Britain's Abbi Pulling won both races at the F1 Academy in Abu Dhabi on Saturday as she continued her dominance after sealing the 2024 title.
Pulling pole position turned into victory twice, despite losing the lead on the opening lap to Chloe Chambers in both races, to set a new record of nine wins in a season.
The 21-year-old won the F1 Academy title for the second time in a week on Friday after an extra race in Abu Dhabi indirectly took away from Pulling, who won her debut in Qatar.
Her main title rival Doriane Pin was unable to take all three poles to keep the championship alive, so Pulling was able to race without any title pressure.
In Race One, Chambers got the jump on Pulling but spun at Turn Eight and again went on the track unsafely.
Pulling continued to dominate the remainder of the race as Hamda Al Qubaisi held off Doriane Pin in the battle for second place.
Please use the Chrome browser for a more accessible video player
After being crowned F1 Academy champion for the second time in a week, Abbi Pulling says her ultimate goal is to reach Formula 1 in the future.
In Race Two, Chambers took the lead again, this time running down to Turn Eight and set up one of the best races of the year.
A four-way battle between Chambers, Pulling, Al Qubaisi and Pin played out over the remaining 13 laps. At the midway point of the race, Pulling made a big move into Turn 13 and cruised to victory as Chambers took second ahead of Al Qubaisi.
The last F1 Academy race in 2024 will take place on it Sunday morning at 7.10am – live on Sky Sports F1.
Sky Sports F1 Abu Dhabi GP live schedule
Sunday 8 December
7.10am: F1 Academy Race Three
9.20am: F2 Feature Race
11.30am: Grand Prix Sunday: Abu Dhabi GP in preparation
1pm: ABU DHABI Grand Prix
3pm: Checkered Flag: Abu Dhabi GP Response
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
Source link
