F1 Academy race-winner Bianca Bustamante will make her GB3 Championship debut with Elite Motorsport in 2025. 

Bustamante, who celebrates her 20th birthday in January, has finished seventh for the past two years in the F1 Academy standings.
 
Born in Manila, Bianca resides in Laguna (Philippines) and having competed in both local and international karting competitions since the age of five, was the overall champion in the 2019 Asian Karting Open X30 Junior Championship.
 
She began racing single-seaters in 2022, finishing as top Rookie in the W Series standings that year, before winning two F1 Academy races the following season at Monza and Valencia in the all-female racing series. 
 
In addition to scoring an F1 Academy podium this year in Miami, she contested three races in the Formula Winter Series (Valencia, Jerez, Aragon), Italian F4 (Monza), Euro 4 (Monza) and British F4 Championships (Zandvoort).  
 
Bustamante also placed third in the Formula E women’s test with McLaren in November.

Career history

2024
F1 Academy - seventh overall with one podium and one fastest lap
Euro 4 Championship - three races
Italian F4 Championship - three races
British F4 Championship - three races
Formula Winter Series

2023
F1 Academy - seventh overall with two wins and four podiums
F4 UAE Championship
F4 Macau Grand Prix
USF Juniors - three races
Italian F4 Championship - three races

2022
Indian Racing League
W Series - seven races
USF Juniors - four races 

2020
Karting - IAME Asia Cup - X30 Senior

2019
Karting - Asian Karting Open Championship - X30 Junior - runner-up

2016
Karting - SKUSA Supernationals XX - X30 Junior

2015
Karting - Challenge of the Americas - PSL West Mini Max - ninth
Karting - SKUSA Supernationals XIX - TaG Cadet