After a three-month break, drivers competing in this season's Champions of the Future Academy series are returning to competition.
- The fourth round of this year's Champions of the Future Academy season is upon us. The competition, originally scheduled for Hungary's Pannonia Ring, will now take place this weekend on the karting circuit of the Slovakia Ring.
- Among the competitors who will compete for the best result less than 40 km from Bratislava is 13-year-old Julia Angelard.
- Teenage Polish girlAfter a sensational second place during the previous COTFA round, she is optimistic about the competition ahead of her on the track.
Originally scheduled for the Hungarian Pannonia Ring, the fourth round will take place in a few days under slightly different circumstances – at the Slovakia Ring circuit in Slovakia, located less than 40 kilometers from the capital of southern neighbours of Poland. Among the drivers taking to the track is Julia Angelard, who achieved a fantastic second place in the previous COTFA round at the Pista Azzurra circuit in Jesolo.
First of all: learning
Located on the Slovakia Ring, the karting track, part of the Slovak Karting Center, offers a 1,172-meter-long track running counterclockwise. The track is 7 meters wide, with a 10-meter-wide start straight. The main straight is 220 meters long, of which 115 meters is the distance from the start/finish line to the first turn. The facility itself allows for five track configurations.
Champions of the Future Academy is an international karting series supported by the F1 Academy. Thanks to this, Julia Angelard had the opportunity to meet and talk with Susie Wolff during the last round in Jesolo.
The Polish teenagerShe's optimistic about the upcoming weekend and, as she admits, is looking forward to new experiences that will undoubtedly pay off in the near future.
This is especially true given that the upcoming race weekend will be the last in the series calendar held in Europe – the next two rounds will take place in the Emirates.
Julia Angelard: a new track means new challenges
"For me, like for most of the field, the Slovakia Ring is a completely new track that unexpectedly appeared on this year's calendar. And a new race track always brings new challenges – on the one hand, it's an opportunity to capitalize on my rivals' mistakes, but on the other, you never know what to expect. I can't wait for the first practice sessions to find the perfect track for me as quickly as possible and fight for a podium place again. Above all, however, I intend to treat this weekend as a valuable lesson for the rest of the season," admits the driver, who will head to Cremona for the FIA Karting World Cup immediately after the Slovakia Ring round.
Schedule of the racing weekend at Slovakia Ring
Friday, September 19, 2025
09:50 - Run in (15 min)
11:10 - Free Practice 1 (12 min)
12:40 - Free Practice 2 (12 min)
14:40 - Free Practice 3 (12 min)
16:10 - Free Practice 4 (12 min)
Saturday, September 20, 2025
09:00 - Non Qualifying Practice (10 min)
10:05 - Time Qualifying (6 min)
11:20 - Qualifying Heat 1 (10 laps)
13:00 - Qualifying Heat 2 (10 laps)
15:00 - Final (20 laps)
Sunday, September 21, 2025
09:00 - Non Qualifying Practice (10 min)
10:05 - Time Qualifying (6 min)
11:20 - Qualifying Heat 1 (10 laps)
13:00 - Qualifying Heat 2 (10 laps)
15:00 - Final (20 laps)
JULIA ANGELARD, 13-year-old karting competitor, a protégé of Minardi Management, a member of the PZM junior national karting team in the 2025 season. Representing the colors of JSTR by Jastrzębski Racing, in the 2025 season she will compete in the Polish Karting Championships, in the Italian ROK Cup Italia series and in the international Champions of the Future Academy program, supported by F1 Academy - a series accompanying Formula 1. In July 2024, she was the only Polish woman to be among the 20 competitors who appeared in the Iron Dames Young Talents shootout finals.
She began competing in karting at the age of 4. She began her professional starts in the Rotax Max Challenge Poland series in the years 2017-2022 in the MicroMax and Minimax categories. In 2023, at the age of 11, she started in the ROK Cup Poland in the Junior category. In September 2023, she made her international debut as part of the ROK Superfinal and ROK Cup Italia, where she also appeared in 2024, becoming the fastest and highest ranked competitor and advancing 17 positions in one of the races.
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Przemysław Garczyński
- Among the competitors who will compete for the best result less than 40 km from Bratislava is 13-year-old Julia Angelard.
- Teenage Polish girlAfter a sensational second place during the previous COTFA round, she is optimistic about the competition ahead of her on the track.
Originally scheduled for the Hungarian Pannonia Ring, the fourth round will take place in a few days under slightly different circumstances – at the Slovakia Ring circuit in Slovakia, located less than 40 kilometers from the capital of southern neighbours of Poland. Among the drivers taking to the track is Julia Angelard, who achieved a fantastic second place in the previous COTFA round at the Pista Azzurra circuit in Jesolo.
First of all: learning
Located on the Slovakia Ring, the karting track, part of the Slovak Karting Center, offers a 1,172-meter-long track running counterclockwise. The track is 7 meters wide, with a 10-meter-wide start straight. The main straight is 220 meters long, of which 115 meters is the distance from the start/finish line to the first turn. The facility itself allows for five track configurations.
Champions of the Future Academy is an international karting series supported by the F1 Academy. Thanks to this, Julia Angelard had the opportunity to meet and talk with Susie Wolff during the last round in Jesolo.
The Polish teenagerShe's optimistic about the upcoming weekend and, as she admits, is looking forward to new experiences that will undoubtedly pay off in the near future.
This is especially true given that the upcoming race weekend will be the last in the series calendar held in Europe – the next two rounds will take place in the Emirates.
Julia Angelard: a new track means new challenges
"For me, like for most of the field, the Slovakia Ring is a completely new track that unexpectedly appeared on this year's calendar. And a new race track always brings new challenges – on the one hand, it's an opportunity to capitalize on my rivals' mistakes, but on the other, you never know what to expect. I can't wait for the first practice sessions to find the perfect track for me as quickly as possible and fight for a podium place again. Above all, however, I intend to treat this weekend as a valuable lesson for the rest of the season," admits the driver, who will head to Cremona for the FIA Karting World Cup immediately after the Slovakia Ring round.
Schedule of the racing weekend at Slovakia Ring
Friday, September 19, 2025
09:50 - Run in (15 min)
11:10 - Free Practice 1 (12 min)
12:40 - Free Practice 2 (12 min)
14:40 - Free Practice 3 (12 min)
16:10 - Free Practice 4 (12 min)
Saturday, September 20, 2025
09:00 - Non Qualifying Practice (10 min)
10:05 - Time Qualifying (6 min)
11:20 - Qualifying Heat 1 (10 laps)
13:00 - Qualifying Heat 2 (10 laps)
15:00 - Final (20 laps)
Sunday, September 21, 2025
09:00 - Non Qualifying Practice (10 min)
10:05 - Time Qualifying (6 min)
11:20 - Qualifying Heat 1 (10 laps)
13:00 - Qualifying Heat 2 (10 laps)
15:00 - Final (20 laps)
JULIA ANGELARD, 13-year-old karting competitor, a protégé of Minardi Management, a member of the PZM junior national karting team in the 2025 season. Representing the colors of JSTR by Jastrzębski Racing, in the 2025 season she will compete in the Polish Karting Championships, in the Italian ROK Cup Italia series and in the international Champions of the Future Academy program, supported by F1 Academy - a series accompanying Formula 1. In July 2024, she was the only Polish woman to be among the 20 competitors who appeared in the Iron Dames Young Talents shootout finals.
She began competing in karting at the age of 4. She began her professional starts in the Rotax Max Challenge Poland series in the years 2017-2022 in the MicroMax and Minimax categories. In 2023, at the age of 11, she started in the ROK Cup Poland in the Junior category. In September 2023, she made her international debut as part of the ROK Superfinal and ROK Cup Italia, where she also appeared in 2024, becoming the fastest and highest ranked competitor and advancing 17 positions in one of the races.
PRESS OFFICE:
Przemysław Garczyński
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