Natalia Granada Ferrero (born 18 March 2008) is a Spanish racing driver competing in F1 Academy for Prema Racing. She is a member of the Iron Dames.
Career Granada began karting at the age of 11 and soon gained the tutelage of Miguel Molina, competing for his MOL Racing team until 2024. During her karting career, she most notably finished tenth in the International IAME Games in X30 Junior in 2022, and became the first Iron Dames–backed karter when she joined the stable in 2023. Amidst her karting career, Granada made her car racing debut in the 2024 Ligier European Series for Iron Dames by M Racing at Mugello. Racing solo in the JS2 R class as a guest driver, Granada finished seventh in race one before retiring in race two. Towards the end of 2025, Granada participated in F1 Academy's rookie test at Navarra, finishing seventh and eighth in the morning and afternoon sessions.
In 2026, Granada joined Prema Racing to make her single-seater debut in F1 Academy, with backing from Sephora. She secured a podium on debut, finishing second in race one at Shanghai, before finishing fourth at Montreal and seventh at Silverstone.
Personal life Granada's twin brother, Marc, is also a karting driver for MOL Racing.
Karting record Karting career summary SeasonSeriesTeamPosition2021IAME Euro Series — X30 JuniorKids to Win79thInternational IAME Games — X30 Junior29th2022IAME Winter Cup — X30 JuniorKids to Win12thIAME Euro Series — X30 Junior44thItalian Karting Championship — X30 Junior48thIAME Warriors Final — X30 JuniorKids to WinNCInternational IAME Games — X30 JuniorPrivateer10thLeCont Trophy — X30 Senior19th2023IAME Winter Cup — X30 SeniorMOL Racing32ndIAME Euro Series — X30 Senior63rdWSK Open Cup — X30 Senior15thIAME Warriors Final — X30 SeniorNC2024IAME Winter Cup — X30 SeniorMOL RacingNCIAME Euro Series — X30 Senior32ndSpanish Karting Championship — Senior18thSources:
Racing record Racing career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2024 Ligier European Series – JS2 R Iron Dames by M Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC† 2026 F1 Academy Prema Racing 7 0 0 0 1 23* 10th*Sources:
† As Granada was a guest driver, she was ineligible for championship points.
Complete Ligier European Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Chassis 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Rank Points 2024 Iron Dames by M Racing JS2 R Ligier JS2 R CAT1 CAT2 LEC1 LEC2 LMS SPA1 SPA2 MUG1 MUG2 ALG1 ALG2 NC† 0†
Complete F1 Academy results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 D.C. Points2026Prema Racing SHA1 SHA2 MTL1 MTL2 MTL3 SIL1 SIL2ZAN1ZAN2 COA1 COA2 COA3 LVG1 LVG2 10th* 23*
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