Powell finishes runner-up at national awards

Saturday, 21 November 2009 19:22

CHIPPING Norton-based racing driver Alice Powell was honoured at the 2009 Women of the Future Awards in London.

Powell was runner-up in the Young Star Award category, which was won by 19-year-old inventor and businesswoman Ruth Amos, who developed a revolutionary mobility aid while studying for her GCSEs.

The Cotswold School student said: “It’s a real honour to get recognition.

“Few women have made it in motorsport and no one has made a real impact in Formula One, that is my ambition.

“I think the time is right, if a girl is out there doing well then more women would watch F1, it would definitely make it more exciting.

“I’d like to be a role model for girls entering motor sport.

“A successful woman in motor sport would be a true ambassador for the sport and women wanting to enter it and do well. I am breaking new ground.”

By: Evesham Journal