As has often been the case in the Formula One paddock throughout 2024, Abbi Pulling is in a buoyant mood. Reflecting on a historic season of success, the 21-year-old from Gosberton in Lincolnshire ponders where her expectations were at the start of the year, ahead of a competition in the all-female F1 Academy series she now says was a “must-win”.
“I had to get that prize,” she tells The Independent, at an end-of-season event at F1 Drive in Tottenham celebrating her achievements this year. That prize is now a fully funded 2025 seat in the British-based GB3 Championship, a rung below Formula 3.
