F1 Academy: Britain's Abbi Pulling crowned champion of all-female series for second time in a week
Alpine junior Abbi Pulling re-claimed the F1 Academy title after taking pole position in the final race weekend; extra race in Abu Dhabi meant Pulling was no longer champion; watch Race One in Abu Dhabi at 8.10am on Saturday on Sky Sports F1
Friday 6 December 2024 19:29, UK
Britain's Abbi Pulling has been crowned 2024 F1 Academy champion for a second time in a week after she took pole position for all three races in Abu Dhabi.
Pulling initially was crowned champion last Saturday but the cancelled second race in Qatar was replaced with an extra race in Abu Dhabi, which meant there were two more Qualifying points on offer for the third race.
Mathematically, it gave Pin an opportunity to win the title but she needed to win each of the three races with fastest lap and take all three pole positions.
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But Pulling instead took all three poles for the season finale to be confirmed again as the champion. The 21-year-old had the best fastest lap, second fastest lap and third fastest lap in Qualifying.
"It has been a strange week but at the end of the day I know what I'm capable of and I knew I was going to get enough points to be in that position again," Pulling told Sky Sports F1.
"What happened, happened. I can't control that. But it was a really nice 30 minutes (Qualifying).
"At one point I was really confident in Qualifying, but I dug deep and it feels great."
Pulling is the second F1 Academy champion after Marta Garcia won last year's inaugural season.
She has won seven times going into the last three races in Abu Dhabi and has now taken 10 pole positions this season.
The 21-year-old will receive a fully funded seat in GB3 with Rodin Motorsport for 2025, as a result of becoming champion.
Sky Sports F1's live Abu Dhabi GP schedule
Saturday December 7
8.10am: F1 Academy Race One
10.15am: Abu Dhabi GP Practice Three (session starts at 10.30am)
12.10pm: F2 Sprint Race
1.15pm: Abu Dhabi GP Qualifying build-up
2pm: ABU DHABI GP QUALIFYING*
4pm: F1 Academy: Race Two
5pm: Ted's Qualifying Notebook
Sunday December 8
7.10am: F1 Academy Race Three
9.20am: F2 Feature Race
11.30am: Grand Prix Sunday: Abu Dhabi GP build-up
1pm: The ABU DHABI GRAND PRIX
3pm: Chequered Flag: Abu Dhabi GP reaction
4pm: Ted's Notebook
*also live on Sky Sports Main Event
Watch the final race of the 2024 Formula 1 season - the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix - live on Sky Sports F1, with Sunday's race at 1pm. Get Sky Sports F1 or stream with NOW
