Courtney Crone

Courtney Crone (born March 7, 2001) is an American racing driver who competed in F1 Academy for ART Grand Prix as part of the Haas Driver Development Program.

Crone previously competed in the IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge and the USAC Western Midget Series.

Crone started racing in quarter midgets in 2005, at just four years old. At the age of eleven, she started racing Junior Speedway, winning three track championships in the 150cc Motorcycle class before stepping up to the 250cc class.^[2] Crone won the 2016 Perris Auto Speedway Young Guns Championship in Sprint Cars with six wins. She was also the 2016 USAC Western States Midget Rookie of the Year, ending the season in fifth after making 14 feature race starts.^[3] In 2017, she made four feature race starts in the USAC National Midget Series.

In 2016, Crone won three Formula Mazda races in her three starts. She was also selected as a Women’s Motorsports Foundation Project Podium recipient by IndyCar driver Lyn St. James.^[4][5]

Crone was awarded the 2017 VMB Driver Development Racing Scholarship, which gave her an opportunity to race in the Formula Car Challenge.^[4] She placed third in the FormulaSPEED class, with 13 podiums in 14 starts.^[6] In 2018, she continued in the series, this time winning the championship. She was then invited to compete in the Mazda Road to Indy Shootout, aiming for a scholarship into the USF2000 Championship.^[7] She was also one of ten drivers nominated for the Team USA Scholarship.^[8]

Crone was invited to the shootout for both the 2019 and 2020 seasons of the W Series, but was not selected to race in either.^[9][10] For the 2019 Formula F season, Crone raced with Brad Hayes Racing, winning two races and earning a podium finish in all four of her starts.^[11] She also contested the final round of the Formula 4 United States Championship with World Speed Motorsports.^[12] In 2020, she finished fourth in the Formula Pro USA F4 Championship.^[13] She had 3 podiums, one fastest lap, and one win.^[14]

Crone shifted focus to prototypes in 2021, racing in the IMSA Prototype Challenge, where she finished eighth with three top-ten finishes. In the same year, she received the Gorsline Scholarship, joining notable past recipients such as Buddy Rice and Josef Newgarden.^[15] She moved to Jr III Racing for the 2022 season, where she finished sixth with a best race finish of 5th.^[16]

In 2023, Crone contested the IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge, which replaced the Prototype Challenge as a championship. She was awarded the 2023 IMSA Diverse Driver Development Scholarship, after being a finalist in 2022.^[17] She finished the season in fourth, with six podiums to her name.^[18] She also competed overseas for the first time, in the Prototype Cup Germany. She and Gabriela Jílková were the first women to compete in the series. Crone achieved two top-ten finishes in seven starts.^[19]

For the 2024 season, Crone moved to the Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America.^[20]

In August 2024, Crone returned to single-seaters to race in Round 2 of the 2024 F1 Academy season at Miami, competing as a wildcard entry for Prema Racing.^[21][22] Crone got her first experience in the car during in-season testing at Zandvoort, before going on to finish 14th and 11th at her home races in Miami.^[23] Later that year, it was announced that Crone would race for ART Grand Prix representing Haas for the 2025 season.^[24] Crone earned her first points finish in Round 6 at Singapore, where she finished in 10th place in Race 2.^[25] Her second points finish was in Round 7 at Las Vegas, where she finished 7th in Race 1. She scored three points in the 2025 season and finished 19th overall in the drivers' standings.^[26]

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