Every great racing league needs a mascot. VRL decided it needed two. There was no vote: a few of us liked them, our media team made the call, and here we are. New Fun race
📢 Before anyone panics: this is a bit of fun from our community. Neither driver is affiliated with VRL. We're just big fans of what they do on track.
💗 Mascot #1: Nina Gademan [[Mascot #1]]
The pink helmet. The wings on the side. The podium celebrations that look like a dance routine. A few of us saw it and agreed: she's ours now. Unofficially.
| Series | F1 Academy |
| Team | MP Motorsport |
| Helmet | Pink, with wings 🪽 |
| VRL status | Unofficial mascot, chosen by our media team Official (not really) |
🇩🇰 Mascot #2: Alba Larsen [[Mascot #2]]
Danish, quick, and part of the Ferrari Driver Academy, now in her second F1 Academy season. Our Ferrari drivers have been asking for someone to look up to, and here she is.
| Series | F1 Academy |
| Team | MP Motorsport |
| Academy | Ferrari Driver Academy 🐎 |
| VRL status | Unofficial mascot, chosen by our media team |
👀 Yes, they're team-mates. Which means VRL's unofficial mascot department now has better teamwork than half our grid.
📜 The official mascot rules Provisional
| Rule | Allowed? |
|---|---|
| Mascots score championship points | ❌ No Cancelled |
| Mascots can be reported to the stewards | ❌ Never |
| Mascots get a mention every time someone spins at Turn 1 | ✅ Always Winner |
| Mascots are immune from penalty points | ✅ Yes Pole |
🏆 Things our mascots would never do
- Lunge from five car lengths back into Turn 1 DNF
- Make a ticket because someone "looked at them funny" on lap 2
- Forget to accept attendance and then ask why they're not on the grid
- Leave the pit lane with the lollipop still in the car
Moral of the story: watch some F1 Academy. You might learn how to defend without a ticket being made about it. 😉
✅ What to do now
- Cheer them on when F1 Academy is racing 🏁
- Tell us in Discord who you'd pick as mascot #3 (our media team has the final say 😄)
- Race clean this weekend, the mascots are watching 👀
Photos: Nina Gademan, F1 Academy · Alba Larsen, Steffen Prößdorf, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
