- Birel ART announced on Friday a list of drivers who will compete in the team's colors in the 2026 season and indicated who will ride under the aegis of the Richard Mille Young Talent Academy.
- Among the small group of karting drivers who passed the selection for the factory team was 13-year-old Julia Angelard.
- It is the teenage Polish woman who will compete in completely new colours in the 2026 season, joining a prestigious academy that supports riders competing at the karting level.

Birel ART – a factory team with a star-studded past
Birel ART was established in 2014 from the merger of the traditional company Birel (founded in 1958 by Umberto Sala) and ART GrandPrix, a leader in international karting based in Lissone, Italy. The team has won numerous championship titles, including 26 world titles, and has collaborated with F1 stars such as Robert Kubica and Charles Leclerc over the years, producing innovative chassis for categories ranging from mini-karting to senior classes.

Julia Angelard joins Richard Mille Young Talent Academy
Birel ART and the Richard Mille Young Talent Academy collaborate to enable young drivers to participate in tests and develop their careers, while also creating an ideal environment for promoting emerging talent. This year, 13-year-old Julia Angelard, the first Polish woman in the history of karting support from Richard Mille, was among the drivers racing for the Birel ART factory team with the support of the Richard Mille Young Talent Academy.

The Academy was launched in 2018 as an initiative of Richard Mille in collaboration with All Road Management (and Nicolas Todt), with the aim of identifying karting talent among male and female drivers and offering them support in their karting careers.

Julia Angelard: It's an honor and a challenge for me, but also a huge support
"A new year has arrived, and with it a new chapter in my racing career. I'm very happy for the trust shown not only by Birel ART, but also by the Richard Mille Young Talent Academy – it's an honor and a challenge for me to represent such well-known brands in the world of karting. Thank you for your support, and I'm already looking forward to what the competition will bring this season."
– emphasizes the Minardi Management protégé.

At the same time, on Friday, during the closing gala of karting, Julia Angelard was once again appointed to the PZM Junior National Karting Team.


JULIA ANGELARD, a 13-year-old karting driver, member of the ORLEN Motorsport Academy and a Minardi Management protégé, is a member of the PZM junior national karting team in the 2025 season. Currently competing for Ward Racing, in the 2025 season she competed in the Polish Karting Championship, in the Italian ROK Cup Italia series and in the international Champions of the Future Academy program, supported by the F1 Academy – a series accompanying Formula 1. In July 2024, she was the only Polish woman among the 20 competitors who appeared in the final of the Iron Dames Young Talents shootout. 
She began competing in karting at the age of 4. She began her professional starts in the Rotax Max Challenge Poland series in the years 2017-2022 in the MicroMax and Minimax categories. In 2023, at the age of 11, she started in the ROK Cup Poland in the Junior category. In September 2023, she made her international debut as part of the ROK Superfinal and ROK Cup Italia, where she also appeared in 2024, becoming the fastest and highest ranked competitor and advancing 17 positions in one of the races.