Alice Powell

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Alice Powell
Asian Formula Renault Series
Awards
2010
2011
BWRDC GoldStars Award
BWRDC GoldStars Elite

Alice Elizabeth Fraser Powell[1][2] (born 26 January 1993) is a British racing driver. In 2010, she became the first woman to win a Formula Renault championship and in 2012 became the first woman to score points in the GP3 Series. In 2014, she returned to racing in Formula Renault and added to her championship victories by taking first place in the International Class of the 2014 Asian Formula Renault Series. In 2019, Powell was one of the 18 women selected to compete in the inaugural W Series championship. During the course of the season's six races, Powell took four podium finishes, including a win at the series finale race at Brands Hatch, and finished third in the championship standings. Following an enforced hiatus caused by the global COVID-19 pandemic, Powell returned to the W Series for the 2021 championship and won the opening race of the year, at the Red Bull Ring.

Formula Renault

Powell was born in

Formula Renault BARC Championship by becoming the first woman to win a Formula Renault race in the UK,[5] and later in the year became the first woman to win a Formula Renault championship.[7]
During the 2010 season Powell's race engineer was Sarah Shaw. Powell and Manor returned to the Formula Renault UK championship in 2011, but failed to win a race and finished the season in 9th place in the championship.

Powell returned to Formula Renault three years later, driving for FRD Motorsport in the International Class of the 2014 Asian Formula Renault Series. During the 11 race season Powell took five class victories, four of which were also outright race wins, and won the class.

GP3 Series

On 15 June 2012, after only two test days in the GP3 car, it was announced that Powell would drive for the

2012 Monza GP3 round sprint race, and in doing so became the first female points scorer since the inception of the GP3 Series in 2010.[9]

Formula 3

Powell competing in the MSV F3 Cup at Brands Hatch in 2013.

Powell joined

2013 British Formula 3 season at Silverstone, driving the Mark Bailey Racing run Dallara F306, which she also raced in the MotorSport Vision Formula Three Cup.[11]

In the 2013 MotorSport Vision Formula Three Cup, Powell finished second in the championship behind Alex Craven, having won five times during the season including three of the first four races.

Formula 1

On 12 November 2014 Powell was reported as trying to raise funds to drive a Caterham Formula One car, in a free practice session at the end of season Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.[12] The Caterham team had gone into administration in October 2014 and had not attended the previous two Grands Prix.[13] It was later reported that Powell had abandoned the idea as it was unlikely that the appropriate superlicence could be obtained.[14]

Formula E

In 2020, it was announced that Powell, now an ambassador for

Envision Virgin Racing, partnering Nick Cassidy
. Powell later became the Simulator and Development Driver for the team beginning in the 2021–2022 season.

MRF Challenge

Powell signed up to compete in the first race of the

2015–16 edition of the MRF Challenge. At the first round in Abu Dhabi, Powell scored four top ten finishes out of four races, with a best finish of eighth in the final race, after being out of single seaters for nearly a year.[15]

W Series

2019 W Series Brands Hatch round

Powell participated in the inaugural

the season-ending race at Brands Hatch along with three other podium finishes, finishing 3rd overall in the standings.[16]

Powell returned to W Series in 2021 competing with the newly formed Racing X team.[17] Powell dominated the first race of the season at the Red Bull Ring, taking her first pole position, setting the fastest lap and leading every lap to take the race win.[18] Powell finished the season with 3 wins, 5 podiums & 132 points as she went on to finish runner-up to Jamie Chadwick. Powell won the Silverstone and Zandvoort rounds and finished 27 points behind champion Chadwick.

Commentary career

Powell joined the Sky Sports Formula 2 commentary team when the 2020 season resumed in July 2020, after delays and cancellations due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Personal life

Powell attended The Cotswold School.[19] In 2013, she was included in the BBC series 100 Women.[20]

Racing record

Powell contesting a round of the 2021 W Series at the Red Bull Ring

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2007 Ginetta Junior Championship Tockwith Motorsport 11 0 0 0 0 62 16th
Ginetta Junior Winter Series 3 0 0 0 0 ? 5th
2008
Ginetta Junior Championship
Tockwith Motorsport/Muzz Racing 24 0 0 0 4 326 9th
2009
Formula Renault UK
Manor Competition
20 0 0 0 0 88 18th
Formula Palmer Audi
Motorsport Vision
3 0 0 0 0 33 25th
2010 Formula Renault BARC Hillspeed 12 2 2 0 7 288 1st
Formula Renault UK Winter Series
Manor Competition
7 0 0 0 0 53 12th
Ginetta G50 Cup
Tockwith 14 0 0 0 0 163 16th
CDR 3 0 0 0 0
2011
Formula Renault UK
Manor Competition
20 0 0 0 0 258 9th
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC SL Formula Racing 2 0 0 0 0 24 35th
MRF Formula 1600 Delhi ? 2 0 0 0 2 33 2nd
InterSteps Championship Motaworld 1 0 0 0 0 12 14th
2012
GP3 Series
Status Grand Prix 16 0 0 0 0 1 19th
Formula Ford 1600 – Walter Hayes Trophy ? 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 12th
2012–13 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 MRF Racing 10 0 0 1 2 79 5th
2013
GP3 Series
Bamboo Engineering
2 0 0 0 0 0 31st
MSV F3 Cup – Class A Mark Bailey Racing 18 5 1 11 8 396 2nd
British Formula 3 International Series – National B 3 2 2 3 2 0 NC†
2014
Asian Formula Renault Series – International Class
FRD Racing Team
11 5 5 1 9 242 1st
British Formula 3 International Series
Carlin Motorsport
3 0 0 0 1 16 15th
MSV F3 Cup – Cup Class Mark Bailey Racing 4 2 1 1 4 116 11th
2015 Silverstone 24 Hours – Class 3 Andrew Palmer 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 4th
2015–16
MRF Challenge Formula 2000
MRF Racing 4 0 0 0 0 9 18th
2018–19 Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy Jaguar VIP Car 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2019 W Series Hitech GP 6 1 0 0 4 76 3rd
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship – GTD
Heinricher Racing with Meyer Shank Racing
1 0 0 0 0 19 59th
2019–20 Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy Jaguar ran racing eTROPHY Team Germany 10 0 0 1 2 70 4th
Formula E
Envision Virgin Racing
Test driver
2020–21 Formula E
Envision Virgin Racing
Simulator/Development driver
2021 W Series Racing X 8 3 2 4 5 132 2nd
2021–22
Formula E
Envision Racing Simulator/Development driver
2022 W Series Click2Drive Bristol Street Motors Racing 7 1 1 1 4 86 3rd
2022–23 Formula E Envision Racing Simulator/Development driver

As Powell was a guest driver, she was ineligible for points.

Complete GP3 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 DC Points
2012
Status Grand Prix
CAT
FEA

Ret
CAT
SPR

11
MON
FEA

11
MON
SPR

22
VAL
FEA

18
VAL
SPR

Ret
SIL
FEA

17
SIL
SPR

Ret
HOC
FEA

19
HOC
SPR

Ret
HUN
FEA

19
HUN
SPR

20
SPA
FEA

18
SPA
SPR

12
MNZ
FEA

12
MNZ
SPR

8
19th 1
2013
Bamboo Engineering
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
VAL
FEA
VAL
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
NÜR
FEA
NÜR
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
YMC
FEA

19
YMC
SPR

20
31st 0

Complete W Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DC Points
2019 Hitech GP
HOC

2
ZOL

3
MIS

Ret
NOR

Ret
ASS

2
BRH

1
3rd 76
2021 Racing X
RBR1

1
RBR2

8
SIL

1
HUN

2
SPA

4
ZAN

1
COA1

3
COA2

6
2nd 132
2022 Bristol Street Motors Racing
MIA1

Ret
MIA2

2
CAT

3
SIL
14
LEC
5
HUN
1
SIN

2
3rd 86

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Rank Points
2019
Heinricher Racing with Meyer Shank Racing
GTD Acura NSX GT3 Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6 DAY SEB MDO DET WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR
12
LGA
PET 59th 19

Complete Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 D.C. Points
2018–19 Jaguar VIP Car Jaguar I-PACE eTROPHY G ADR
5
MEX HKG SYX RME PAR MCO BER NYC NYC NC† 0
2019–20 Jaguar ran racing eTROPHY Team Germany Jaguar I-PACE eTROPHY P
ADR

33
ADR

33
MEX
85
BER
65
BER
76
BER
55
BER
55
BER
106
BER
55
BER
44
4th 70

As Powell was a guest driver, she was ineligible for points.

References

  1. ^ "Alice Elizabeth Fraser POWELL – Personal Appointments". Companies House service. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  2. ^ "ALICE ELIZABETH FRASER POWELL – CHIPPING NORTON – RACING DRIVER/STUDENT/DIRECTOR". Check Company. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  3. ^ "F1 is Alice's wonderland". The Oxford Times. 24 July 2010. Retrieved 3 October 2010.
  4. ^ "Gloucestershire racer Alice Powell sets another record". BBC News. 10 May 2010. Retrieved 2 October 2010.
  5. ^ a b "Award for teenage racing driver". BBC News. 13 November 2009. Retrieved 2 October 2010.
  6. ^ "Female racing driver honoured". BBC News. 19 January 2010. Retrieved 3 October 2010.
  7. ^ "Alice Powell wins Formula Renault BARC title". Girlracer. 18 October 2010. Archived from the original on 23 October 2010. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
  8. ^ "Status Grand Prix sign Alice Powell". GP3Series.com. 16 April 2012. Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
  9. ^ "Ellinas wins as Evans becomes Champion". GP3Series.com. GP2 Motorsport Ltd. 9 September 2012. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
  10. Motorsport Vision. 20 March 2013. Archived from the original
    on 11 July 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
  11. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. 22 May 2013. Archived from the original
    on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
  12. ^ "Alice Powell hopeful of Caterham F1 debut in Abu Dhabi". BBC Sport. 12 November 2014. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  13. ^ "Caterham F1 manufacturer goes into administration". BBC Sport. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  14. ^ "Caterham to race in Abu Dhabi finale after fundraising success". BBC Sport. 14 November 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  15. ^ "Abu Dhabi MRF Challenge: Fittipaldi wins finale, Calderon beats Reddy for second". motorsport.com. 31 October 2015. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  16. ^ "2019 Standings". W Series. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  17. ^ "W Series introduces new team structure from this season".
  18. ^ "Powell leads every lap to take second series win".[permanent dead link]
  19. ^ "Racing driver Alice Powell receives top award". BBC Gloucestershire. 19 January 2010. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  20. ^ "Who are the 100 Women 2014?". BBC News. 26 October 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2016.

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2010
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