Amna Al Qubaisi (; born 28 March 2000) is an Emirati racing driver who currently competes in the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia, the first female to do so. Al Qubaisi previously competed in the all-female F1 Academy championship, joining the Red Bull Academy Programme to represent RB Formula One Team. Amna also recently competed in the 2025 Ligier European Series with Team Virage in the No. 88 entry alongside her sister Hamda. On 16 December 2018, she became the first Middle Eastern woman to take part in a motorsport test program for Formula E after the Diriyah ePrix in Saudi Arabia.
In 2026, Al Qubaisi was named in the inaugural TIME100 Sport list, honouring the most influential people in global sport.
Early and personal life Al Qubaisi was born in Washington, Virginia, United States to Khaled Al Qubaisi, former CEO of Real Estate and Infrastructure Investment at Mubadala Investment Company and the first Emirati to compete at the 24 Hours of Le Mans race, claiming two class podiums. She competed in karting for Daman Speed Academy.
Al Qubaisi attended Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi, completing a degree in Records Management and Archival Science and her interests include karting, gymnastics and jet skiing.
Career Karting Al Qubaisi began her karting career in 2014 at the age of fourteen. She was the first Arab woman to participate at the Rotax Max Challenge (RMC) World Finals. Two years later she began competing internationally, claiming multiple top-ten finishes. In 2017, she was the first Arab girl to win the UAE RMC Championship. She was also the first female to be sponsored by Kaspersky Lab, and to be selected by the ATCUAE to represent the UAE at the GCC Young Drivers Academy Programme, which she won.
X30 Euro Series Wackersdorf Al Qubaisi and her sister Hamda participated at the X30 Euro Series in Wackersdorf with Team Driver. It was Al Qubaisi's first time driving in Wackersdorf, but she showed great pace, finishing amongst the top-five in one of her heats. She finished 16th overall out of 54 drivers, and was the only female to reach the Final.
Formula 4 Al Qubaisi competed in the 2018 Italian F4 Championship with the championship winning Prema Powerteam. She competed in six of the seven rounds, with her highest place finish in a race being 12th. She also took part the following season, finishing 31st with no points.
Formula E test Al Qubaisi was one of nine female drivers to take part in a test session on 16 December 2018, after the first round of the 2018-19 Formula E Season at the Ad Diriyah ePrix on a street circuit in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia. She drove for Envision Virgin Racing in an Audi-powered Formula E car in an initiative by the FIA Women in Motorsport Commission. It came less than six months after women were legally allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia for the first time.
Formula Regional Al Qubaisi took the place of her sister Hamda for the Barcelona round with Prema Racing, in the 2022 Formula Regional European Championship.
F1 Academy
In 2023, Al Qubaisi signed with MP Motorsport in the newly launched all-female F1 Academy championship. She ended the season with two wins and placed sixth. For 2024, she re-signed with MP and joined the Red Bull Academy Programme to represent RB Formula One Team. She finished the season placing 15th.
Porsche Carrera Cup In 2026, Al Qubaisi signed with Team Jebsen to participate in the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia, the first female to do so.
Karting record Karting career summary SeasonSeriesTeamPosition2015Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals — JuniorAl Ain Raceway68th2016CIK-FIA Karting Academy Trophy46th2017Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals — SeniorAl Ain Raceway63rd
Racing record
Racing career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2016–17 Formula 4 UAE Championship Abu Dhabi Racing 0 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2018 Italian F4 Championship Prema Theodore Racing 18 0 0 0 0 0 34th 2018–19 Formula E Envision Virgin Racing Test driver 2019 Italian F4 Championship Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema 21 0 0 0 0 0 31st Formula 4 UAE Championship - Trophy Round Abu Dhabi Racing 2 1 1 0 1 N/A NC 2021 F3 Asian Championship Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema 15 0 0 0 0 0 24th 2022 Formula Regional Asian Championship Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema 14 0 0 0 0 1 26th Formula Regional European Championship Prema Racing 4 0 0 0 0 0 NC† 2023 Formula Winter Series GRS Team 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC F1 Academy MP Motorsport 21 2 0 2 4 117 6th Formula 4 UAE Championship - Trophy Round 2 0 0 0 0 N/A NC F4 Saudi Arabian Championship - Trophy Event Altawkilat Meritus.GP 4 0 0 0 1 N/A NC 2024 F4 Saudi Arabian Championship Altawkilat Meritus.GP 17 0 0 1 1 56.5 10th F1 Academy MP Motorsport 14 0 0 0 0 16 15th2025 Ligier European Series - JS P4 Team Virage 11 0 1 1 3 104 4th2025–2624H Series Middle East - GTXRossa Racing100000NC2026Porsche Carrera Cup Asia - ProTeam Jebsen † As she was a guest driver, Al Qubaisi was ineligible to score points.
Complete Italian F4 Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Pos Points 2018 Prema Theodore Racing ADR1 ADR2 ADR3 LEC1 LEC2 LEC3 MNZ1 MNZ2 MNZ3 MIS1 MIS2 MIS3 IMO1 IMO2 IMO3 VLL1 VLL2 VLL3 MUG1 MUG2 MUG3 34th 0 2019 Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema VLL1 VLL2 VLL3 MIS1 MIS2 MIS3 HUN1 HUN2 HUN3 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 IMO1 IMO2 IMO3 IMO4 MUG1 MUG2 MUG3 MNZ1 MNZ2 MNZ3 31st 0
Complete Formula Regional Asian Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate the fastest lap of top ten finishers) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 DC Points 2021 Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema DUB1 DUB2 DUB3 ABU1 ABU2 ABU3 ABU1 ABU2 ABU3 DUB1 DUB2 DUB3 ABU1 ABU2 ABU3 24th 0 2022 Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema ABU1 ABU2 ABU3 DUB1 DUB2 DUB3 DUB1 DUB2 DUB3 DUB1 DUB2 DUB3 ABU1 ABU2 ABU3 26th 1
Complete Formula Regional European Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points 2022 Prema Racing MNZ1 MNZ2 IMO1 IMO2 MCO1 MCO2 LEC1 LEC2 ZAN1 ZAN2 HUN1 HUN2 SPA1 SPA2 RBR1 RBR2 CAT1 CAT2 MUG1 MUG2 NC† 0
† As Amna was a guest driver, she was ineligible to score points.
Complete Formula Winter Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DC Points2023 GRS Team JER1 JER2 CRT1 CRT2 NAV1 NAV2 CAT2 CAT2 NC 0
Complete F4 Saudi Arabian Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 DC Points 2024 Altawkilat Meritus.GPKMT11KMT12KMT13KMT14LSL1LSL2LSL3LSL4JED11JED12JED13JED21JED22JED23JED31JED32JED3310th56.5
Complete F1 Academy results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 DC Points 2023 MP Motorsport RBR1 RBR2 RBR1 CRT1 CRT2 CRT3 CAT1 CAT2 CAT3 ZAN1 ZAN2 ZAN3 MNZ1 MNZ2 MNZ3 LEC1 LEC2 LEC3 COA1 COA2 COA3 6th 117 2024 MP Motorsport JED1 JED2 MIA1 MIA2 CAT1 CAT2 ZAN1 ZAN2 SIN1 SIN2 LSL1 LSL2 YMC1 YMC2 YMC3 15th 16
Complete Ligier European Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate the fastest lap) Year EntrantCarClass 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 DC Points 2025 Team VirageLigier JS P4JS P4 BAR1 BAR2 LEC1 LEC2 LMS SPA1 SPA2 SIL1 SIL2 ALG1 ALG2 4th 104
Complete Porsche Carrera Cup Asia results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers) Year Entrant Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 DC Points 2026 Team Jebsen Pro SHA1 SHA2 ZHU1 ZHU2 FUJ1 FUJ2 BAN1BAN2 SEP1 SEP2 SEP3 MRN1 MRN2
References
External links Official website (archived) Profile on Racing Driver Directory