Bianca Bustamante

Bianca Denise Bustamante (born January 19, 2005) is a Filipina racing driver who is set to compete in the 2025 GB3 Championship driving for Elite Motorsport.

On February 3, 2023, Bustamante was confirmed as the second driver to compete in the newly launched all-female F1 Academy series with Prema Racing.

[26] On May 24, 2023, it was announced that Bustamante would make her debut in Italian F4 at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, driving for Prema Racing in a one-off appearance, replacing Aurelia Nobels.

[27] Bustamante returned to Italian F4 for the final round in Monza, driving for ART Grand Prix, the French team making their debut in the series.

[33] In December 2023, she received backlash on social media after it emerged that she had liked several tweets critical of Formula One driver Lance Stroll, one of which used ableist language.

[34] In March 2024, vehicle rental company Avis ranked Bustamante the third-most influential non-European female racing driver; at the time, she had a combined 2.2 million followers across Instagram and TikTok.

Bustamante competing in the 2022 W Series Silverstone round .
Bustamante competing for Prema in an F1 Academy race at the Red Bull Ring in 2023 .
Bustamante leads Chloe Chambers in an F1 Academy race at Zandvoort in 2024 .