Hamda Al-Qubaisi signs with Yas Heat Racing Academy ahead of F4 UAE season

ABU DHABI: Ahead of its debut season in the Formula 4 UAE competition, Yas Heat Racing Academy has announced the signing of Hamda Al-Qubaisi, with the young Emirati driver joining the Yas Marina Circuit-based team for its inaugural season.

As the youngest daughter in the Al-Qubaisi racing family, following in the footsteps of her father Khaled and sister Amna, the next step in her promising career will see her join the Yas Heat Racing team for the 2023 F4 UAE season, following the team’s debut at the 2022 AbuDhabi GP.

The trailblazing 20-year-old joins after a historic start in the Formula 4 category, having began her career as the first female driver hailing from the Emirates to compete in the F4 UAE Championship at the 2019 AbuDhabi GP weekend.

In recent years, Al-Qubaisi has experienced success on the international stage, scoring points in the Formula 4 Italian Championship at Misano in 2021, before stepping up into Formula 3 in the Formula Regional Asian Championships in 2022. 

Al-Qubaisi said: “I am thrilled to be joining the Yas Heat Racing Academy for the team’s first season. After so many years of racing on this track, in what is now my second home, I cannot wait to get out on the circuit in the Yas Heat colors and make history with this team.”

The 2022 AbuDhabi GP weekend saw the team secure two podium finishes in the first round of action led by young stars, Keanu Al-Azhari and Matteo Quintarelli.

Al-Qubaisi joins Al-Azhari and Quintarelli as well as fellow Emirati driver Rashid Al-Dhaheri, who will serve in an ambassadorial role to the Yas Heat Racing Academy.   

With the goal to produce homegrown drivers at the iconic Yas Marina Circuit and provide young talented drivers with a clear and defined