Joanne Ciconte completes MP Motorsport’s 2025 F1 ACADEMY line-up

MP Motorsport have finalised their roster for the 2025 season, with Joanne Ciconte racing for the team in her rookie F1 ACADEMY campaign.

Ciconte started off in karting aged nine, competing across regional and national championships at home in Australia, with successes including the 2023 Australian Karting Championship Pink Plate win. From there, she was selected as one of the four senior category finalists for that year’s FIA Girls on Track – Rising Stars programme.

Transitioning to single-seaters in 2024, Ciconte scored points in Australian F4 before continuing her development in Europe, participating in the Brno round of the Central European Zone F4 Championship. A two-round appearance in the highly competitive Spanish F4 Championship followed, whilst her preparations for 2025 have been bolstered by showings in the Formula Winter Series last month.

Ciconte, who will race in an F1 ACADEMY livery for the season opener in Shanghai, joins Ferrari’s Maya Weug and Tommy Hilfiger driver Alba Larsen at MP and the 16-year-old expressed her delight at the opportunity to progress further in her racing career.

“I’m proud to be moving up into the F1 ACADEMY series with MP Motorsport,” she said. “To be able to race in front of large crowds and the Formula 1 stars during Grand Prix weekends is a dream come true, and to be able to do that with such an experienced team like MP Motorsport is all I could ask for.

“I’m very much looking forward to get going with the first test to further hone the car and our cooperation and can’t wait to start my first race in Shanghai.”