🇩🇪 Mathilda Paatz

Mathilda Paatz is a semi-professional racing single-seat cars in national Formula 4 championships and the international F1 Academy multiclass series. She drives for PREMA Racing in F1 Academy and races for AS Motorsport in Italian F4. Her rating of 2,474 places her among developing and competitive amateur drivers; she competes in fields mixing amateurs with established professionals, and typically finishes behind the strongest entrants in those fields.[1]

Across three indexed seasons from 2024 to 2026, Paatz has made 30 starts with one win and two podiums. She began in French F4 in 2024 with 16 starts, moved to Italian F4 in 2025 with five starts for AS Motorsport, and joined PREMA Racing in F1 Academy in 2026 with nine starts across its multiclass grid. She took her sole victory in F1 Academy at Montreal in 2026 and finished 26th in the Italian F4 championship standings in her season there. Her most recent activity is ongoing Italian F4 racing under the F4 CEZ banner.[2]

She regularly meets established professionals in her grids; the 2024 French F4 champion Taito Kato, who has progressed to Formula 3, is a frequent opponent who usually finishes ahead of her, though she has beaten him once. She has also finished ahead of professionals including Reno Francot, who has made 26 Italian F4 starts and raced Formula Regional European. PREMA Racing, her current team in F1 Academy, has fielded 21 drivers across the index and counts the established professional James Wharton among its roster.