Bianca Bustamante (born 19 January 2005) is a Filipino
racing driver
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. She is currently competing for
Prema Racing
Prema Powerteam (competing as Prema Racing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship, the FIA Formula 3 Championship and European Le Mans Series and as Prema Orlen Team in the FIA World Endurance Championship) is a motorsport team from Italy. It mainly ...
in the
Formula 4 UAE Championship
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and
F1 Academy
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.
Career
W Series
From 31 January 2022 to 4 February 2022, Bustamante competed in a W Series test in
Arizona
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, United States along with 14 other prospective drivers. She then participated in a second pre-season test in
Barcelona
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on 2–4 March along with 11 other potential drivers and 9 automatic qualifiers from the previous W Series season. On 22 March 2022, Bustamante was confirmed to compete in the 2022 W Series season.
Formula 4 UAE Championship
On 9 January 2023, Bustamante was announced to race under Italian team
Prema Powerteam
Prema Powerteam (competing as Prema Racing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship, the FIA Formula 3 Championship and European Le Mans Series and as Prema Orlen Team in the FIA World Endurance Championship) is a motorsport team from Italy. It mainly ...
for the 2023 Formula 4 UAE Championship.
F1 Academy
On 3 February, Bustamante was confirmed as the second driver to compete in the newly launched all-female
F1 Academy
F1 Academy is a female-only single-seater racing championship founded by Formula One. The championship is a spec series, with all teams competing with an identical Tatuus F4-T-421 chassis and tyre compounds developed by Pirelli. Each car is ...
series, with Prema Racing.
Personal life
Bustamante resides between
Laguna
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, Philippines and
San José, California
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, and is the daughter of Raymund and Janice Bustamante. Her sporting and business career is managed by race driver
Darryl O'Young
Darryl Hayden O'Young () is a Canadian-born Hong Kong racing driver.
Career Early career
O'Young began racing in 1988 at the age of eight. Trained by his father he honed his driving skills in karting winning numerous championships. The highlight ...
.
Bustamante is an advocate for
non-fungible token
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s, launching a series titled ''The Dark Horse'' with her manager
Darryl O'Young
Darryl Hayden O'Young () is a Canadian-born Hong Kong racing driver.
Career Early career
O'Young began racing in 1988 at the age of eight. Trained by his father he honed his driving skills in karting winning numerous championships. The highlight ...
as a way of financing her career.
Racing record
Racing career summary
* Season still in progress.
Complete W Series results
(
key
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* Key (lock), device used to control access to places or facilities restricted by a lock
* Key (map ...
) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
Complete F4 UAE Championship results
(
key
Key or The Key may refer to:
Common meanings
* Key (cryptography), a piece of information that controls the operation of a cryptography algorithm
* Key (lock), device used to control access to places or facilities restricted by a lock
* Key (map ...
) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
* Season still in progress.
Complete F1 Academy results
(
key
Key or The Key may refer to:
Common meanings
* Key (cryptography), a piece of information that controls the operation of a cryptography algorithm
* Key (lock), device used to control access to places or facilities restricted by a lock
* Key (map ...
) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
References
External links
*
* Profile a
W SeriesBianca Bustamantepersonal website
Living people
2005 births
W Series drivers
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Racing drivers from California
Racing drivers from San Jose, California
UAE F4 Championship drivers
F1 Academy drivers
Prema Powerteam drivers
Filipino female racing drivers
Sportspeople from Manila
Filipino expatriate sportspeople in the United States