Alice Powell
| Alice Powell | |
|---|---|
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| Nationality | British |
| Born |
26 January 1993 Oxford, England |
| MRF Challenge career | |
| Debut season | 2015-16 |
| Car no. | 11 |
| Starts | 4 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Previous series | |
| 2013 2012 2009, 2011 2010 2010 2009 2008 |
F3 Cup GP3 Series Formula Renault UK Ginetta G50 Cup Formula Renault BARC Formula Palmer Audi Ginetta Junior Championship |
| Championship titles | |
| 2010 2014 |
Formula Renault BARC Asian Formula Renault Series |
| Awards | |
| 2010 2011 |
BWRDC GoldStars Award BWRDC GoldStars Elite |
Alice Powell (born 26 January 1993 in Oxford) 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.
Racing career
Formula Renault
Powell was born in Oxford, England. She learned to drive at the age of six, and started her career in karting two years later.[1] In 2009, at 16, she drove in the Michelin Formula Renault UK Championship, becoming the youngest female driver in a Formula Renault race.[2] Powell finished the year as runner up for the Young Star Award at the Women of the Future Awards.[3] She was also awarded the British Women Racing Drivers Club GoldStars 'Elite' category Award.[4] Powell set a record in the fourth round of the 2010 Formula Renault BARC Championship by becoming the first woman to win a Formula Renault race in the UK,[3] and later in the year became the first woman to win a Formula Renault championship.[5] 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.
GP3 Series
On 16 April 2012, after only two test days in the GP3 car, it was announced that Powell would drive for the Status Grand Prix team in the 2012 GP3 Series.[6] On 9 September that year she finished 8th in 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.[7]
Formula 3
Powell joined F3 Cup for 2013 having been unable to continue in the GP3 Series.[8] She took part in the opening round of the 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.[9]
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.[10] The Caterham team had gone into administration in October 2014 and had not attended the previous two Grands Prix.[11] It was later reported that Powell had abandoned the idea as it was unlikely that the appropriate superlicence could be obtained.[12]
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.[13]
Personal life
In 2013, Powell was included in the BBC series 100 Women.[14]
Racing record
Career summary
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Manor Competition/Hillspeed | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 288 | 1st |
| Ginetta G50 Cup | Tockwith/CDR | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163 | 16th | |
| 2011 | Formula Renault UK | Manor Competition | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 258 | 9th |
| 2012 | GP3 Series | Status Grand Prix | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19th |
| 2013 | MotorSport Vision Formula Three Cup | Mark Bailey Racing | 18 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 396 | 2nd |
| British Formula 3 National B Class | Mark Bailey Racing | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | N/A | N/A | |
| GP3 Series | Bamboo Engineering | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31st | |
| 2014 | British Formula 3 International Series | Carlin Motorsport | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 15th |
| MotorSport Vision Formula Three Cup | Mark Bailey Racing | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 116 | 11th | |
| Asian Formula Renault Series | FRD Racing Team | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 242 | 1st | |
| 2015-16 | MRF Challenge Formula 2000 | MRF Challenge | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 18th |
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 |
References
- ↑ "F1 is Alice's wonderland". The Oxford Times. 24 July 2010. Retrieved 3 October 2010.
- ↑ "Gloucestershire racer Alice Powell sets another record". BBC News. 10 May 2010. Retrieved 2 October 2010.
- 1 2 "Award for teenage racing driver". BBC News. 13 November 2009. Retrieved 2 October 2010.
- ↑ "Female racing driver honoured". BBC News. 19 January 2010. Retrieved 3 October 2010.
- ↑ "Alice Powell wins Formula Renault BARC title". Girlracer. 18 October 2010. Archived from the original on 23 October 2010. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
- ↑ "Status Grand Prix sign Alice Powell". GP3Series.com. 16 April 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
- ↑ "Ellinas wins as Evans becomes Champion". GP3Series.com. GP2 Motorsport Ltd. 9 September 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
- ↑ "GP3 racer Alice Powell signs up for 2013 F3 Cup". MotorSport Vision Formula Three Cup. Motorsport Vision. 20 March 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
- ↑ "British F3 lines up for super Silverstone start". British Formula 3 Championship. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
- ↑ "Alice Powell hopeful of Caterham F1 debut in Abu Dhabi". BBC Sport. 12 November 2014. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
- ↑ "Caterham F1 manufacturer goes into administration". BBC Sport. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
- ↑ "Caterham to race in Abu Dhabi finale after fundraising success". BBC Sport. 14 November 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
- ↑ "Abu Dhabi MRF Challenge: Fittipaldi wins finale, Calderon beats Reddy for second". motorsport.com. 31 October 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
- ↑ "Who are the 100 Women 2014?". BBC. 26 October 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
External links
- Official website
- Alice Powell career summary at DriverDB.com
| Sporting positions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Kieren Clark |
Formula Renault BARC Champion 2010 |
Succeeded by Dino Zamparelli |
| Preceded by Julio Acosta |
Asian Formula Renault Series Champion 2014 |
Succeeded by Dan Wells |