Amna Al Qubaisi

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Amna Al Qubaisi
Nationality United Arab Emirates Emirati
Born (2000-03-28) 28 March 2000 (age 24)
Washington, Virginia, United States
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
Car no. 88
Starts 15
Wins 0
Poles 0
Fastest laps 0
Best finish 24th in 2021
Previous series
2018–2019 Italian F4 Championship

Amna Al Qubaisi (Arabic: آمنة القبيسي‎‎; born 28 March 2000) is an Emirati female racing driver. On the 16th of 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] This was just a few months after a ban, prohibiting all women from driving, was lifted within Saudi Arabia on the 24th of June 2018.

Personal life

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 that made history for the UAE when he became the first Emirati to compete at the legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans race in France claiming two class podiums.[3] Amna has made history by being 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 Paris Sorbonne University completing a degree in Physics and her interests include karting, gymnastics, and jet skiing.[6][7]

Career

Karting

Amna began her karting career in 2014 at the age of fourteen. She was the first female Arab 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 Arabic girl to win the UAE RMC Championship.[8][9] 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.[10]

X30 Euro Series Wackersdorf

Amna and her sister Hamda participated at the prestigious 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.[11]

Italian X30 Championship

Amna has participated at the Italian X30 Championships in Adria for the first time. She ran in fifteenth until her engine failed. However she was amongst the top 20 with only 0.2 sec off the fastest time.[12]

Formula 4

File:Amna F4 test.jpg
Amna's first official test with Prema Powerteam at the Yas Marina Circuit

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.

Formula E test

Amna was one of nine female drivers to take part in a test session on Sunday, 16 December 2018, after the first round of the 2018-19 Formula E Season at the Ad Diriyah ePrix. This was held on a street circuit in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia. She drove for the Envision Virgin Racing in an Audi powered Formula E car. It was an initiative by the FIA Women in Motorsport Commission and it came less than six months after women were legally allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia for the first time.[16][17][18]

W Series

Al Qubaisi wanted to participate in the W Series for 2019 selection, but was unable to attend because the date interfered with her school obligations.[19][20]

Karting record

Karting career summary

Season Series Team Position
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

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2018 Italian F4 Championship Prema Theodore Racing 18 0 0 0 0 0 34th
2019 Italian F4 Championship Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema 21 0 0 0 0 0 31st
Formula 4 UAE Championship - Trophy Round Abu Dhabi Racing 2 1 1 0 1 N/A NC
2021 F3 Asian Championship Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema 15 0 0 0 0 0 24th
2022 Formula Regional Asian Championship Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema 14 0 0 0 0 1 26th

* Season still in progress.

Complete Italian F4 Championship results

(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
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

Complete Formula Regional Asian Championship results

(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

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