Alisha Palmowski

Alisha Palmowski (born 21 September 2006) is a British racing driver and the runner-up of the 2024 GB4 Championship. She will race in F1 Academy for Campos Racing representing Red Bull Racing.
==Early life and education==
Palmowski attended St Philip Howard Catholic Voluntary Academy in Glossop, Derbyshire.
==Career==
===Karting===
Making her competitive karting debut in the 2018 BirelART UK Series – Junior category, she moved to the Daniel Ricciardo Series – DRS100 for the rest of her career, finshing in 9th in 2019, and runner-up to the title in 2020 and 2021.
=== Ginetta Junior Championship ===
Alisha Palmowski won the 2022 Ginetta Junior Scholarship, joining Jamie Chadwick as the only women to earn the honor. She finished the Winter Championship in 2nd place. Palmowski finished the 2022 Ginetta Junior Championship in 13th, with six top-10 finishes.
She continued in the series for 2023, getting her first podium and best result with a third place at Oulton Park. At the next race she bested this result with two second places at Silverstone Circuit. She continued this momentum throughout the series, getting three out of three podiums at Brands Hatch, and her first pole position at the second race of the final round at Donington Park, which she converted to a second place finish.
Palmowski finished 5th in the championship with 10 podiums, one pole position and 498 points.
===GB4===
Palmowski continued her relationship with Elite Motorsport in the 2024 GB4 Championship, making her single-seater debut. 
She had an impressive debut race, winning the first race of the season by margin of 3.6 seconds. She ended her campaign as the runner-up to the title, with 422 points, 3 wins, 2 pole positions and 11 podiums. 
===Formula E===
Palmowski took part in the 2024 Formula E women's test, where she drove for Envision Racing.
===F1 Academy===
Palmowski joined the 2024 season of F1 Academy as the wildcard entry for the round in Qatar, where she topped the first session of in-season testing. In Race 1, she finished in 5th place. She had qualified 4th for Race 2 but it was cancelled after a crash in a different series caused extensive repairs to the barriers. She will return for the 2025 season where she will race for Campos Racing representing Red Bull Racing.
==Karting record==
===Karting career summary===
Season	Series 	Team	Position
2018 	BirelART UK Series - Junior 	 	
2019 	Daniel Ricciardo Series - DRS100	 	9th
2020 	Daniel Ricciardo Series - DRS100	 	2nd
2021 	Daniel Ricciardo Series - DRS100	 	2nd
== Racing record ==
===Racing career summary===
Season	Series 	Team 	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2022 	Ginetta Junior Winter Championship	Preptech UK 	4 	0 	2 	0 	2 	102 	2nd
2022 	Ginetta Junior Championship 	Preptech UK 	25 	0 	0 	0 	0 	156 	13th
2023 	Ginetta Junior Championship 	Elite Motorsport	27 	0 	1 	1 	10 	498 	5th
2024 	GB4 Championship 	Elite Motorsport	20 	3 	2 	1 	11 	422 	2nd
2024 	F1 Academy 	Prema Racing 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	10 	17th
2025 	F1 Academy 	Campos Racing 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2025 	Formula Winter Series 	Campos Racing 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
===Complete Ginetta Junior Championship results===
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year	Team 	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6 	7 	8 	9 	10 	11 	12 	13 	14 	15 	16 	17 	18 	19 	20 	21 	22 	23 	24 	25 	26 	27 	DC 	Points
2022	Preptech UK 	DON1	DON2	DON3	BHI1 	BHI2 	BHI3 	THR11	THR12	CRO1 	CRO2 	KNO1 	KNO2 	KNO3 	SNE1 	SNE2 	SNE3	THR21	THR22	THR23	SIL1	SIL2	SIL3 	BHGP1	BHGP2	BHGP3	 	 	13th	156
2023	Elite Motorsport	OUL1	OUL2	OUL3	SIL11	SIL12	SIL13	DON11	DON12	DON13	SIL21	SIL22	SIL23	SIL24	SIL25	SIL26	SNE1	SNE2 	SNE3 	CAD1 	CAD2	CAD3	BHGP1	BHGP2	BHGP3	DON21	DON22	DON23	5th 	498
===Complete GB4 Championship 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 	17 	18 	19 	20 	21 	DC 	Points
2024	Elite Motorsport	OUL1	OUL2	OUL3	SIL11	SIL12	SIL13	DON11	DON12	DON13	SNE1	SNE2	SNE3	SIL21	SIL22	SIL23	DON21	DON22	DON23	BRH1	BRH2	BRH3	2nd	422
===Complete F1 Academy results===
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year	Team 	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6 	7 	8 	9 	10 	11 	12 	13 	14 	15 	DC 	Points
2024	Prema Racing	JED1	JED2	MIA1	MIA2	CAT1	CAT2	ZAN1	ZAN2	SIN1	SIN2	LSL1	LSL2	ABU1	ABU2	ABU3	17th	10
Category:2006 births
Category:Living people
Category:F1 Academy drivers
Category:Prema Powerteam drivers
Category:Ginetta Junior Championship drivers
Category:Sportspeople from Glossop
Category:GB4 Championship drivers
Category:English racing drivers
Category:English female racing drivers