The F1 ACADEMY record numbers behind a landmark weekend in Silverstone

Silverstone delivers a statistical reset for F1 ACADEMY

Round 3 of the 2026 F1 ACADEMY season did more than bring the championship to Silverstone for the first time. It produced a weekend loaded with records, momentum swings and evidence of how sharply the competitive picture is evolving at the halfway mark.

Bättig rewrites the age records

The Swiss racer also moved ahead of Formula 2’s Théo Pourchaire and Formula 3’s Zak O’Sullivan as the youngest polesitter in a full-season Formula 1 support series. Her Feature Race P2 carried further significance: Bättig became the first Wild Card driver to finish on the podium, while also giving Hitech its maiden F1 ACADEMY podium on the team’s 21st attempt.

That result ensured every team has now scored a podium this season.

Hitech rises as Felbermayr keeps delivering

Hitech left Silverstone as one of the weekend’s major winners. It was the only team to have all three drivers score points in both races, and its 32-point haul in the Feature Race alone exceeded everything it had previously scored in F1 ACADEMY across Rounds 1, 2 and the 2025 campaign combined.

Hitech and Rodin Motorsport were the joint-highest scorers of Round 3 with 41 points each, while a 38-point gap separated them from ART Grand Prix at the other end of the weekend’s team performance table.

Emma Felbermayr also strengthened her reputation for consistency. Her 2026 podium count now stands at five, the highest in the field, and she remains the only driver to have scored points in every race so far. Her lights-to-flag Reverse Grid Race win meant she led 13 laps on Saturday — more than the 10 laps she had led across the rest of her F1 ACADEMY career. Her growing confidence was also central to our feature on Felbermayr’s Silverstone double-podium momentum.

Campos builds the biggest halfway lead

Campos Racing tightened its grip on the Teams’ Standings, opening a 53-point margin over Rodin Motorsport — the largest halfway-point advantage in F1 ACADEMY history.

Elsewhere, PREMA Racing endured its weakest weekend in the series, scoring only six points through Natalia Granada’s P7 in the Feature Race. It was also the first time since Barcelona in 2024 that none of its three cars reached the podium.

Experience proved decisive at Silverstone: 16 of the 18 points finishes came from drivers who had previously raced at the British circuit in other series. The exceptions were Lisa Billard’s sixth place in the Reverse Grid Race and Granada’s seventh in the Feature Race.