Alisha Palmowski

Alisha Palmowski
Palmowski at the 2026 Chinese Grand Prix
Nationality British
Born (2006-09-21) 21 September 2006
Glossop, Derbyshire, England
F1 Academy career
Debut season2024
Current teamCampos Racing
Car number21
Former teamsPrema Racing
Starts15
Wins1
Podiums6
Poles1
Fastest laps1
Best finish5th in 2025
Previous series

Alisha Palmowski (/ˈpɑːlmɒfski/; born 21 September 2006) is a British racing driver who competes in F1 Academy for Campos Racing as part of the Red Bull Academy Programme.

Palmowski was runner-up in the 2024 GB4 Championship and finished 5th in the 2025 F1 Academy season.

Career

Karting

She first drove in an indoor karting arena in 2015.[1][2]

Palmowski competed in the Manchester and Tamworth’s Daytona Junior InKart Championship.[3] Making her competitive karting debut in the 2018 BirelART UK Series – Junior category, Palmowski then moved to the Daniel Ricciardo Series – DRS100 for the rest of her karting career, finishing in ninth in 2019, and runner-up to the title in 2020 and 2021.[4]

Ginetta Junior Championship

Palmowski won the 2022 Ginetta Junior Scholarship, joining Jamie Chadwick as the only women to earn the honor.[5] She finished the Winter Championship in second place. Palmowski finished the 2022 Ginetta Junior Championship in 13th, with six top-ten finishes.

Palmowski 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.[6]

Palmowski finished fifth in the championship with ten podiums, one pole position and 498 points.[7]

GB4

Palmowski continued her relationship with Elite Motorsport in the 2024 GB4 Championship, making her single-seater debut.[8][1] She had an impressive debut race, winning the first race of the season by margin of 3.6 seconds.[9] She ended her campaign as the runner-up to the title, with 422 points, three wins, two pole positions and eleven podiums.[10]

Formula E

Palmowski took part in the 2024 Formula E women's test, where she drove for Envision Racing.[11]

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.[12][13] In Race 1, she finished in fifth place. She had qualified fourth for Race 2, but the race was cancelled after a crash in a different series caused extensive damage to the barriers.[14][15]

2025

Palmowski returned for the 2025 season where she raced for Campos Racing as the Red Bull Racing supported driver.[16] She secured her maiden F1 Academy win at the season opener in Shanghai during Race 1.[17] Palmowski placed 5th overall in the 2025 F1 Academy Season, with one win and five podium finishes.[18]

2026

Red Bull Racing retained Palmowski for the 2026 F1 Academy season.[19]

Early life and education

Palmowski is from Manchester, England.[1] She attended St Philip Howard Catholic Voluntary Academy in Glossop, Derbyshire.[20] Her father and grandfather are fans of motorsport, which influenced her upbringing. Her great-grandfather drove BriSCA F1 Stock Cars from the 1970s to the 1990s.[1][21]

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
Ginetta Junior Championship 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
F1 Academy Prema Racing 1 0 0 0 0 10 17th
2025 Formula Winter Series Campos Racing 6 0 0 0 0 0 23rd
F1 Academy 14 1 0 0 5 91 5th
2026 Formula Winter Series Campos Racing 6 0 1 0 0 12 19th
F1 Academy

*Season in progress.

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 D.C. Points
2022 Preptech UK DON
1
21 		DON
2
9 		DON
3
Ret 		BHI
1
12 		BHI
2
Ret 		BHI
3
17 		THR1
1
12 		THR1
2
Ret 		CRO
1
Ret 		CRO
2
13 		KNO
1
8 		KNO
2
9 		KNO
3
18 		SNE
1
Ret 		SNE
2
14 		SNE
3
9 		THR2
1
12 		THR2
2
19 		THR2
3
11 		SIL
1
9 		SIL
2
13 		SIL
3
13 		BHGP
1
8 		BHGP
2
Ret 		BHGP
3
18 		13th 156
2023 Elite Motorsport OUL
1
Ret 		OUL
2
3 		OUL
3
9 		SIL1
1
2 		SIL1
2
5 		SIL1
3
2 		DON1
1
2 		DON1
2
7 		DON1
3
Ret 		SIL2
1
9 		SIL2
2
3 		SIL2
3
4 		SIL2
4
11 		SIL2
5
6 		SIL2
6
10 		SNE
1
10 		SNE
2
9 		SNE
3
7 		CAD
1
3 		CAD
2
6 		CAD
3
10 		BHGP
1
3 		BHGP
2
2 		BHGP
3
2 		DON2
1
4 		DON2
2
2 		DON2
3
8 		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 D.C. Points
2024 Elite Motorsport OUL
1
1 		OUL
2
5 		OUL
3
Ret 		SIL1
1
2 		SIL1
2
4 		SIL1
3
C 		DON1
1
Ret 		DON1
2
9 		DON1
3
36 		SNE
1
2 		SNE
2
1 		SNE
3
111 		SIL2
1
3 		SIL2
2
5 		SIL2
3
76 		DON2
1
3 		DON2
2
4 		DON2
3
36 		BRH
1
4 		BRH
2
3 		BRH
3
24 		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 D.C. Points
2024 Prema Racing JED
1 		JED
2 		MIA
1 		MIA
2 		CAT
1 		CAT
2 		ZAN
1 		ZAN
2 		SIN
1 		SIN
2 		LSL
1
5 		LSL
2
C 		ABU
1 		ABU
2 		ABU
3 		17th 10
2025 Campos Racing SHA
1
1 		SHA
2
6 		JED
1
3 		JED
2
4 		MIA
1
2 		MIA
2
C 		CAN
1
12 		CAN
2
6 		CAN
3
7 		ZAN
1
7 		ZAN
2
2 		SIN
1
Ret 		SIN
2
15 		LVG
1
DSQ 		LVG
2
2 		5th 91
2026 Campos Racing SHA
1
5 		SHA
2
2 		JED
1
 JED
2
 MIA
1
 MIA
2
 CAN
1
 CAN
2
 ZAN
1
 ZAN
2
 SIN
1
 SIN
2
 LVG
1
 LVG
2

Complete Formula Winter Series 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 D.C. Points
2025 Campos Racing POR
1
13 		POR
2
13 		POR
3
12 		CRT
1
Ret 		CRT
2
15 		CRT
3
24 		ARA
1 		ARA
2 		ARA
3 		CAT
1 		CAT
2 		CAT
3 		23rd 0
2026 Campos Racing EST
1
4 		EST
2
11 		EST
3
15 		POR
1 		POR
2 		POR
3 		CRT
1 		CRT
2 		CRT
3 		ARA
1
19 		ARA
2
Ret 		ARA
3
13 		CAT
1
 CAT
2
 CAT
3
 18th* 12*

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