Amna Al Qubaisi

Amna Al Qubaisi
Nationality United Arab Emirates Emirati
Born (2000-03-28) 28 March 2000
Washington, Virginia, USA
F4 Italian Championship career
Debut season 2018
Current team Prema Powerteam
Car no. 88
Former teams Prema

Amna Al Qubaisi (born 28 March 2000 in Washington, Virginia) is the very first Emirati female racing driver

Personal life

Amna is the daughter of Khaled Al Qubaisi, who also is a 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 2 podiums. Amna has made history by being the first Emirati Female to participate in motorsports with Daman Speed Academy...[1]and compete internationally. Amna's sister Hamda Al Qubaisi is also karting along side her [2]. Amna attends Paris Sorbonne University. Her interests include karting, gymnastics and jet skiing[3] Amna was also nominated as "top 10 middle eastern women who crushed it in 2017"[4]

Career

Karting

Amna began her karting career in 2014 at the age of fourteen. She was the first female Arab to participate at the RMC World Finals. Two years later she began competing internationally claiming top 10. In 2017, she was the first Arabic girl to win the UAE RMC Championship[5]. 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 [6]. She was also the first female to be sponsored by Kaspersky Lab [7]. In 2018, it will be that confirmed that Amna would contest the series full-time with Prema Powerteam [8]

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 5 in one of her heats. Amna has finished 16th overall out of 54 drivers she was also the only female to reach the Final [9].

Italian X30 Championship

Amna has participated at the Italian X30 Championship in Adria for the first time. She was P15 until she was unlucky with an engine failure. However she was amongst the top 20 with only 0.2 sec off[10]

Formula

Formula 4

Amna's first official test with Prema Powerteam at the Yas Marina Circuit

Amna will be competing in the Italian F4 with Prema Powerteam this season [11].

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2018 Italian F4 Championship Prema Powerteam 1 - - - - 16th

Reference List

  1. ↑ Laracuente, Hailey (26 October 2017). "Amna Al Qubaisi Breaking All the Barriers with Kart Racing in the Middle East". Car chix.
  2. ↑ "Great Big Story : Go-Kart Racing With the Emirati Speed Sisters". www.greatbigstory.com. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
  3. ↑ "Amna Al Qubaisi (@amna_alqubaisiracing) • Instagram photos and videos". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2018-01-01.
  4. ↑ "10 Middle Eastern women who totally crushed it in 2017". Emirates Woman. 2017-12-31. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
  5. ↑ "Amna crowned senior max champion". Top Performance mag.
  6. ↑ "GCC Young Drivers Academy Concludes Training Programme in UAE". Federation Internationale de l'Automobile. 2017-05-31. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
  7. ↑ "Amna Making History". Emirates Woman.
  8. ↑ "Amna Al Qubaisi moves up to Formula Racing in Europe | Sport-Auto.ch". sport-auto.ch. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
  9. ↑ Qubaisi, Amna Al (22 Jul 2017). "Best euro Race in my career Heat1: P21 Heat2: P8 Heat3: P5 @kl_motorsport @DamanSpeedAcad @AbuDhabiRacing1". @Amna_Alqubaisii. Retrieved 2018-01-01.
  10. ↑ "Great experience for the Al Qubaisi Sisters in Italy". Kaspersky Motorsport. Retrieved 2018-01-01.
  11. ↑ "Emirati Amna Al Qubaisi, 17, to become first Arab woman in Formula 4". The National. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
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