Hamda Al Qubaisi (born 8 August 2002) is an Emirati female racing driver who currently races in the

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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 June 2021 she became the first woman in the history of Italian F4 to score a podium, achieving third place in the first race at Misano.

Career

Karting

Hamda started karting in 2015 and was the first Emirati to be invited to the FIA-sponsored CIK-FIA Karting Academy Trophy in 2016. She finished 3rd in the IAME X30 Championship in 2017.

Lower formulae

2019

Hamda made her debut in Italian F4 in the middle of the 2019 season when she joined her older sister

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at the Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema team, run in cooperation with the Iron Lynx structure.

2020

After winning three races on home soil in the United Arab Emirates' F4 series in

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, she returned for a full campaign in Italy with Iron Lynx and claimed two points finishes.

2021

In the

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, Hamda secured a further three wins, one pole position, and six podiums, to clinch fourth place in the standings once more. In her main campaign, she took part in the

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. During the round held at Misano in June 2021, Hamda became the first ever woman to step on the podium in the championship, taking third place behind

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and

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. In the process, she also managed to secure her first podium in Europe. She added three more points finishes and ended the championship in 17th place, with 24 points.

Formula Regional

During pre-season, Hamda took part in the

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with Evans GP. Unfortunately, she was unable to take points and finished the championship 28th. For 2022, Hamda contested a full season of the

with

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FIA Formula 3 Championship

Hamda was selected to take part in testing the

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car on 16–17 September 2022, alongside three other women at

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Personal life

Hamda is the younger sister of

and the daughter of

Khaled Al Qubaisi Khaled Abdulla Al Qubaisi (born 22 December 1975 in Abu Dhabi) is an Emirati businessman and racing driver who is the Chief Executive Officer of Real Estate & Infrastructure Investments at Mubadala Investment Company. In his role at Mubadala, Al ...

, CEO of Real Estate and Infrastructure Investment platform at Mubadala Investment Company, and who is also an accomplished figure in UAE motorsport racing. Hamda had been attending New York Abu Dhabi University in the United Arab Emirates, but continued with her schooling in Italy until October 2021.

Racing record

Career summary

^† As Al Qubaisi was a guest driver, she was ineligible to score points.
^* Season still in progress.

Complete Italian F4 Championship results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete Formula 4 UAE Championship results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete Formula Regional Asian Championship results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Complete Formula Regional European Championship results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Qubaisi, Hamda 2002 births Living people Emirati racing drivers Female racing drivers Italian F4 Championship drivers Prema Powerteam drivers Formula Regional Asian Championship drivers ADAC Formula 4 drivers Formula Regional European Championship drivers UAE F4 Championship drivers