Perth motorsport sensation Chloe Grant lands prestigious drive in the brand new F1 Academy

Perth teenager Chloe Grant has landed a prestigious drive in the brand new F1 Academy with the multi-championship winning ART Grand Prix team.

Former Perth High School pupil Chloe, who celebrates her 17th birthday next week, contests the inaugural season in the all-women series which gets underway in Austria next month.

The series founded by Formula One features seven events staged on famous Grand Prix tracks, 21 races in total, and includes a season finale alongside F1’s United States Grand Prix in Texas in October.

The series is aimed at developing and preparing young drivers to progress to higher levels of competition. Oban’s Susie Wolff is the managing director.

Chloe began karting in 2013 at The East of Scotland Kart Club at Crail and became the youngest driver in Scotland to gain a Motorsport UK Junior Racing Driver License in 2020 at Knockhill.

She secured a scholarship to contest the Junior Saloon Car Championship in 2021 before competing in the GB4 Championship last year.

ART Grand Prix was established by current Ferrari F1 Team Principal Frédéric Vasseur in 1996 and has recorded 22 Driver titles and 20 Team titles, achieving over 200 race wins.

They guided Lewis Hamilton and George Russell to title success along with Bathgate’s Paul Di Resta, while six other drivers currently competing in F1 have raced for the ultra-successful outfit based in Ile-de-France.

Loughborough College student Chloe, completing a two-year Enhanced Diploma in Sporting Excellence (DiSE) course provided by Motorsport UK Academy, will test for the team for the first time next month in Spain and France, when the 15-car grid comes together prior to the first race.

Her season will be supported by Laser Tools, John Clark