Emma Felbermayr
Austrian racing driver (born 2007)
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Emma Felbermayr (born 27 January 2007) is an Austrian racing driver who competes in F1 Academy for Rodin Motorsport as part of the Audi Driver Development Programme (previously Sauber), as well as the Italian F4 Championship for PHM Racing.
AustrianHorst Felbermayr Jr. (father)
Horst Felix Felbermayr (brother)
| Emma Felbermayr | |
|---|---|
Felbermayr at the 2026 Chinese Grand Prix | |
| Nationality | Austrian |
| Born | 27 January 2007[1] Wels, Upper Austria, Austria |
| Relatives | Horst Felbermayr (grandfather) Horst Felbermayr Jr. (father) Horst Felix Felbermayr (brother) |
| F1 Academy career | |
| Debut season | 2025 |
| Current team | Rodin Motorsport |
| Car number | 5 |
| Starts | 16 |
| Wins | 2 |
| Podiums | 3 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | 10th in 2025 |
Junior career
Karting
Felbermayr made her international karting debut in 2019, racing for Solgat Motorsport in the OKJ class of the Trofeo Delle Industrie.[2] Continuing in OKJ until 2021, Felbermayr finished eighth in both the ADAC Kart Masters and second in the Ladies Cup in her final year in the category.[3] Stepping up to OK for the following year, Felbermayr's main highlights were a ninth place in the 2022 German Karting Championship and a ninth-place finish in the South Garda Winter Cup in 2023 before stepping up to KZ2 that same year.[4][5] After competing in the Karting World Cup and WSK Final Cups,[6] Felbermayr stayed in KZ2 for 2024,[7] during which she finished 31st in the Andrea Margutti Trophy.[8]
Formula 4
2025
On the same day as her F1 Academy announcement, Rodin Motorsport announced that Felbermayr would also compete in the 2025 Spanish F4 Championship and Eurocup-4 Winter Championships.[9] In the first round of the Eurocup-4 Winter Championship, Felbermayr finished 28th and 20th in the first two races, but after starting 24th for race three, she took advantage of crashes ahead and post-race penalties to be classified 13th in the final race of the weekend.[10] She was unable to better this result in the following round, and finished the championship in 27th overall, the highest placed female driver.[11] In the main Spanish F4 campaign, Felbermayr's season began slowly with a best result of 22nd in MotorLand Aragón,[12] but steady progression during the third round in Portimão saw her finish 15th in race three.[13] In the following four rounds, Felbermayr scored a best result of 13th in race one at Barcelona to end her maiden season in F4 machinery 29th in points.[14]
2026
At the start of the following year, Felbermayr joined PHM Racing to compete in the first three rounds of the UAE4 Series,[15] scoring a best result of 12th in race three of the second Yas Marina round.[16]
F1 Academy
2025
On December 17, 2024, Sauber announced that Felbermayr would be representing the team in the 2025 season of F1 Academy, joining Rodin Motorsport alongside Ella Lloyd and Chloe Chong.[17]
Felbermayr qualified seventh on debut in Shanghai, but finished 11th after colliding with Tina Hausmann on the final lap after starting second in the reverse-grid race.[18][19] In the second race of the weekend, Felbermayr finished fifth to score her maiden points of the year, but was left "expecting more" after having done well in pre-event tests.[20] In Round 2 at Jeddah, Felbermayr finished ninth in the sprint race despite starting on reverse grid pole,[21] whilst in the feature race, Felbermayr ran eighth in the opening stages but contact with Rafaela Ferreira sent her out of the points and she was only able to muster a 15th-place finish.[22] After a disappointing Miami round where she finished 15th in the sprint race after taking reverse-grid pole and Race 2 was cancelled due to adverse weather,[23][24] Felbermayr took her first podium in the opening race in Montreal, but was later disqualified because her car was underweight.[25] However, she went on to take her maiden single-seater win in the following race after overtaking Nina Gademan on the final lap, and capped off the weekend by finishing tenth in Race 3.[26][27][28] Felbermayr then scored points three more times in the following three rounds, finishing as high as fourth in Singapore, to end the year tenth in points.[29]
2026
Felbermayr returned for the 2026 season with Rodin Motorsport, alongside teammates Ella Lloyd and Ella Stevens, representing Audi.[30] She also joined the Audi Driver Development Programme.[31] In the season-opening Shanghai round, Felbermayr finished third in the sprint race,[32] before winning the feature race to take the points lead.[33]
Personal life
Felbermayr's family owns the Felbermayr construction and transport company, and is steeped in motorsport heritage. Her late grandfather Horst and father Horst Jr. have entered the 24 Hours of Le Mans multiple times, while her older brother Horst Felix currently competes in the European Le Mans Series.[34] She is a fan of former Formula One driver Sebastian Vettel.[35]
Felbermayr is in a relationship with 2018 European Karting Champion Hannes Janker, ten years her senior.[36][better source needed]
Karting record
Karting career summary
| Season | Series | Team | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 48° Trofeo delle Industrie — OKJ | Solgat Motorsport | NC |
| 2020 | ADAC Kart Masters — OKJ | Solgat Motorsport | NC |
| CIK-FIA European Championship — OKJ | 48th | ||
| 2021 | Champions of the Future — OKJ | Solgat Motorsport | 92nd |
| ADAC Kart Masters — OKJ | 8th | ||
| Deutsche Kart Meisterschaft — OKJ | 19th | ||
| CIK-FIA European Championship — OKJ | NC | ||
| WSK Open Cup — OKJ | 81st | ||
| 26° South Garda Winter Cup — OKJ | TB Racing Team | 16th | |
| 2022 | WSK Super Master Series — OK | TB Racing Team | 53rd |
| Deutsche Kart Meisterschaft — OK | 9th | ||
| WSK Euro Series — OK | 66th | ||
| Karting World Championship — OK | 83rd | ||
| WSK Final Cup — OK | 36th | ||
| 2023 | 28° South Garda Winter Cup — OK | TB Racing Team | 9th |
| WSK Champions Cup — OK | 19th | ||
| WSK Super Master Series — OK | 63rd | ||
| FIA Karting World Cup — KZ2 | 50th | ||
| WSK Final Cup — KZ2 | 35th | ||
| 2024 | WSK Super Master Series — KZ2 | TB Racing Team | 79th |
| Andrea Margutti Trophy — KZ2 | 31st | ||
| CIK-FIA European Championship — KZ2 | 40th | ||
| Champions of the Future — KZ2 | 65th | ||
| FIA Karting World Cup — KZ2 | 51st | ||
| Sources:[37][38] | |||
Racing record
Racing career summary
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Eurocup-4 Spanish Winter Championship | Rodin Motorsport | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27th |
| F1 Academy | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 10th | ||
| F4 Spanish Championship | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29th | ||
| F4 British Championship | Virtuosi Racing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 30th | |
| 2026 | UAE4 Series | PHM Racing | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26th |
| Italian F4 Championship | |||||||||
| F1 Academy | Rodin Motorsport | ||||||||
| Sources:[37] | |||||||||
* Season still in progress.
Complete Eurocup-4 Spanish Winter Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete F1 Academy results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete F4 Spanish Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete F4 British 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 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Virtuosi Racing | DPN 1 |
DPN 2 |
DPN 3 |
SILGP 1 |
SILGP 2 |
SILGP 3 |
SNE 1 |
SNE 2 |
SNE 3 |
THR 1 |
THR 2 |
THR 3 |
OUL 1 |
OUL 2 |
OUL 3 |
SILGP 1 |
SILGP 2 |
ZAN 1 18 |
ZAN 2 157 |
ZAN 3 17 |
KNO 1 |
KNO 2 |
KNO 3 |
DPGP 1 |
DPGP 2 |
DPGP 3 |
SILN 1 |
SILN 2 |
SILN 3 |
BHGP 1 |
BHGP 2 |
BHGP 3 |
30th | 7 |
Complete UAE4 Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)