Bianca Bustamante

Bianca Denise Bustamante (born January 19, 2005) is a Filipina racing driver who competes in the GB3 Championship for Elite Motorsport. She has also participated in Formula E test sessions for McLaren and Cupra Kiro.

From January 31 to February 4, 2022, Bustamante competed in a W Series test in Arizona, United States, along with 14 other prospective drivers. She then participated in a second pre-season test in Barcelona on March 2–4 along with 11 other potential drivers and 9 automatic qualifiers from the previous W Series season. On March 22, Bustamante was confirmed to compete in the 2022 W Series season. She finished the season in 15th place scoring 2 points across 7 races.

On January 9, 2023, Bustamante was announced to race under Italian team Prema Powerteam for the 2023 Formula 4 UAE Championship. She finished the season in 27th place scoring 3 points across 15 races.

On February 3, 2023, Bustamante was confirmed as the second driver to compete in the newly launched all-female F1 Academy series with Prema Racing (formerly known as Prema Powerteam).

Bustamante finished 3rd in the series' first race at the Red Bull Ring, but was promoted to P2 following the disqualification of Nerea Martí. Having finished ninth in the second race, her car suffered a technical failure on the formation lap for the third race and did not start.

Bustamante initially qualified 2nd for the second round at Circuit Ricardo Tormo, but was demoted to 8th for a track limits infringement. Having recovered to fifth in the first race, Bustamante then won her first race in the reverse-grid second heat – earning personal congratulations from President of the Philippines Bongbong Marcos.

Bustamante did not finish the first race of the weekend at Monza, before grabbing her third podium of the season in the following reverse-grid race and winning the third and final race of the weekend.

Bustamante scored a total of 116 points, finishing 7th in the championship standings; one point behind MP Motorsport's Amna Al Qubaisi.