| Alice Buckley | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Australian |
| Born | 11 July 2007 Alberton, Queensland, Australia |
| Championship titles | |
| 2025 | Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia Scholarship Series |
Alice Buckley (born 11 July 2007) is an Australian racing driver set to compete for Alice Buckley Motorsport in the Super2 Series.
Buckley is the sister of Patrick Buckley, a former racing driver. [1]
Buckley began karting at the age of six, [2] [3] competing until 2022. [4] During her karting career, Buckley was selected to participate in the inaugural edition of the FIA Girls on Track – Rising Stars program in 2020, [5] but wasn't able to attend due to travel restrictions. [6] Two years later, Buckley was able to participate in the FIA Girls on Track – Rising Stars program, in which she was one of the four finalists of the Senior category. [7]
After racing part-time in cars in 2021 and 2022, [8] [9] Buckley stepped up to cars full-time in 2023, racing in the Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia 86 Scholarship Series. [10] In her first season in the series, Buckley won all three races at Queensland Raceway and scored one further podium to end the year 16th in points. [11] During 2023, Buckley also raced in the EFS 4x4 Accessories Excel Cup and the Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia 86 Series, [12] and also partook in the 2023–24 Toyota 86 Championship New Zealand for RaceLab Drivers Academy. [13] [14] In her only full-time season in the series, Buckley scored a best result of fourth at Highlands en route to a ninth-place points finish. [15]
Remaining in Toyota one-make competition for 2024, Buckley continued racing in both the Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia GR Cup and the Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia Scholarship Series. [16] In the former, Buckley scored a best result of ninth three times en route to a 17th-place points finish, [17] whereas in the latter, Buckley took a lone podium in race one at Queensland Raceway by finishing second. [18] At the end of the year, Buckley raced part-time in the 2024–25 Toyota 86 Championship New Zealand for RaceLab Academy, [19] taking a best result of fifth in race three at Taupo. [20]
Continuing in Toyota one-make series through 2025, Buckley returned to both the Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia GR Cup and the Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia Scholarship Series for the third consecutive year. [21] Between the two series, Buckley found more success in the latter, taking three wins and six further podiums to seal the title at Tailem Bend. [22] During 2025, Buckley also made select appearances in the TA2 Racing Muscle Car Series for IES Motorsport. [23] On her debut round at the first Queensland round, Buckley scoring a pole and winning twice, [24] before repeating the same feat two months later at the same venue. [25] [26] Also in 2025, Buckley raced in the final three rounds of the Australian National Trans Am Series for Six80 Racing. [27]
Buckley stepped up to the Super2 Series the following year with her own team, with support from Matt Stone Racing. [28]
| Season | Series | Team | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Australian Kart Championship — Cadet 12 | 21st | |
| 2019 | Australian Kart Championship — Cadet 12 | 24th | |
| 2020 | Australian Kart Championship — KA4 Junior | 9th | |
| 2021 | Australian Kart Championship — KA2 | 26th | |
| 2022 | Australian Kart Championship — KA2 | 51st | |
| Australian Kart Championship — KA3 Senior | 49th | ||
| Sources: [29] | |||
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Circuit Excel Racing Association Nationals | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2022 | Circuit Excel Racing Association Nationals | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13th | ||
| 2023 | Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia 86 Scholarship Series | Six80 Racing | 15 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 394 | 16th |
| Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia 86 Series | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||
| EFS 4x4 Accessories Excel Cup | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Circuit Excel Racing Association Nationals | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| EFS 4x4 Accessories Australian Excel Cup | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 216 | 11th | ||
| 2023–24 | Toyota 86 Championship New Zealand | RaceLab Drivers Academy | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 555 | 9th |
| 2024 | Bathurst 6 Hour – Class D | BPRO / six80racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/a | 6th |
| Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia GR Cup | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 654 | 17th | ||
| Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia Scholarship Series | Six80 Racing | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 2024–25 | Toyota 86 Championship New Zealand | Race Lab Academy | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145 | 27th |
| 2025 | Bathurst 6 Hour – Class D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | N/a | DNF | |
| Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia GR Cup | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia Scholarship Series | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1st | |||
| TA2 Racing Muscle Car Series | IES Motorsport | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 357 | 11th | |
| Australian National Trans Am Series | Six80 Racing | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |
| 2026 | Super2 Series | Alice Buckley Motorsport | |||||||
| Sources: [29] | |||||||||
(key) (Race results only)
| Super2 Series results | |||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Position | Points |
| 2026 | Alice Buckley Motorsport | 50 | Holden Commodore ZB | SMP R1 | SMP R2 | HID R3 | HID R4 | BAR R5 | BAR R6 | BAT R9 | BAT R10 | SAN R7 | SAN R8 | ADE R11 | ADE R12 | ||