# Nina Gademan

Nina Gademan (born 30 September 2003), previously known as Nina Pothof, is a Dutch racing driver who will be competing in the 2025 F1 Academy Championship as a member of theAlpine as their Alpine Academy driver. She previously raced in the F4 British Championship with Fortec Motorsport. She won gold in the 2019 FIA Motorsport Games Karting Slalom Cup.

## Career
### Karting

In 2018, Gademan was chosen as a finalist for the 2019 FIA Girls On Track Le Mans Shootout. She was then selected as one of six drivers for the Girls on Track European Team.
She competed in the Karting Slalom Cup in the 2019 FIA Motorsport Games, winning gold with her teammate Bastiaan van Loenen.

### British F4 Championship

Gademan made her single-seater debut in the 2024 British F4 Championship, driving for Fortec Motorsports. She earned her only rookie podium in the fourth round, with a finish of 13th at Thruxton. Her best result of the season was a 11th place at the seventh round of the season at Knockhill. Gademan finished 18th in the championship with 28 points.

### F1 Academy
#### 2024

On 21 August 2024, Nina Gademan was chosen as the wildcard for the fourth round of F1 Academy in Zandvoort. She ended in 6th place in both qualifying 1 and 2, and scored points in both races, becoming the first wildcard driver to do so. She ended in 4th place in race 1, and crossed the line in 4th again for race 2, but was classified in 10th place after receiving a penalty for contact with Aurelia Nobels.

#### 2025

Gademan will be driving in the 2025 F1 Academy season, replacing champion Abbi Pulling as the Alpine supported driver.

### Formula Winter Series

Gademan will be competing in the 2025 Formula Winter Series with Hitech.

## Personal life

Alongside racing, Gademan also works as an Esports content creator with F1 Esports and Veloce Esports.

## Karting record
### Karting career summary

| Season | Series | Team | Position |
| 2019 | IAME International Final - X30 Senior | | |
| 2019 | IAME Euro Series - X30 Senior | VK Racing | |
| 2019 | FIA Motorsport Games Karting Slalom Cup | Team Netherlands | 1st |
| 2024 | Rotax Max Challenge Champions Winter Trophy - DD2 Master | Pothof Nina | 14th |

## Racing record
### Racing career summary

| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
| 2022 | 24 Hours of Zolder | Xwift Racing Events | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 16th |
| 2024 | F4 British Championship | Fortec Motorsport | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 18th |
| 2024 | F1 Academy | Prema Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 16th |
| 2025 | Formula Winter Series | Hitech TGR | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 15th |
| 2025 | F1 Academy | Prema Racing | | | | | | | |
$^*$ Season still in progress.

### Complete F4 British 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 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | DC | Points |
| 2024 | Fortec Motorsport | DPN 1 19 | DPN 2 18$^3$ | DPN 3 C | BHI 1 16 | BHI 2 19$^1$ | BHI 3 13 | SNE 1 16 | SNE 2 12$^7$ | SNE 3 16 | THR 1 13 | THR 2 14$^2$ | THR 3 14 | SILGP 1 15 | SILGP 2 17$^2$ | SILGP 3 18 | ZAN 1 16 | ZAN 2 12$^2$ | ZAN 3 Ret | KNO 1 14 | KNO 2 11$^5$ | KNO 3 14 | DPGP 1 | DPGP 2 | DPGP 3 | DPGP 4 | SILN 1 16 | SILN 2 C | SILN 3 17 | BHGP 1 14 | BHGP 2 13 | BHGP 3 12$^6$ | BHGP 3 14 | 18th | 28 |

### Complete F1 Academy 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 | DC | Points |
| 2024 | Prema Racing | JED 1 | JED 2 | MIA 1 | MIA 2 | CAT 1 | CAT 2 | ZAN 1 4 | ZAN 2 10 | SIN 1 | SIN 2 | LSL 1 | LSL 2 | ABU 1 | ABU 2 | ABU 3 | 16th | 13 |
| 2025 | Prema Racing | CHN 1 | CHN 2 | JED 1 | JED 2 | MIA 1 | MIA 2 | CAN 1 | CAN 2 | ZAN 1 | ZAN 2 | SIN 1 | SIN 2 | LVG 1 | LVG 2 | | | |

### Complete Formula Winter Series 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 | DC | Points |
| 2025 | Hitech TGR | POR 1 6 | POR 2 10 | POR 3 11 | CRT 1 11 | CRT 2 10 | CRT 3 14 | ARA 1 9 | ARA 2 10 | ARA 3 22 | CAT 1 | CAT 2 | CAT 3 | 15th | 13 |