# Ferrari Driver Academy

Ferrari Driver Academy is a driver development program by the Formula One team Scuderia Ferrari to promote young talent within its own organisation, with several drivers being selected and funded by the team, while under long-term contracts. Over the years several Academy drivers have been promoted to Formula One: Charles Leclerc, Sergio Pérez, Lance Stroll, Mick Schumacher, Zhou Guanyu and Oliver Bearman. Former Formula One driver Jerome d'Ambrosio is the head for the academy.

## History

The idea of the concept came from Felipe Massa's coaching within the Ferrari organisation, with the Brazilian being loaned out to Sauber for three seasons whilst being under contract with Ferrari. Jules Bianchi became the first recruit to the scheme in December 2009, being followed by Mirko Bortolotti, Daniel Zampieri, and Raffaele Marciello in March 2010. In late 2010, Ferrari confirmed Sergio Pérez had been signed up to the scheme, the Mexican being set to be its first graduate to Formula One competition, having already signed for Ferrari-powered Sauber days before the announcement. Pérez ceased being a member of the academy after signing to McLaren in 2013. Bianchi also ceased being a member in July 2015, after dying from injuries he sustained at the 2014 Japanese Grand Prix while racing for the Ferrari-powered Marussia team. Lance Stroll also ceased being a member following his departure to Williams. Marciello, on the other hand, ceased to be a member for personal reasons.
After rumours of the academy being disbanded, it was announced that the programme would be expanded with Massimo Rivola as its new head. On 23 June 2015, Antonio Fuoco had his first Formula One test with Ferrari during the 2-day post-Austrian Grand Prix test in Spielberg at the Red Bull Ring. In March 2016, it was announced that Charles Leclerc would be inducted into the Ferrari Driver Academy. In November of that year, Enzo Fittipaldi was among five drivers invited to join the Ferrari Driver Academy and was confirmed as a Ferrari Driver Academy member alongside Marcus Armstrong the following month. In late 2017 Ferrari added Callum Ilott, Robert Shwartzman and Gianluca Petecof to their line-up. Mick Schumacher, the son of multiple Formula One World champion Michael Schumacher was added to the lineup in 2019.
In September 2018, it was announced Leclerc would become the first academy member to graduate to Ferrari in 2019.
Mick Schumacher graduated to F1 with Haas F1 after winning the 2020 Formula 2 Championship, while Championship runner-up Callum Ilott was given a test and reserve driver role at Scuderia Ferrari. After 2020, three drivers left the academy: Giuliano Alesi, Enzo Fittipaldi and reigning Formula Regional European Champion Gianluca Petecof, meanwhile Australian karter James Wharton joined it after winning the Ferrari Scouting competition.
In January 2021, Maya Weug, 16, became the first female driver to join the academy. In Autumn of 2021 Ferrari added European Karting vice-champion Rafael Câmara and Italian F4 and ADAC F4 champion Oliver Bearman to their lineup, after the pair won the Ferrari's Scouting World Final.
Following the second running of the Girls On Track – Rising Stars competition, Laura Camps Torras was signed to the setup.
In July 2024, Haas F1 announced that they have signed Bearman on a multi-year contract beginning in the 2025 season.

## Current drivers

| Driver | Years | Current Series | Titles as FDA member |
| Dino Beganovic | 2020– | FIA Formula 2 Championship | Formula Regional European Championship |
| Maya Weug | 2021– | F1 Academy | none as Ferrari Driver Academy member |
| Rafael Câmara | 2022– | FIA Formula 3 Championship | Formula Regional European Championship |
| Tuukka Taponen | 2023– | FIA Formula 3 Championship | Formula Regional Middle East Championship |
| Aurelia Nobels | 2023– | Eurocup-4 Spanish Winter Championship F1 Academy | none as Ferrari Driver Academy member |
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### Scuderia Ferrari Esports Team

| Driver | Joined Since | Current Series | Titles as FDA member |
| Bardia Broumand | 2023– | F1 Sim Racing | none as Ferrari Driver Academy member |
| Nicolas Longuet | 2023– | F1 Sim Racing | none as Ferrari Driver Academy member |
| Dylan Warren | 2023– | F1 Sim Racing | none as Ferrari Driver Academy member |
| Kamil Stachura | 2023– | F1 Sim Racing | none as Ferrari Driver Academy member |
| Jonathan Riley | 2023– | SRO Intercontinental GT Challenge Esports | Ferrari Esports Series (2022) |
| Chris Harteveld | 2023– | SRO Intercontinental GT Challenge Esports SRO Esports Sim Pro Series | SRO Esports Sim Pro Series |
| Isaac Gillissen | 2024– | SRO Intercontinental GT Challenge Esports Virtual Endurance Championship DTM Esports Pro Championship British F4 Esports Championship | Virtual Endurance Championship Ferrari Esports Series (2023) |
| Gergő Báldi | 2024– | SRO Intercontinental GT Challenge Esports DTM Esports Pro Championship Precision Racing League GT3 Sprint Series British F4 Esports Championship | Precision Racing League GT3 Sprint Series Ferrari Esports Series (2023) |
| Graham Carroll | 2024– | British F4 Esports Championship FIA F4 Esports Global Championship | British F4 Esports Championship |
| Patrik Sipos | 2024– | F1 Sim Racing | none as Ferrari Driver Academy member |
| Daniel Kjeldsen | 2024– | F1 Sim Racing | none as Ferrari Driver Academy member |
| John Evans | 2024– | F1 Sim Racing | none as Ferrari Driver Academy member |
| Ole Steinbråten | 2025– | IMSA Esports Global Championship | none as Ferrari Driver Academy member |
| Lorenzo Manfredotti | 2025– | IMSA Esports Global Championship | none as Ferrari Driver Academy member |
| Michele Constantini | 2025– | iRacing Special Events | none as Ferrari Driver Academy member |
| Niklas Beu | 2025– | iRacing Special Events | none as Ferrari Driver Academy member |
| Luke Whitehead | 2025– | LFM Pro Series | Ferrari Esports Series (2024) |

## Graduates to Formula One

This list contains the drivers that have graduated to Formula One with support from Ferrari. Therefore, drivers who have had support in the past and entered Formula One through other means, such as Lance Stroll and Zhou Guanyu, are not included. Drivers who drove for other teams while still part of Ferrari's youth setup are highlighted in italics.
| Driver | Academy experience | Academy experience | F1 experience with Ferrari | F1 experience with other teams |
| Driver | Years | Former series | F1 experience with Ferrari | F1 experience with other teams |
| Jules Bianchi | 2009–2014 | Formula 3 Euro Series (2009) GP2 Series (2010–2011) Formula Renault 3.5 Series (2012) Formula One (2013–2014) | — | Marussia (2013–2014) |
| Sergio Pérez | 2010–2012 | GP2 Series (2010) Formula One (2011–2012) | — | Sauber (2011–2012) McLaren (2013) Force India (2014–2018) Racing Point (2019–2020) Red Bull Racing (2021–2024) |
| Charles Leclerc | 2016–2018 | GP3 Series (2016) FIA Formula 2 Championship (2017) | 2019– | Sauber (2018) |
| Mick Schumacher | 2019–2022 | Formula 2 Championship (2019–2020) | — | Haas (2021–2022) |
| Oliver Bearman | 2022– | FIA Formula 3 Championship (2022) Formula Regional Asian Championship (2022) FIA Formula 2 Championship (2023–2024) | 2024 | Haas (2024–) |

## Former drivers

| Driver | Years | Series competed as Ferrari Driver Academy member | F1 team(s) |
| Mirko Bortolotti | 2010 | GP3 Series (2010) | None |
| Daniel Zampieri | 2010 | Formula Renault 3.5 Series (2010) | None |
| Brandon Maïsano | 2010–2012 | Formula Abarth (2010) Italian Formula Three Championship (2011–2012) | None |
| Lance Stroll | 2010–2015 | Karting (2010–2013) Italian F4 Championship (2014) Toyota Racing Series (2015) FIA Formula 3 European Championship (2015) | Williams (2017–2018) Racing Point (2019–2020) Aston Martin (2021–) |
| Raffaele Marciello | 2010–2015 | Formula Abarth (2010) Italian Formula Three Championship (2011) Toyota Racing Series (2012) Formula 3 Euro Series (2012) FIA Formula 3 European Championship (2012–2013) GP2 Series (2014–2015) | None |
| Antonio Fuoco | 2013–2018 | Formula Renault 2.0 Alps (2013) FIA Formula 3 European Championship (2014) GP3 Series (2015–2016) FIA Formula 2 Championship (2017–2018) | None |
| Zhou Guanyu | 2014–2018 | Italian F4 Championship (2015) ADAC Formula 4 (2015) Toyota Racing Series (2016) FIA Formula 3 European Championship (2016–2018) | Alfa Romeo (2022–2023) Kick Sauber (2024) |
| Giuliano Alesi | 2016–2020 | GP3 Series (2016–2018) FIA Formula 2 Championship (2019–2020) | None |
| Gianluca Petecof | 2017–2020 | Italian F4 Championship (2018–2019) ADAC Formula 4 (2018–2019) Formula Regional European Championship (2020) | None |
| Enzo Fittipaldi | 2017–2020 | ADAC Formula 4 (2017–2018) Italian F4 Championship (2017–2018) Formula Regional European Championship (2019) FIA Formula 3 Championship (2020) | None |
| Marcus Armstrong | 2017–2021 | Toyota Racing Series (2017–2019) Italian F4 Championship (2017) ADAC Formula 4 (2017) FIA Formula 3 European Championship (2018) FIA Formula 3 Championship (2019) FIA Formula 2 Championship (2020–2021) | None |
| Callum Ilott | 2017–2021 | GP3 Series (2018) FIA Formula 2 Championship (2019–2020) GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup (2021) | None |
| / Robert Shwartzman | 2017–2022 | Formula Renault Eurocup (2017) Toyota Racing Series (2018) FIA Formula 3 European Championship (2018) FIA Formula 3 Championship (2019) FIA Formula 2 Championship (2020–2021) | None |
| Arthur Leclerc | 2020–2023 | Formula Regional European Championship (2020) FIA Formula 3 Championship (2021–2022) Formula Regional Asian Championship (2022) FIA Formula 2 Championship (2023) | None |
| James Wharton | 2021–2023 | Formula 4 UAE Championship (2022–2023) Italian F4 Championship (2022–2023) ADAC Formula 4 (2022) Euro 4 Championship (2023) | None |
| Laura Camps Torras | 2022 | Karting (2022) | None |
* Championship titles highlighted in bold.

### Former FDA Esports drivers

| Driver | Years | Series competed in | Titles as FDA Esports member |
| Amos Laurito | 2019 | F1 Esports SRO GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup | GT World Challenge Esports Europe Endurance Cup (2021) |
| Gianfranco Giglioli | 2019 | F1 Esports | None |
| Enzo Bonito | 2020 | F1 Esports SRO E-Sport GT Series Championship | None |
| Filip Prešnajder | 2020 | F1 Esports | None |
| Domenico Lovece | 2021 | F1 Esports | None |
| David Tonizza | 2019–2022 | F1 Esports SRO GT World Challenge Esports Europe SRO Intercontinental GT Challenge Esports | F1 Esports (2019) SRO GT World Challenge Esports Europe Endurance Cup (2021) |
| Giovanni De Salvo | 2021–2022 | SRO GT World Challenge Esports Europe SRO Intercontinental GT Challenge Esports | Ferrari Esports Series (2020) SRO GT World Challenge Esports Europe Endurance Cup (2021) |
| Brendon Leigh | 2021–2022 | F1 Esports | None |
| Bence Szabó-Kónyi | 2021–2022 | F1 Esports | None |
| Kasper Stoltze | 2021–2023 | Le Mans Virtual Series | None |
| Jordy Zwiers | 2021–2023 | Le Mans Virtual Series | None |
| Martin Dyrlund | 2021–2023 | Le Mans Virtual Series | None |
| Fabrizio Donoso Delgado | 2022 | F1 Esports | None |
| Kamil Pawłowski | 2022 | SRO GT World Challenge Esports Europe SRO Intercontinental GT Challenge Esports | Ferrari Esports Series (2021) |
| Danilo Santoro | 2022 | SRO Intercontinental GT Challenge Esports | None |
| Daniel Savini | 2022 | SRO Intercontinental GT Challenge Esports | None |
| Christian Michel | 2022–2023 | Le Mans Virtual Series | None |
| Hugo Merlhes | 2022 | SRO Intercontinental GT Challenge Esports | None |
| Sven Zurner | 2022 | F1 Esports | None |
| Chandler Seita | 2022 | F1 Esports | None |
| Andrea Capoccia | 2023 | SRO Intercontinental GT Challenge Esports | None |
| Jordan Sherratt | 2023 | SRO Intercontinental GT Challenge Esports SRO Esports Sim Pro Series | None |
| Alex Siebel | 2023–2024 | rFactor 2 GT Challenge Formula SimRacing World Championship Virtual Endurance Championship | Virtual Endurance Championship |
| Tomek Poradzisz | 2023–2024 | F1 Sim Racing | None |
| Grantas Kareckas | 2024 | SRO Intercontinental GT Challenge Esports | None |
| István Puki | 2024 | F1 Sim Racing | None |
| Dennis Jordan | 2023–2024 | rFactor 2 GT Challenge Formula SimRacing World Championship Virtual Endurance Championship | rFactor 2 GT Challenge Virtual Endurance Championship |
| Timotej Andonovski | 2023–2024 | rFactor 2 GT Challenge Virtual Endurance Championship | Virtual Endurance Championship |
| Mikhail Statsenko | 2024 | SRO Intercontinental GT Challenge Esports | None |
| Maarten van Loozenoord | 2025 | iRacing Special Events | None |

## Esports

In 2019, Ferrari established the FDA Esports Team to compete in the Formula One Esports Series. That same year, Italian David Tonizza won the drivers' championship, securing their first championship victory.
In 2020, Enzo Bonito and Filip Prešnajder joined the team. A much harder season was to come, with Ferrari only taking 2 wins in the season, both achieved by Tonizza.
For 2021, two-time Esports champion Brendon Leigh joined the team from Mercedes to partner Tonizza and newcomer Domenico Lovece. They finished 4th in the teams' championship on 125 points with 1 win and 2 podiums, both from Tonizza.
Runner-up from 2017 Fabrizio Donoso joined Leigh and Tonizza at Ferrari for 2022. They endured their worst season to date, with only one podium from Leigh and ending up 7th in the team standings.

### Complete F1 Esports Series results

| Year | Chassis | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Points | WCC |
| 2019 | Ferrari SF90 | | BHR | CHN | AZE | CAN | RBR | GBR | GER | BEL | ITA | JPN | USA | BRA | 184 | 2nd |
| 2019 | Ferrari SF90 | David Tonizza | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 184 | 2nd |
| 2019 | Ferrari SF90 | Amos Laurito | 16 | 16 | 13 | 19 | 16 | | 19 | 17 | | 20 | 17 | | 184 | 2nd |
| 2019 | Ferrari SF90 | Gianfranco Giglioli | | | | | | 17 | | | 16 | | | 15 | 184 | 2nd |
| 2020 | Ferrari SF1000 | | BHR | VIE | CHN | NED | CAN | RBR | GBR | BEL | ITA | JPN | MEX | BRA | 100 | 5th |
| 2020 | Ferrari SF1000 | David Tonizza | 20 | 1 | 19 | 11 | Ret | 10 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 7 | Ret | 6 | 100 | 5th |
| 2020 | Ferrari SF1000 | Enzo Bonito | 14 | 7 | 20 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 8 | | 5 | 14 | 11 | 19 | 100 | 5th |
| 2020 | Ferrari SF1000 | Filip Prešnajder | | | | | | | | 11 | | | | | 100 | 5th |
| 2021 | Ferrari SF21 | | BHR | CHN | RBR | GBR | ITA | BEL | POR | NED | USA | EMI | MEX | BRA | 125 | 4th |
| 2021 | Ferrari SF21 | David Tonizza | 9 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 9 | | 125 | 4th |
| 2021 | Ferrari SF21 | Brendon Leigh | 12 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 125 | 4th |
| 2021 | Ferrari SF21 | Domenico Lovece | | | | | | | | | | | | 11 | 125 | 4th |
| 2022 | Ferrari F1-75 |