A name that is quickly becoming synonymous with determination, intelligence, and skill, Bianca Bustamante, a Filipina racing prodigy, has been making waves in the global motorsport scene since the age of five. Bianca’s journey to the top of the karting world is nothing short of inspiring, and as...
Bianca Bustamante will drive for the NEOM McLaren team at the Valencia Women’s Test, as part of Pre-Season Testing for the 2024-25 Season of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship in Valencia, Spain. Bustamante will join Ella Lloyd in this Championship-first test. Bianca Bustamante...
Olympic gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz-Naranjo and Filipina racer Bianca Bustamante both landed on the cover of Vogue Philippines’ July issue. Left: Hidilyn Diaz and Bianca Bustamante (Vogue Philippines) The fashion and lifestyle magazine is kicking off the Summer Olympic month with...
McLaren Development Driver Bianca Bustamante cruised to her first podium finish this season in the second round of the F1 Academy on Monday morning, May 6 (Manila time) at the Miami International Autodrome. Filipina racer Bianca Bustamante (McLaren's Instagram) The 19-year-old...
Bianca Bustamante is seeking to redeem herself in the second season of the F1 Academy which kicks off this weekend in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The 19-year-old Filipina racing sensation became the first female driver in McLaren’s Driver Development Programme and will be with ART Grand Prix...
Filipina racer Bianca Bustamante found herself in a middle of controversy before the year ends involving another driver over an insensitive post she ‘accidentally’ liked on X. The 18-year-old McLaren development driver recently trended on the said site following an ableist post she liked...
F1 Academy racer Bianca Bustamante got a major boost after becoming the newest addition to the McLaren Driver Development program. Bustamante’s signing becomes historic as she becomes the first female driver to join the British team’s development program. Bianca Bustamante As part of the...
Bianca Bustamante took home her second career win in back-to-back podium finishes in Round 5 of the inaugural 2023 F1 Academy at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza track in Italy on Sunday, July 9. *Bianca Bustamante is all smiles after her second career win. (Photo from F1 Academy)* The Filipina...
Filipina racer Bianca Bustamante is set to make her Italian F4 debut at Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium this weekend in a one-off appearance with PREMA Racing. Bustamante, who is coming off a disappointing finish in Barcelona last week, will be replacing Brazilian driver Aurelia Nobels in the lineup...
Filipina racer Bianca Bustamante struggled in the third round of the 2023 F1 Academy on Sunday, May 21, at the Citcuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Spain. In the first race, Bustamante launched her car from P6 and stormed her way to P4, missing out on the podium by only three tenths of a second off...
Filipina teen racer Bianca Bustamante was over the moon following her breakthrough in the second round of the inaugural 2023 F1 Academy in Valencia, Spain. The 18-year-old PREMA Racing driver clinched her maiden career win in the all-female single-seater competition, and was the first Filipina to...
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. congratulated Filipino rising star Bianca Bustamante, paying tribute to the teen racer for successfully carrying the country’s colors to the world of motorsport. Filipina racer Bianca Bustamante of the PREMA Racing. (Photo from President Marcos'...
