She is a former showjumper who swapped horses for horsepower.
Since beginning motorsport 4 years in the past, Ella Lloyd is already making her mark – and ruffling some feathers.
“The males do not prefer to get overtaken by females – you may inform that from their driving,” the 20-year-old mentioned. “They are a bit extra aggressive, however I give it again to them and so they cease.
“I need to beat the boys. I need to beat the women. I need to be first.”
Pontypridd-born Lloyd desires to tackle everybody in the case of the mixed-field F4 British Championship however she additionally has her eyes on success within the F1 Academy.
The System 4-level girls’s-only competitors is designed to provide younger girls in motorsport a direct pathway into the upper ranges of single-seater racing.
Lloyd presently sits third within the F1 Academy standings – the very best of any British driver – with just one race to go.
She has achieved 5 podium finishes, together with a race victory in Jeddah and is hoping to complete her first full season within the Academy in model, at Las Vegas in November.
“I am feeling fairly assured. It is a new monitor for myself, the crew and the entire grid, so it’ll be an enormous studying curve going into the race weekend,” Lloyd mentioned.
