Alice Powell

Alice Powell
Nationality British
Born 26 January 1993
Oxford England
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 Formula Renault BARC
Awards
2011
2010		 BWRDC GoldStars Elite
BWRDC GoldStars Award

Alice Powell (born 26 January 1993 in Oxford) is a British racing driver. In 2010 she became the first female to win a Formula Renault championship and as of 2013 is the only female 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 female to win a Formula Renault race in the UK,[3] and later in the year became the first female 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.

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

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 Three season at Silverstone, driving the Mark Bailey Racing run Dallara F306 which she also raced in the F3 Cup.[9]

Powell finished second in the championship behind Alex Craven, having won five times during the season including three of the first four races.

On 12 November 2014 Powell was reported as trying to raise funds to drive a Caterham Formula One car, in practice, 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]

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 3 396 2nd
British Formula Three 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 Three 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

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 ESP
FEA
Ret		 ESP
SPR
11		 MON
FEA
11		 MON
SPR
22		 VAL
FEA
18		 VAL
SPR
Ret		 GBR
FEA
17		 GBR
SPR
Ret		 GER
FEA
19		 GER
SPR
Ret		 HUN
FEA
19		 HUN
SPR
20		 BEL
FEA
18		 BEL
SPR
12		 ITA
FEA
12		 ITA
SPR
8		 19th 1
2013 Bamboo Engineering ESP
FEA		 ESP
SPR		 VAL
FEA		 VAL
SPR		 GBR
FEA		 GBR
SPR		 GER
FEA		 GER
SPR		 HUN
FEA		 HUN
SPR		 BEL
FEA		 BEL
SPR		 ITA
FEA		 ITA
SPR		 ABU
FEA
19		 ABU
SPR
20		 31st 0

References

  1. ↑ "F1 is Alice's wonderland". The Oxford Times. 24 July 2010. Retrieved 3 October 2010.
  2. ↑ "Gloucestershire racer Alice Powell sets another record". BBC News. 10 May 2010. Retrieved 2 October 2010.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Award for teenage racing driver". BBC News. 13 November 2009. Retrieved 2 October 2010.
  4. ↑ "Female racing driver honoured". BBC News. 19 January 2010. Retrieved 3 October 2010.
  5. ↑ "Alice Powell wins Formula Renault BARC title". Girlracer. 18 October 2010. Archived from the original on 23 October 2010. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
  6. ↑ "Status Grand Prix sign Alice Powell". GP3Series.com. 16 April 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
  7. ↑ "Ellinas wins as Evans becomes Champion". GP3Series.com (GP2 Motorsport Ltd). 9 September 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
  8. ↑ "GP3 racer Alice Powell signs up for 2013 F3 Cup". MotorSport Vision Formula Three Cup (Motorsport Vision). 20 March 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
  9. ↑ "British F3 lines up for super Silverstone start". British Formula Three Championship (Stéphane Ratel Organisation). 22 May 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
  10. ↑ "Alice Powell hopeful of Caterham F1 debut in Abu Dhabi". BBC Sport. 12 November 2014. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  11. ↑ "Caterham F1 manufacturer goes into administration". BBC Sport. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  12. ↑ "Caterham to race in Abu Dhabi finale after fundraising success". BBC Sport. 14 November 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2014.

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Kieren Clark		 Formula Renault BARC
Champion
2010 		Succeeded by
Dino Zamparelli