Amna Al Qubaisi | |
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Nationality | ![]() |
Born | Washington, Virginia, United States | 28 March 2000
Related to | Khaled Al Qubaisi (father) Hamda Al Qubaisi (sister) |
Formula Regional Asian Championship career | |
Debut season | 2021 |
Current team | Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema |
Racing licence | ![]() |
Car number | 88 |
Starts | 15 |
Wins | 0 |
Podiums | 0 |
Poles | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
Best finish | 10th in 2022 |
Previous series | |
2018–2019 | Italian F4 Championship |
Amna Al Qubaisi (Arabic: آمنة القبيسي; born 28 March 2000) is an Emirati racing driver, currently racing in F1 Academy for MP Motorsport. On 16 December 2018, she became the first Middle Eastern woman to take part in a motorsport test program for Formula E after the Diriyah ePrix in Saudi Arabia.[1]
Amna was born in Washington, Virginia in the United States. She is the daughter of Khaled Al Qubaisi, CEO of Real Estate and Infrastructure Investment platform at Mubadala Investment Company[2] and also a racing driver who was the first Emirati to compete at the 24 Hours of Le Mans race in France, claiming two class podiums.[3] She is the first Emirati woman to participate in motorsports with Daman Speed Academy and compete internationally.[4] She is also Hamda Al Qubaisi's older sister.[5] Amna attends Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi, completing a degree in Records Management and Archival Science[6] and her interests include karting, gymnastics and jet skiing.[7][8]
Amna began her karting career in 2014 at the age of 14. She was the first Arab woman to participate at the Rotax Max Challenge (RMC) World Finals. Two years later she began competing internationally claiming top 10 finishes. In 2017, she was the first Arab girl to win the UAE RMC Championship.[9][10] She was also the first female to be sponsored by Kaspersky Lab. She was also the first female to be selected by the ATCUAE to represent the UAE at the GCC Young Drivers Academy Programme which she won.[11]
Amna and her sister Hamda participated at the X30 Euro Series in Wackersdorf with Team Driver. It was Amna's first time to drive in Wackersdorf and she has showed great pace being amongst the top five in one of her heats. Amna has finished 16th overall out of 54 drivers, and she was also the only female to reach the Final.[12]
Amna competed in the 2018 Italian F4 Championship with the championship winning Prema Powerteam. She competed in six of the seven rounds, with her highest place finish in a race being 12th.[13][14][15] She also took part the following season, finishing 31st with no points.
Al Qubaisi was one of nine female drivers to take part in a test session on 16 December 2018, after the first round of the 2018-19 Formula E Season at the Ad Diriyah ePrix on a street circuit in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia. She drove for Envision Virgin Racing in an Audi-powered Formula E car in an initiative by the FIA Women in Motorsport Commission. It came less than six months after women were legally allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia for the first time.[16][17][18]
Al Qubaisi took the place of her sister Hamda for the Barcelona round with Prema Racing, in the 2022 Formula Regional European Championship.[19]
In 2023, Amna signed with MP Motorsport in the newly launched all-female F1 Academy championship. She ended the season with 2 wins and placed 6th.[20] For 2024, she re-signed with MP and joined the Red Bull Academy Programme to represent RB Formula One Team.[21]
Season | Series | Team | Position |
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2015 | Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals — Junior | Al Ain Raceway | 68th |
2016 | CIK-FIA Karting Academy Trophy | 46th | |
2017 | Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals — Senior | Al Ain Raceway | 63rd |
† As she was a guest driver, Al Qubaisi was ineligible to score points.
* Season still in progress.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | Pos | Points |
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2018 | Prema Theodore Racing | ADR 1 Ret |
ADR 2 12 |
ADR 3 16 |
LEC 1 |
LEC 2 |
LEC 3 |
MNZ 1 24 |
MNZ 2 16 |
MNZ 3 17 |
MIS 1 20 |
MIS 2 23 |
MIS 3 Ret |
IMO 1 20 |
IMO 2 20 |
IMO 3 23 |
VLL 1 Ret |
VLL 2 16 |
VLL 3 15 |
MUG 1 19 |
MUG 2 21 |
MUG 3 21 |
34th | 0 | |
2019 | Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema | VLL 1 19 |
VLL 2 27 |
VLL 3 22 |
MIS 1 26 |
MIS 2 17 |
MIS 3 C |
HUN 1 Ret |
HUN 2 21 |
HUN 3 29 |
RBR 1 22 |
RBR 2 17 |
RBR 3 23 |
IMO 1 18 |
IMO 2 25 |
IMO 3 26 |
IMO 4 15 |
MUG 1 13 |
MUG 2 26 |
MUG 3 16 |
MNZ 1 28 |
MNZ 2 28 |
MNZ 3 Ret |
31st | 0 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate the fastest lap of top ten finishers)
Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | DC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2021 | Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema | DUB 1 16 |
DUB 2 Ret |
DUB 3 18 |
ABU 1 17 |
ABU 2 17 |
ABU 3 16 |
ABU 1 15 |
ABU 2 14 |
ABU 3 Ret |
DUB 1 18 |
DUB 2 Ret |
DUB 3 Ret |
ABU 1 16 |
ABU 2 18 |
ABU 3 15 |
24th | 0 |
2022 | Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema | ABU 1 14 |
ABU 2 10 |
ABU 3 Ret |
DUB 1 Ret |
DUB 2 19 |
DUB 3 17 |
DUB 1 21 |
DUB 2 21 |
DUB 3 DNS |
DUB 1 20 |
DUB 2 20 |
DUB 3 20 |
ABU 1 Ret |
ABU 2 18 |
ABU 3 Ret |
26th | 1 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | DC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2022 | Prema Racing | MNZ 1 |
MNZ 2 |
IMO 1 |
IMO 2 |
MCO 1 |
MCO 2 |
LEC 1 |
LEC 2 |
ZAN 1 |
ZAN 2 |
HUN 1 |
HUN 2 |
SPA 1 |
SPA 2 |
RBR 1 |
RBR 2 |
CAT 1 Ret |
CAT 2 31 |
MUG 1 Ret |
MUG 2 Ret |
NC† | 0 |
† As Amna was a guest driver, she was ineligible to score points.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | DC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2023 | GRS Team | JER 1 |
JER 2 |
CRT 1 |
CRT 2 |
NAV 1 |
NAV 2 |
CAT 2 Ret |
CAT 2 DSQ |
NC | 0 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | DC | Points |
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2023 | MP Motorsport | SPI R1 8 |
SPI R2 1 |
SPI R3 3 |
CRT R1 7 |
CRT R2 4 |
CRT R3 6 |
BCN R1 5 |
BCN R2 1 |
BCN R3 9 |
ZAN R1 8 |
ZAN R2 Ret |
ZAN R3 9 |
MNZ R1 9 |
MNZ R2 7 |
MNZ R3 4 |
LEC R1 7 |
LEC R2 3 |
LEC R3 7 |
AUS R1 8 |
AUS R2 14 |
AUS R3 10 |
6th | 117 |
2024 | MP Motorsport | JED R1 13 |
JED R1 8 |
MIA R1 8 |
MIA R2 8 |
BCN R1 |
BCN R2 |
ZAN R1 |
ZAN R2 |
SIN R1 |
SIN R2 |
LUS R1 |
LUS R2 |
ABU R1 |
ABU R2 |
9th* | 12* |