Amna and Hamda Al Qubaisi hardly contained their smiles as they embraced in parc fermé at Austria’s Red Bull Ring. Moments earlier, Hamda, the younger of the sisters, had finished second in race three of F1 Academy’s opening round, while Amna took home third.
The 2023 season marked the all-women junior series’ first campaign as part of Formula One’s pyramid and aims “to add an extra route for the next generation of young female drivers.”
F1 Academy opens the door and shows ‘proof of concept’ that women can be successful in motorsports, even though it’s been decades since a female driver has competed in F1.
The Al Qubaisi sisters are trying to show a proof-of-concept of their own – that two sisters from the United Arab Emirates can ascend together through the ranks toward F1, the pinnacle of motorsport. For the Al Qubaisi sisters, F1 Academy kept their journey alive. Dive deeper below.
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Breaking taboos and barriers, Emirati sisters boost each other up the F1 ladder
