Alice Elizabeth Fraser Powell 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.
Powell at the Red Bull Ring in 2021
Powell competing in the MSV F3 Cup at Brands Hatch in 2013.
Powell on her way to victory in the 2019 W Series Brands Hatch round
Powell contesting a round of the 2021 W Series at the Red Bull Ring
W Series was an all-female single-seater racing championship. It was held over a total of three seasons in 2019, 2021 and 2022 before the championship fell into administration and later liquidated, with a planned season in 2020 cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. All three editions were won by Jamie Chadwick.
W Series logo on the Tatuus F3 T-318; 2019 season.
Alice Powell leads Emma Kimiläinen and Beitske Visser at the 2019 W Series Brands Hatch round.
Jamie Chadwick won her second successive title in 2021.
Fabienne Wohlwend leads Abbi Pulling and Beitske Visser at the 2022 W Series Silverstone round.