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It's time to go qualifying for the final time in Season 3 of the F1 Academy

Racing Series.

And what better place to do it than Las Vegas.

We are going head -to -head between the two championship leaders, Mercedes

Dorian Pan and Ferrari's Meijer Berg.

They will do battle this weekend. Just nine points separate the pair.

And at the end of it, we will have...

our third F1 Academy champion.

Two 13 -lap races is how it will be decided. The grid for those will be

out in the qualifying session that we have coming up for you now. A qualifying

session that, as we always have done this season, a little bit of a twist. We

reverse the top eight positions for the lowest scoring first race tomorrow.

And then we go full points as you qualify for Grand Prix Day.

Well, you can see we do have a bit of a delayed start to the session. Just a

couple of minutes and that gives us a chance to welcome both Alice Tao. We had

inaugural F1 Academy champion Marta Garcia. And we go from 2023 champion to

reigning champion Abby Pulling. Abby, let's bring you in first.

How does it feel to be out in Las Vegas this weekend?

I mean, it's incredible. It's a complete different atmosphere.

The lights are flashing.

There's casinos. It's very different to anything that I've ever experienced

before. And it's nice. It's refreshing to see.

And under the floodlights here, I'm quite envious, let's say, of the drivers

get to race around this circuit.

Just a bit.

And Alice, there's a big qualifying session coming up.

For the drivers as well.

We've only had two drivers qualify on pole this season. Dorian Pan has not

qualified on pole.

What a time this would be for her to do so. The drivers have only had that one

practice session to get their eye in around this very unique circuit for

And this is a big opportunity for Maya Verg to go and give herself a head start

in this championship fight.

It would.

But as you mentioned, it would be a big time for Dorian Pan to get her first

pole position of the season, which sounds crazy to say, but she's been

misconsistent, hasn't she? She's been up there, been in the top five, getting

strong results. Of course, Mayerberg was very unlucky in Canada with the car

issues, and she lost a lot of points during that weekend. But she has

clawed it back. She's done a brilliant job.

So top point scorer in the last four races, 70 points she's been able to claw

back. And if she didn't do that fantastic overtake and Dorian Pan in

she would have been 23 points behind. So she's nine points behind now.

And I can't wait. We're going to have such an exciting qualifying session on

hands. 10 seconds from the green light, and then it will be 30 minutes. A 30

-minute qualifying session, Alicja Palmoski tells us, due to the

thinks it will be a last lap shootout. Here they go. The drivers are on their

way down pit lane.

Abi, what is going through your mind at this point now?

If you are Dorian Pan or Maierberg, you've won this championship before.

This will be the first time in F1 Academy we go to the final race of the

but what's going through your mind? Through your mind as we jump on board

with Meyerberg as you head down pit lane for qualifying.

I mean, there's no doubt that both the drivers are going to be nervous. I think

it's how you react to them nerves.

It's a really natural feeling in circumstances like this and the

they're both under. I mean, the prize for winning the championship is so

pivotal. So they're both fighting for that seat next year. But it's really,

really, really...

important for them to be tidy and to really put the lap together here. You

to calm yourself down and just visualise that lap around the Vegas circuit.

That's Abby's thoughts on how the drivers are feeling. Let's hear from one

the two title contenders, Maya Verg, on how she feels about this title fight we

brought up with her before the weekend. She's on your screen now.

Yeah, just looking forward to get back on track. I think it's been a long wait

in Singapore, but yeah, I feel great. I think we have great momentum with the

last fast races and also the test in Bahrain was really positive. So yeah,

feeling confident, feeling good with the team and I just want to finish the job

and try to replicate what we've been doing in the last races. Fighting for

title now doesn't change what we've been doing the whole season. We've been

working hard all the time and just going through the same mentality as we've had

since Montreal.

give it all and take every opportunity because in the end we're still the ones

having to catch up in the point. So, yeah, we still have to do the same job

we've been doing and not really try anything different because we know what

we've been doing has been working. So, yeah, just try to stay calm and do what

we know what to do.

Maya, mentioning about that Bahrain test that took place at the end of October,

very different conditions, very different circuit.

But Mayenberg very much dominating that.

We're all fighting for a toe already in this session.

But that would have given a lot of confidence, wouldn't it, Alice? Being

it didn't test that final test before this final round.

Oh, 100%. It would have. And it's important to...

Maximise the running, get these in -season tests. They get plenty of

plenty of tests in F1 Academy, which is a big thing for it and a big help for

the drivers to learn and to develop as well.

And it's hugely important. And that would give her the confidence. But

Pan, don't forget, was fastest in free practice earlier on. And she's in the

driving seat, isn't she? She's in control.

She's got the nine -point gap.

close, it cannot be won in the first race that we're going to see tomorrow,

it can't be won in the sprint race, not mathematically possible so it will,

great for us maybe not so much of a bit of a stress for Dorianne and Maya, it

will go down to race two which is going to be on Saturday of course as the

drivers continue to try and find their positions and get a tow

That's going to be important, I'm assuming, Abby. We've got 1 .92km

the exit, turn 12, all the way down to turn 14.

Important to try and grab a tow if you can.

Yeah, it can be the difference between being at the front and losing a few

positions. On a straight like that, you can gain a couple of attempts. So as we

see all the drivers trying to not be the one leading the field away, warming

their tyres, but also doing it strategically so they're not dropping

But it's really, really important for them to try and get that toe and get

track position because you want to get any advantage you can around here.

Absolutely. And one driver who will be looking to do that is now a race winner

in F1 Academy. She did that last time out in Singapore. And one of a few

who will be receiving home support this weekend is Williams -backed Leah Block.

Let's hear from her and what she had to say coming into the weekend.

I guess Vegas is the closest I will ever get to be racing an open -wheel car.

you know, basically at home. So it's a great place for it, a great place to

round out my two years in F1 Academy.

And, of course, there's some entertainment, and it's a great

You know, I'm 19, so you can't do anything in the U .S., but I'm sure

a great dinner afterwards.

Gave ART their first win for two seasons.

As well did Leah Block last time out, so that would have given her a lot of

confidence. One of the few drivers who will be having their final...

race in F1 Academy so we'll be looking to end on a high meanwhile the likes of

Ella Lloyd one of six drivers confirmed for next season and let's look at her

now she comes on to a flying lap making her way down towards out of turn four

down this first long stretch it looks like we're going to be getting the first

real flying laps in here Alice Yeah, we certainly are. Jumping onto the brakes,

going through Turn 5, which then suits you out all the way towards Turn 6,

is tricky behind braking.

Radio from Crone. This Rachel, she's like blocking. It's crazy.

So some upset already early on in this session as Ella navigates through turn

8 and 9, getting the car rotated then to shoot you out.

Not the longest straight on the track, but still a decent length straight as

go through the kerb into turn 10. And again, Abi, another combined braking

into 11, which will prove even trickier in these colder temperatures.

Yeah, this is where on the combined braking, you really, really need to get

front axle in to give you the confidence to hit the brake. whilst turning.

It's really prone to lock -ups, especially this anti -clockwise track.

The front left doesn't get much work or much temper into it. And especially, you

know, Formula One, they have tyre warmers here in F1 Academy. They don't

that luxury. So you've got to really, really put the work into the tyres and

them in a window so you can have the confidence. You reduce the risk of

up.

It's a really hard task around here.

This is, I think, the coldest temps they've seen this year. And it's really

tricky. And you've got to be careful not to cold grain the tyre. If you work it

too early, it cold grains the tyre. When we see it looks almost matted.

But I think we're just going to see the times continue to tumble because they're

just going to get more and more temperature.

So one key thing will be not to take yourself out of this session too early.

want to be in it all the way to the end.

As Ella Lloyd takes us round to 10 .9. She puts those first times on the board.

One of the things Alicia Palmofsky mentioned.

Abby, was about suffering with brakes going cold down the straight. We'll come

on to that in just a second. Let's watch Nina Gaben round and Chloe Chambers who

goes to provisional pole. Very early in the session, but that's a good result

for the home fans as Maya Berg now goes fastest as well.

Good for one of the championship contenders. But how is it dealing with

a driver in terms of when you have a really long straight like that and then

dealing with brakes that might be going slightly cold?

Yeah, I mean, going down the strip, as we call it, it's really tough because

wind is on the tyres. So not only is the brakes getting cold and you don't have

the confidence hitting the brake, it almost feels like you've glazed the

if they're not at temperature, which isn't a nice feeling. You don't stop as

efficiently as you'd like.

But also the surface temperatures.

You're going down that long straight.

There's no load being put on the tyre, so the surface is getting cold as well.

So, again, more prone to lock -ups, more prone to missing the corner.

It's not a nice situation to be in, but, yeah, the driver's managing

it well.

Maya Berg looks like she's being slightly delayed here. Al is behind

That's it. Albalarsen going very quickly.

But Maya Berg just seems to have caught her at the wrong time, was half a second

quicker than Alba last time round.

It seems to be that you want to be, it's going to be all about track positioning

this session, as Alba looked like she almost grazed the wall, maybe even might

have done so.

Yeah, Maya couldn't close her eyes, though. I was just actually wondering if

Alba Larson was giving Maya a helping hand by being in front and giving her a

tow, but actually looking at the timing screen.

Mai's lost a chunk of time in that middle sector, a few tenths of a second.

However, she is going to benefit with a little bit of a tow. She's now obviously

had to pull out of that tow as they go down the Las Vegas strip, jumping on the

brakes as she gets past. Oh, let's have a look. Oh, a little bit too deep, but

that's going to affect her exit because it's going to be flat chat all the way

through, turn 16, and they're going to...

Go through turn 17, so that's going to have affected her, Abby. I'm thinking

there's maybe some team tactics coming into play here from the MP drivers. Of

course, these two drivers are teammates, so maybe Alba was trying to give her a

toe. Maybe they've discussed something going into the qualifying session.

Maybe it's going to be I give you a toe, you give me a toe. I mean, it'll be

interesting to see if that is the case, and if the session plays out, we'll see

more of that.

I don't think it helped Maia in that situation.

I think that's risky, isn't it, if you're going to start doing that, Chris?

Yeah, it certainly worked as she is provisional pole, but she almost was too

quick going down the straight and then completely misjudged the braking zone.

But I think that could be the case. Dorian Pan, meanwhile, is just going for

this. Certainly at this moment in time, she's just going for this by herself.

She wants to clear track around her.

And we'll see what she does on this lap.

is personal best. Everyone pretty much, apart from Alba Larson, has gone

personal best through the first sector.

Maya Virgis farted through the first sector as we complete ten minutes.

Yeah, Dorian Pair's actually getting a really good exit out of what will be

two through three into four, because a very handy speed trap she set there.

She's not getting a toe from anybody, so she's clearly doing a good job with the

throttle pedal.

She's just gone fastest of anyone in that middle sector and it's a couple of

tenths quicker than Maya Vogue in the middle sector.

Definitely time to be made through that final sector. The Robertson is fastest

through the final sector and she's put herself in ninth place with that.

Think back to Jeddah when Ella Lloyd got a really good toe there coming out

of the final corner and got herself.

A really good qualifying position out of that. Was already on a good lap and

that just boosted her up the grid even more. Speaking of, Ella Lloyd goes T5,

the McLaren driver. Let's watch Dorian Pant through this final corner because

she's gone purple through the second sector and purple overall.

2 .08 .1 and she had absolutely no one around her on that lap.

Meanwhile, Maya Berg is making her way into pit lane.

This is a really early call, actually, for a tyre change. Maybe, actually,

not happy with the balance and she wants to come in early, maybe make a change

to the bar on the front or the rear and to give her that better kind of shot on

the second set of tyres. Of course, they're allocated two sets over the race

weekend that they'll use throughout the qualifying session and two races.

So it's a strange call, but maybe...

Maybe a call that will work out in the end. I think trying everything she can

try and get the edge on her competition.

Alba Lathan's come in as well, so back to the theory of are they working

together, are they mirroring?

It's looking close, isn't it? And Dorian Pan, another purple for sector.

I am kind of interested, really, on this MP approach because they're going to

have to try and get the tyres. If they do change the tyres, get them up to 10,

probably. Yeah, I think with this is MP, they're playing the long game. They

know that it's so cold that...

They just keep doing laps and laps and laps, and the times just keep going down

and down and down. The more laps they do, so I think they've given themselves

longer stint on the second set of tyres to have more tyre tempo at the end of

the run. I think this could play into their favour as long as there's no

stoppages or anything like that.

Chambers is going very quickly now. We haven't seen anything from Alicia

Palmofsky, but that's about to change on this lap. She looks like she'll...

across the line. She had a good target ahead of her, and I expect to see her

going up the grid, but it's Chambers who really is the one to watch. And now on

this lap, there goes Palmofsky up to P4.

Pan has improved, and Houseman has gone second place, and there goes Chloe

Chambers. The American goes to provisional pole position.

In Las Vegas, 207 .825.

She's been on absolute fire when it comes to qualifying this season, trying

get what would be a fourth pole position of the season.

Yeah, she's looking forward to having a good weekend. She's already gone faster

than what Dorian Pan did in the three practice sessions. We ride on board with

Dorian Pan. You can see they're running, of course, low downforce here

because... of the long straights we are graced with here in Las Vegas, and she's

just set a mighty first sector as she goes through into turn 11, out through

turn 12.

Actually, no, sorry, that's turn 8, now into 9, and then she'll go up through

into turn 10. You can just see, is that Nina Gaben just in front of her, Abby?

That looks pretty...

Could be nearly the perfect gap to getting a toe. I was about to say, that

beautiful setup from the Framer team and the drivers. That is exactly what I

would want if I was leading the championship and I wanted to try and put

pole to solidify my chances of the championship.

Yeah, having a nice toe down this long strip will be the perfect, perfect

scenario. Yeah, and you mentioned that.

Looks absolutely spot on, doesn't it? Let's ride on board with her then as she

goes down towards the Turn 14 section.

We'll hand it over to yourself, Abby. Talk us through this braking zone here

she's going to come up to. This is the most critical braking zone on the

circuit. Yeah, here, really easy to make a mistake. Lock up the front left going

into the corner. As you start to turn in, you're just praying that it stays.

we see a lock -up ahead with a puff of white smoke.

The exit here, got to be tidy. Make sure you get... the exit and down to the

next long straight. It's all momentum -based. You want to be on the throttle

soon as possible because that's where you make up all the time. You make that

straight as long as possible whilst trying to maintain a bit of corner

And around here, this is flat out the last corner, going even faster, nearly

five tenths ahead of Chloe Chambers. That was a phenomenal lap and I think

helped with her teammate.

I was going to say Chloe Chambers is on a lap and she just crosses the line,

lost a little bit of time to Dorian Pan in there. That final...

Sector. Maya Virg, though, she is back out. Was that her coming out of the pit?

I know that was Chloe Chong in the Charlotte Tilbury car.

One driver to point out is Rachel Robertson in the Tag Heuer car, up into

obviously stepping in for Ava Agadnostiadis, who's still got her

So a good showing from Rachel so far.

She's doing very well to be stepping in and going along in what would be a...

row start for race one if she can stay where she is let's find out what she can

do in terms of the drivers just ahead of her tina houseman is on a good lap but

she's about to catch some traffic here we've been talking a lot about team

tactics here abby is it would is that something that you would

In terms of when you get to a track like this, would you try and plan something

with a driver if a tow is really necessary?

It is very hard because every driver is out there for themselves. Of course, you

see in Formula 1 the team tactics, but their team situation is a little bit

different, whereas here, I mean, with how close the championship is, you would

imagine that they want to...

make their chances as big as possible and around a track like this having the

the slipstream having that extra little bit of free time almost because that's

what it is you would imagine this conversation would have happened before

weekend at least i would have hoped if i was in their positions look at this

alice we got chloe chambers getting a tow from about four cards ahead of her

this could put her back onto provisional pole Yeah, and this is where you're

driving down the straight and go, please can no one lock up in front of me.

Please can no one make a mistake. I've just got the ideal tow. And that middle

sector from Chloe, that was fast.

That was impressive. So she's going to head through.

turn 17 easy flat out for these f1 academy cars as you'll just have to make

you hit every gear change perfectly as we await and she does up to the top of

the times 207 .150 i just want to point out as well my verga's under a lot of

pressure here yeah we've got 11 and a half minutes of the session remaining i

don't know if she did change tires but A lap is over two minutes here, and if

she's got to do a couple of warms, that's not going to give her a lot of

do a lap.

Now, we've got some cars coming in.

Peyton Westcott's come in. Rachel Robertson's come in.

Is this where we start to find out what their tactic truly is, and they start to

have the track to themselves?

Because Maya Berg is on a lap, but it is a slower one. So I assume she's in a

build process here, Abby. I wonder if it's that they want the track more to

themselves. Meanwhile, we pick up Dorian Pan, who is trying currently to

respond. She's done a good first sector.

now have to try and find two -tenths of a second to get that provisional pole

position back. Tina Houseman is having one of her best qualifying sessions in

her F1 Academy career as well there in third place.

Yeah, I mean, it's going to be really hard. She just goes purple, actually, in

the middle sector, so she's doing a brilliant job even without that flip

But it's really...

It's really important for her to try and do this, but I think she might be on a

different strategy. I think with this time to go, I'll be surprised to see

Dorian box now and try and get another set of ties in. I think maybe they're

keeping out for the whole session as the track and the ties keep getting warmer

and warmer and warmer.

Maybe they've scrubbed a set in pre -practice, an extra set.

If she doesn't box this lap, which she's purple, so why would she?

I think she's doing, as you would say, I guess a one -stop strategy in

qualifying.

I think she's looking strong, looking very, very strong. And I'm just getting

told that Maya...

They took the tires off, checked them, and then put them back on. So apparently

she's still on the same set. So they will still have some sort of

Brian just wasn't able to maximize that final sector.

I did get to chat to Chloe Chambers' family in the F1 Academy, the fantastic

F1 Academy paddock that they've got here in Las Vegas.

And her dad said, well, she's got nothing to lose. Home race, desperate

desperately wanting a win, as, of course, are all the drivers. We see

Ferreira lock up just behind the back of Chloe Chambers.

And, of course, Chloe hasn't got anything to lose. She's fighting for

the championship, but she can't win the championship.

So she could be the cat amongst the pigeons.

Maya Vergis now P6.

Ferreira is P5.

Parmovsky is the one that's improving there. She's gone up to P3.

Overall, one thing Tomovsky said, though, in her interview after practice

that she thinks this will be decided on the very last lap. And that might be

something that will help Maya Virg. But it is certainly advantage Dorian Pan

currently, who is seemingly in a fight with Chloe Chambers for this pole

position. But a lot can change in eight minutes and 45 seconds.

Meanwhile, we jump back on board here, Alice, with Dorian Pan, and she is

improving once more.

Yeah, personal best in the first sector and goes purple.

The first driver to break into the fourth and second mark in that middle

my big watch, she's over a second down in the first sector and over a second

down in the middle sector as well.

as Dorian Pan has the long wait going down the Las Vegas strip -up.

Yeah, I mean, it's going to be really hard. She's up on Chloe's time now, but

because she doesn't have that four -car slipstream that Chloe had going here,

it's going to be really hard for her to match that sector time, that third

sector that Chloe did, because it's going to be a huge advantage. So the

is definitely, I think, going to come down here.

She had a big old slide there, did Dorian Pan, coming through turn 14.

But let's see if that impacted her overall time at all. Yes, well, lost

and a half tenths. Just seemed to carry too much speed in at the end of the Las

Vegas Boulevard. Meanwhile, we go back on board with Maya Verg, who just cannot

improve at the moment.

Since she's made that pit stop where she did not change tyres, Alice, she just

seems to have lost some time and momentum.

She has. Seven minutes of the session remaining.

And the thing is, she'll have plenty of information from her team.

Leah Bloch, she's got in front of her that's warming up her tyres, but then

you're into the six minutes left, five minutes left, and you're thinking, I'm

struggling to get this time out of the car. You had it several times last year,

Abi. Barcelona, I remember being stressed watching you.

Abu Dhabi as well. Thankfully you did pull it out of the bag, but Maya will be

hoping to do something similar, as she has set a personal best in the middle

sector, but it's three tenths off what Dorian Pan's been doing.

It is a big margin for her to find. I mean, currently 1 .4 off. Okay,

on her lap time now, but it doesn't fill her probably with a lot of confidence,

as you say. Seven minutes to go as we hear from Dorianne. Okay, Dorianne, we

need sector three, and we need a call for sector three.

Interesting info.

I think we have seen, Abby, that put into motion. You've seen the drivers.

have got a good toe down that third sector where we are now and have

from it.

cannot really afford to go searching for a toe now. She just has to put lap

times in. She's only going to have around three, maximum four laps left to

I mean, I happen to disagree with that. I think her chances of getting pole

without a toe is really slim.

You know, if you look at the sector, she was two tenths up on Chambers' lap

going into the last sector. And then she was, I think it was...

Three or almost four tenths down after that, so she loses almost five tenths

just in that last sector alone.

So that slipstream is really pivotal as we're seeing Alicia Kamowski getting a

nice helping hand from, I think it's Tina Houseman ahead.

Don't forget, you get the two points for pole position as well. So every driver

wants to be pole.

of course, but getting those two points could be pivotal. And up, it's going to

be potentially a Campos front row. Alicia Palmofsky just jumps up into

place, runs a little bit deep into turn one. So looking good for the two Red

Bull cars out there at the moment. Personal best for Maya Verg. Two tenths

of what Dorian Pan did in the first sector.

So she's getting there.

But is there enough time to continue to improve?

A teammate is up the road as well.

I don't know if Alba Larkin is on a flying lap, but this wouldn't be a bad

would it, for Meyerberg to have that support in terms of a critical toe.

we go. Is that Alba Larkin slowing down?

I think this could be a tactic. Obviously, Alba Larsson is joining

year. So it could be a little bit of like, right, OK, we're trying to win

F1 Academy Championship. Ferrari are trying to be on the top step here. And

looks like a perfectly planned... at toe by MP and Alba Larson, Abi.

I almost think, I wish Alba may have left a bit more of a margin. I mean,

is time to perfection.

But maybe getting that slipstream out of this next corner as well would have

helped even more in this last sector as that was really, really well handled by

my move there into the braking zone. And when you're actually approaching a

slipstream, you're approaching at a much higher speed. So the braking zone

changes a little bit, becomes more difficult.

Gosh, I think that was pretty good from the two teammates there. I think this

could potentially propel her up to the top of the times because that was a very

good... Oh, just shy. She was purple in that final sector, but the most

important thing is she's ahead of Dorianne Pan.

Great team tactics. Like you said, Abi, it's crucial to get her toes through

that final sector. And Alba Larson came to the rescue for Maya Berg there.

What?

watching tactics from MP Motorsport, and she's still got time to go again, but

she is crucially ahead of Dorian Pan, who now needs to respond. Meanwhile,

Chambers only has herself to beat, and she is the one behind championship

Dorian Pan. Let's watch the times through the final corner, and Chloe

look at the impact she just got following Dorian Pan. She now has a gap

and a half tenths. I mean...

That was Dorian Pound was out to try and find a toe. Her teammate Tina Houseman,

the Aston Martin car is in front of her. And then Chloe Chambers thought, OK,

well, if you're going to try and find a toe, I'm going to get a toe off you and

increased her gap nearly half a second to Maya Virg. But the thing is with Maya

now, she set a personal bet.

in that first sector, and it's nearly purple. It's looking good, but she

got Alba Larsson to give her that toe, and Ella Lloyd.

I think she brushed the barrier there. She was all locked up. She's lost time.

Yeah, so it wasn't perfectly executed for her down into turn 12.

I think that was getting put off, actually, from Ella Lloyd. I think Ella

had got in the way a little bit, and she was overthinking it, saw that she was

there, and just overshot the entry, and that was almost...

going over for Maya.

Yeah, now, Maya Berg is going to have one more opportunity at this.

She's got Alva Larson behind her into the Turn 14 breaking zone she comes.

It looks like that mistake will impact her, but this will be one last

opportunity as she exits this section to go for a final lap to try and take pole

position. Crucially, she's ahead, but she might be passed by Alicia Palmofsky,

who is absolutely flying along.

She is heading down the Las Vegas Boulevard, I believe, making her way

that Turn 14 section.

And here she is now. We jump on board with her, Abby.

Yeah, I mean, going down here, getting a nice flip stream again. I think the

campers have put the time perfectly.

They've always been getting a good toe as Kelly Chambers pulls out to let her

teammate pass. She's going to try and get the toe off her teammate. That's

what's happening here.

Yeah. Yeah, she's thinking, I want some more. Five tenths or four and a half

tenths isn't enough. A little bit more.

But yeah, into that tricky braking zone, getting a good exit. Now going down

into turn 17. Here it's easily flat using all the track width, cutting the

as much as possible. And up to P2, so overtaking. And also Dorian Pan is well

improving on her time. So she's managed to get that slipstream she's been

looking for. It's all mixing up. You almost...

You don't know who's got the momentum here. It's anyone's game.

But Maia Virg's done a really poor first sector. And this is the replay that we

saw. Did she brush the barrier? That was so close. That'll be it for... I think

that's probably going to be it, isn't it, Abi, for Maia Virg, depending on

she is on the circuit. She's three tenths off.

Actually, Alba Larson has set a very good first sector. So, crucially, Dorian

Pan has...

Has jumped up in front of Maya Berg and is setting a personal best. She's

getting a tow from her teammate. So could this be the lap that propels

Pan up into pole position?

This is kind of, sorry, this is kind of where you want her almost into team

radio. So you'd say, Tina, just make sure on the strip you're at a perfect

distance so that I can get pole position. This is what's happening here.

Yeah, and Maya Berg, you mentioned, did not have a great...

First sector bet. She's now going to give the toe to Alba Larkin, who might

overtake her here.

We'll find out what happens, but this is going to be it. Dorian Pan has a great

opportunity here, Alice, to take pole position, and it's going to be very

It is.

She's two tenths down in the middle sector from the fastest overall, which

set by Chloe Chambers.

Oh, look at that. That's going to be perfect. We've got a yellow flag in the

first sector. Is that going to affect... Maverick's got the checkered flag, so

she won't out -qualify Dorian Pan.

But crucially, is it going to be... Is Tina going to pull over and let her

teammate through? She's obviously fighting for herself.

Doesn't look like she is. No, she doesn't. So Dorian Pan will stay behind,

then we'll get a toe, remember, down here as well.

So let's see, will this be enough for Dorian Pan to move any further forward

put cars between herself and her championship rival, Maya Berg? All she

now is keep her foot to the floor and make her way around to the start -finish

line. She stays fourth, she closes the gap, but it will be fourth for Dorian

Pan, fifth for Maya Berg, and it will be Chloe Chambers who takes a fourth.

pole position of her F1 Academy season and does so on home soil well done

to Chloe Chambers the Red Bull 4 driver will line up on pole position for

the final race of the season in Las Vegas Four pole positions this season.

And alongside her will be another Red Bull driver in Alicia Palmofsky. They've

done a clean sweep of the front row. Alba Larsson, third. Dorian Pan, fourth.

Maya Verkvist. What a qualifying session.

And that is another pole position. Come on, B1.

Yes.

Hooray! After the weird thing in practice, that was a good comeback, I

Perfect execution there.

As Camfoss, you can tell, pretty happy on the pit wall.

And it was by a nice margin, three -tenths of a second to her teammate as

I think this could be quite crucial, though. Alba Larson is just in front of

Dorianne Pan.

We're going to have on Saturday in the main race, her lining up alongside.

Dorian Pan and Maia Verg just behind.

I mean, I wish we could just fast forward to the race tomorrow because

going to be a good one.

Thoughts for yourself, Abi?

Yeah, I'm kind of echoing Alice's thoughts. If I was Maia, I would be

my teammate, make that car as wide as possible, please.

Do not let the Dilva car pass.

That would be what I'd be doing.

Yeah, I mean, who knows? It's a really, really exciting grid. Of course, the

Campos being on the front row is going to be great for them and makes for some

exciting racing.

It really will.

It's going to be very exciting racing.

We're going to have the two championship leaders starting right together in

fourth and fifth place. Nine points between them. It's going to be all to

for. And that session tells you.

That overtaking is going to be very impossible. Just like they were in

the Campos Racing teammates, Chambers and Palmofsky, are one and two. Alba

Larsson, third place.

What a season she's had.

Jody and Pan is nine points ahead of Meyerberg, and they are fourth and

Will that be the difference when we get to the final race? We'll have to find

out. Haussmann, P6.

Emma Felber, my 7th. Nina Gabeman will be on pole for the first race tomorrow.

Rafaela Ferreira, 9th. Ella Lloyd, 10th. Then Giaconte Bloch, Nobles. Robertson

held herself very well in 14th on her debut. Krohn Chong. Tatum Westcott will

also make her debut in the first race tomorrow.

Nicole Havrida was 18th place.

That is all. Two races to decide.

the third champion of the F1 Academy. It's been great to have both champions

far, Marta Garcia and Abby Pulling with us. Join us for race one tomorrow at 6

.15 local time. We'll see you then.