Luna Fluxa Cross to make F1 Academy debut as Las Vegas Wild Card

Luna Fluxa Cross will make her F1 Academy debut as the Wild Card entry for the sixth and final round of the 2026 season in Las Vegas. The 16-year-old will drive the #10 Visit Las Vegas car operated by Hitech.

Fluxa Cross became the first female driver to join the Mercedes-AMG F1 Junior Programme in 2022, and was later selected as an F1 Academy Discover Your Drive karter. She won the OK-N Senior title with six victories, finishing 125 points clear of her nearest rival, and became the first woman to win an FIA international championship since Susy Raganelli in 1966.

This season she moved into single-seaters, taking a maiden podium in the Eurocup-4 Spanish Winter Championship before competing in a full season of the F4 Spanish Championship. She also finished sixth in both sessions of the F1 Academy Rookie Test at the Circuito de Navarra.