Amna Al Qubaisi
Amna Al Qubaisi (; born 28 March 2000) is an Emirati female racing driver. On the 16th of December 2018, she became the first Middle Eastern woman to take part in a motorsport test program for Formula E after the Diriyah ePrix in Saudi Arabia. This was just a few months after a ban, prohibiting all women from driving, was lifted within Saudi Arabia on the 24th of June 2018. Personal life. Amna was born in Washington, Virginia in the United States. She is the daughter of Khaled Al Qubaisi, CEO of Real Estate and Infrastructure Investment platform  at Mubadala Investment Company and also a racing driver that made history for the UAE when he became the first Emirati to compete at the legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans race in France claiming two class podiums. Amna has made history by being the first Emirati woman to participate in motorsports with Daman Speed Academy and compete internationally. She is also Hamda Al Qubaisi's older sister. Amna attends Paris Sorbonne University completing a degree in Physics and her interests include karting, gymnastics, and jet skiing. Career. Karting. Amna began her karting career in 2014 at the age of  fourteen. She was the first female Arab to participate at the Rotax Max Challenge (RMC) World Finals. Two years later she began competing internationally claiming top 10 finishes. In 2017, she was the first Arabic girl to win the UAE RMC Championship. She was also the first female to be sponsored by Kaspersky Lab. She was also the first female to be selected by the ATCUAE to represent the UAE at the GCC Young Drivers Academy Programme which she won. X30 Euro Series Wackersdorf. Amna and her sister Hamda participated at the prestigious X30 Euro Series in Wackersdorf with Team  Driver. It was Amna's first time to drive in Wackersdorf and she has showed great pace being amongst the top five in one of her heats. Amna has finished 16th overall out of 54 drivers, and she was also the only female to reach the Final. Italian X30 Championship. Amna has participated at the Italian X30 Championships in Adria for the first time. She ran in fifteenth until her engine failed. However she was amongst the top 20 with only 0.2 sec off the fastest time. Formula 4. Amna competed in the 2018 Italian F4 Championship with the championship  winning Prema Powerteam. She competed in six of the seven rounds, with her highest place finish in a race being 12th. She also took part the following season, finishing 31st with no points. Formula E test. Amna was one of nine female drivers to take part in a test session on Sunday, 16 December 2018, after the first round of the 2018-19 Formula E Season at the Ad Diriyah ePrix. This was held on a street circuit in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia. She drove for the Envision Virgin Racing in an Audi powered Formula E car. It was an initiative  by the FIA Women in Motorsport Commission and it came less than six months after women were legally allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia for the first time. W Series. Al Qubaisi wanted to participate in the W Series for 2019 selection, but was unable to attend because the date interfered with her school obligations. Racing record. Racing career summary. <nowiki>*</nowiki> Season still in progress.