McLaren Racing introduced Tuesday that Ella Lloyd has joined the McLaren Driver Improvement program and can signify the group within the 2025 F1 Academy season with Rodin Motorsport.
Lloyd, 19, started racing competitively in 2022 within the Ginetta Junior Championship, ending within the factors at 15 of 25 races that season. The next yr, she competed within the Ginetta GT Championship, and completed the yr as runner-up.
Initially of this yr, Lloyd competed within the Components Winter Collection, taking the Feminine Driver Trophy a number of occasions. She competed in British F4, finishing the 2024 season with three P2 outcomes, one P3 and a number of factors finishes. The Welsh racer additionally took half within the Singapore F1 Academy weekend because the Wild Card driver, ending within the factors in each races.
In step with the F1 Academy laws limiting drivers to a most of two years within the collection, Lloyd will step as much as signify McLaren within the 2025 F1 Academy season, racing with Rodin Motorsport.
Her involvement within the McLaren Driver Improvement program, led by Stephanie Carlin, will see her compete in Components E’s first-ever Ladies’s Check for the NEOM McLaren Components E Workforce on Nov. 7, 2024, in Valencia, Spain.
Carlin, director of F1 enterprise operations at McLaren Racing, stated: “Ella has nice expertise and potential and has already cemented herself within the collection, performing brilliantly because the Wild Card entry in Singapore, so we’re excited to see what she will do with us. We look ahead to supporting her growth.”
Lloyd herself stated: “It’s an honor to drive for a group that has such an excellent racing historical past and likewise an extended monitor file for creating expertise. With McLaren, I now have all the pieces I must hold creating and pushing the boundaries as a feminine in motorsport.
“Thanks to Zak Brown [McLaren CEO], Stephanie Carlin and the complete McLaren group for his or her religion in me. I can’t wait to get racing in papaya.”
