Teen Luna Fluxa Cross Debuts at Las Vegas Finale
Fluxa Cross drives the #10 Visit Las Vegas car for the sixth and final F1 ACADEMY round in the valley.
Updated on Nov. 5, 2026 in Motorsports
Racing fans in the Las Vegas Valley will see a 16-year-old on track at the season finale: Luna Fluxa Cross makes her F1 ACADEMY debut as the Wild Card entry. She will drive the #10 Visit Las Vegas car, operated by Hitech, for the sixth and final round of the campaign.
Why it matters
A local-backed car in a Las Vegas finale gives valley motorsports fans a reason to watch the series' last round closely. Fluxa Cross's selection also follows a string of firsts for a young female driver in a sport still short on women at the top levels.
Fluxa Cross won the OK-N Senior title with six victories, finishing 125 points clear of her nearest rival, and placed sixth in both sessions of the F1 ACADEMY Rookie Test at the Circuito de Navarra. Her results in the Las Vegas round itself are not yet known.
The players
Luna Fluxa Cross
A 16-year-old driver making her F1 ACADEMY debut as the Wild Card entry, and the first female driver to join the Mercedes-AMG F1 Junior Programme.
F1 ACADEMY
The all-female single-seater series announcing Fluxa Cross's Wild Card entry for the Las Vegas season finale.
Hitech
The team operating the #10 Visit Las Vegas car Fluxa Cross will drive for the sixth and final round.
The details
F1 ACADEMY announced that Fluxa Cross will make her series debut as the Wild Card entry for the 2026 season finale in Las Vegas. She will drive the #10 Visit Las Vegas car operated by Hitech for the sixth and final round of the campaign. She was selected for this year's F1 ACADEMY Rookie Test, where she finished sixth in both the morning and afternoon sessions.
Timeline
2022: Became the first female driver to join the Mercedes-AMG F1 Junior Programme.
2024: Selected as an F1 ACADEMY DISCOVER YOUR DRIVE karter for the Champions of the Future Academy Program.
2026 season finale: Makes her F1 ACADEMY debut in Las Vegas as the Wild Card entry.
Beyond the Strip
Fluxa Cross became the first woman to win an FIA international championship since Susy Raganelli took the World Karting Championship in 1966. Her Las Vegas debut continues a slow climb of women into top-tier open-wheel racing.
If you plan to catch the season finale, expect the #10 Visit Las Vegas car to be one of the local-backed entries on track. Check the event schedule before you go, since the Wild Card debut is set for the sixth and final round.
The takeaway
Watch the Las Vegas finale for Fluxa Cross's debut result, which will be the first measure of how she performs against the full F1 ACADEMY field. Her OK-N title and Rookie Test showing give a useful baseline to follow.
What happens next
Fluxa Cross's debut comes at the sixth and final F1 ACADEMY round in Las Vegas, the season finale where she makes her series debut.
Further reading
For more on the local racing scene, see our Motorsports coverage of Las Vegas events.
Source note: This article includes information reported by Formula 1® - The Official F1® Website.
