Alpine junior Pulling secures second consecutive win in first Miami race · RaceFans

Alpine academy driver Abbi Pulling led every lap to claim her second consecutive F1 Academy victory at the Miami International Autodrome.

Pulling led Mercedes junior Doriane Pin home by five seconds to extend her early championship advantage.

Haas-supported driver Chloe Chambers joined them on the podium, scoring her first rostrum finish in the series at her home race by just a tenth of a second from Maya Weug. The Ferrari academy driver applied fierce pressure over the final laps.

Pulling held onto the lead at the start and never allowed Pin to put her under pressure over the 13 laps to take her second consecutive win. This was her first time leading a race this year, Pulling having inherited victory in the second race in Jeddah from Pin due to a post-race penalty.

Weug later lost her fourth place after a five-second penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage, promoting Nerea Marti into the position with Hamda Al Qubaisi in fifth despite running third for most of the race before fading. Jessica Edgar took seventh place ahead of Amna Al Qubaisi with McLaren junior Bianca Bustamante taking ninth despite stalling at the start and getting a five-second time penalty for cutting the chicane and gaining an advantage.

Bustamante also claimed the bonus point for fastest lap, while Lola Lovinfosse took the final point in tenth.

Tina Hausmann was the only retirement from the race after crashing out on the opening lap at the long right hand corner of turn 12 following contact with Aurelia Nobels.

Pulling has pole for the second race which will take place before the grand prix on Sunday.

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