the WSK Final Cup in the 60 Mini category, where she beat fellow future academy member Dino Beganovic.[5] In the next four years the Dutch racer continued to compete on the international karting stage, making appearances in both the CIK-FIA Karting European Championship and Karting World Championship; her best result in the former ended up being a 17th place in 2020.

Lower formulae

In 2021 Weug will make her debut in Italian F4 for Iron Lynx Motorsport Lab as part of their Iron Dames program in association with her FDA-membership.[6]

FIA Formula 3

Weug was selected to take part in a one-day FIA Formula 3 test at Magny-Cours in November 2021, alongside fellow Iron Dames racer Doriane Pin and W Series drivers Nerea Martí and Irina Sidorkova.[7]

Formula One

In October 2020 Weug was nominated as one of twenty female drivers of ages between 12 and 16 to compete in the "Girls on Track - Rising Stars" programme organized by the FIA Women in Motorsport Commission, with the reward for the victor of the shootout being a place in the Ferrari Driver Academy.[8] Weug made it into the final selection stage and on January 22 it was announced that she had won the shootout and would be joining the FDA.[9][10][2]

Personal life

Weug was born in Costa Blanca, Spain[3] to a Dutch father[11] and a Belgian mother.[12] She has competed under the flags of all three nations across her career.[13][14][15]

Karting record

Karting career summary
Season Series Team Position
2013 Spanish Championship — Alevin 14th
2014 Formula de Campeones — Alevin 4th
2015 WSK Super Master Series — 60 Mini Weug, Johan 57th
Spanish Championship — Alevin 2nd
2016 WSK Champions Cup — 60 Mini Morcia, Giuseppe NC
X30 Challenge Europa — Mini ROK 4th
Italian Championship — 60 Mini 15th
South Garda Winter Cup — Mini ROK 9th
WSK Super Master Series — 60 Mini 38th
WSK Night Edition — 60 Mini 4th
WSK Final Cup — 60 Mini 1st
2017 WSK Champions Cup — OKJ Pescador, Luis 24th
WSK Super Master Series — OKJ 62nd
CIK-FIA European Championship — OKJ NC†
CIK-FIA World Championship — OKJ BKC Racing 36th
WSK Final Cup — OKJ Novalux Srl 13th
2018 WSK Champions Cup — OKJ Novalux Srl 26th
WSK Super Master Series — OKJ 23rd
CIK-FIA European Championship — OKJ 28th
CIK-FIA World Championship — OKJ 16th
WSK Final Cup — OKJ 19th
2019 South Garda Winter Cup — OK Birel ART Racing NC
WSK Super Master Series — OK 23rd
Championnat de France — OK 20th
CIK-FIA European Championship — OK 51st
CIK-FIA World Championship — OK 63rd
2020 WSK Super Master Series — OK Birel ART Racing 38th
CIK-FIA European Championship — OK 17th
WSK Euro Series — OK 12th
Champions of the Future — OK 36th
CIK-FIA World Championship — OK 36th

† As Weug was a guest driver, she was ineligible to score points.

Complete Karting World Championship results
Year Team Car Quali Heats Main race
2017 BKC Racing OKJ 36th DNQ
2018 Novalux Srl OKJ 16th 16th
2019 Birel ART Racing OK 63rd DNQ
2020 Birel ART Racing OK 30th DNS

Racing record

Racing career summary
Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2021 Italian F4 Championship Iron Lynx 21 0 0 0 0 0 35th
ADAC Formula 4 Championship 6 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2022 Italian F4 Championship Iron Lynx
ADAC Formula 4 Championship

† As Weug was a guest driver, she was ineligible for championship points.

Complete Italian F4 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 DC Points
2021 Iron Lynx LEC
1
19		 LEC
2
17		 LEC
3
15		 MIS
1
13		 MIS
2
25		 MIS
3
12		 VLL
1
Ret		 VLL
2
11		 VLL
3
12		 IMO
1
22		 IMO
2
14		 IMO
3
25		 RBR
1
17		 RBR
2
14		 RBR
3
16		 MUG
1
20		 MUG
2
17		 MUG
3
22		 MNZ
1
21		 MNZ
2
29		 MNZ
3
14		 35th 0

Complete ADAC Formula 4 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pos Points
2021 Iron Lynx RBR
1
15		 RBR
2
16		 RBR
3
9		 ZAN
1
18		 ZAN
2
Ret		 ZAN
3
15		 HOC1
1		 HOC1
2		 HOC1
3		 SAC
1		 SAC
2		 SAC
3		 HOC2
1		 HOC2
2		 HOC2
3		 NÜR
1		 NÜR
2		 NÜR
3		 NC† 0

† As Weug was a guest driver, she was ineligible for championship points.

References
  1. Johnston, Alex (2 November 2021). "Formula 3 pushes for diversity with all-female Magny-Cours test". Downforce Radio. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  2. Wood, Ida. "Maya Weug wins Girls on Track Rising Stars, gets Ferrari-backed F4 seat". Formula Scout. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  3. Ramsay, George (23 January 2021). "Maya Weug becomes first female driver to earn a spot in the Ferrari Driver Academy". CNN. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  4. Benson, Andrew (22 January 2021). "Ferrari: Maya Weug becomes team's first female academy driver". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  5. "Maya Weug: two seasons with Birel ART before joining the Ferrari Driver Academy". birelART. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  6. Wood, Ida. "FIA Girls on Track Rising Stars winner Maya Weug joins Iron Lynx in F4". Formula Scout. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  7. Wood, Ida (27 October 2021). "F3 organises private test for W Series stars and Iron Dames racers". Formula Scout. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  8. Wood, Ida. "FIA Girls on Track reveals full Rising Stars longlist for F4 shootout". Formula Scout. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  9. "Primeur: Ferrari legt Nederlands racetalent Maya Weug (16) vast". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 22 January 2021. Weug won een vijfdaagse scoutingswedstrijd. Ze krijgt nu een jaar lang de kans zich waar te maken in de Formule 4.
  10. "Ferrari-baas Binotto spreekt van 'sleutelmoment' na komst Nederlandse Weug". Nu.nl (in Dutch). 22 January 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2021. De zestienjarige Nederlandse werd vrijdag als eerste vrouwelijke coureur vastgelegd in het talentenprogramma van de roemruchte Italiaanse Formule 1-renstal.
  11. "Half Nederlandse Maya Weug (16) eerste vrouwelijke coureur bij Ferrari". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 22 January 2021. Weug is geboren in Spanje, heeft een Belgische moeder en een Nederlandse vader.
  12. "Droom komt uit voor 16-jarige Maya Weug: 'Kippenvel toen ik het rode Ferrari-shirt aantrok'". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 21 January 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2021. Weug heeft een Belgische moeder en een Nederlandse vader, maar is geboren en getogen in Spanje.
  13. "2020 WSK Euro Series - OK - Round 2 Participants" (PDF). WSK Karting. 14 September 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  14. "2020 FIA European Karting Championship - OK - Results after Wackersdorf" (PDF). FIA Karting. 13 September 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  15. "2021 Italian F4 Championship - Paul Ricard - Race 3 Results" (PDF). ACI Sport. 16 May 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
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