Ella Lloyd | |
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Born | Ella Mai Lloyd 20 July 2005 Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales |
Nationality | ![]() |
F1 Academy career | |
Debut season | 2024 |
Current team | Rodin Motorsport |
Car number | 20 |
Former teams | Prema Racing |
Starts | 10 |
Wins | 1 |
Podiums | 4 |
Poles | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
Best finish | 18th in 2024 |
F4 British Championship career | |
Debut season | 2024 |
Current team | Rodin Motorsport |
Car number | 20 |
Former teams | JHR Developments |
Starts | 32 |
Wins | 0 |
Podiums | 5 |
Poles | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
Best finish | 11th in 2024 |
Previous series | |
Ella Mai Lloyd (born 20 July 2005) is a British racing driver from Wales who competes in F1 Academy and the F4 British Championship for Rodin Motorsport as part of the McLaren Driver Development Programme.
Lloyd was runner-up in the 2023 Ginetta GT5 Challenge.
Despite never competing in karting, Lloyd's first taste of motorsport came in 2018 when she was invited to take part in the FIA's Girls on Track Karting Challenge at Silverstone. [1] She formally began her career four years later, in the 2022 Ginetta Junior Championship. [2] Racing for Assetto Motorsport, she scored points in 15 of 25 races and recorded a best race finish of 11th.
In early 2023, Lloyd was chosen for the Motorsport UK Academy Futures program and moved up to the Ginetta GT5 Challenge with Xentek Motorsport. [3] [4] The season was an instant success, as she won on debut and picked up 10 wins, 10 pole positions and 17 podiums, eventually finishing runner-up behind Luke Garlick. [5]
Lloyd made her single-seater debut in the 2024 Formula Winter Series, driving for Rodin Motorsport in two rounds. [6] In her debut weekend she had her best qualifying time deleted for causing a red flag, which meant she started in 38th. She made up more than 30 positions over the three races, finishing in 21st, 20th, and 22nd. [7] She improved to 18th in qualifying for the next round, but weather and contact marred her results in the races. Lloyd won the female trophy in three of the four races she finished. [8]
Lloyd later joined JHR Developments for a full programme in British F4. [9] [10] Her debut came at Donington Park, where she finished 8th and 7th having notably overtaken the much more experienced Abbi Pulling. [11] Lloyd's campaign took off in the fifth round at Silverstone, with three strong results including a maiden podium, where she followed teammate Leo Robinson through for a JHR 1–2. [12] The pair repeated the feat at Knockhill, and Lloyd also returned to the rostrum at Donington, where she qualified a season-best 3rd in wet conditions, and Brands Hatch. [13] [14] Despite skipping the penultimate round, Lloyd finished 11th in the championship with 99 points. [15]
On the tail end of the 2024 season, Lloyd competed in the first two rounds of the 2024 Formula Trophy UAE, where she picked up two best finishes of 17th. [16]
Lloyd returned to the British F4 in 2025, switching to Rodin Motorsport in a dual campaign with F1 Academy campaign. [17]
In 2024, along with her British F4 commitments, Lloyd served as the wildcard entry for the fifth round of the all-female F1 Academy series at Singapore. [18] Although mechanical issues limited her mileage in practice, Lloyd qualified eighth, a mere 0.111 off fourth place. She improved to 6th and 7th in the races, but a penalty for a false start demoted her to 9th in Race 1. [19] [20]
For the 2025 season, it was announced that Lloyd would be entering the series under Rodin Motorsport with support from McLaren, having joined the team's driver development programme. [21] At the first round in Shanghai, Lloyd qualified eleventh. Though starting at the pitlane for race one, she managed to climb her way up to 6th place, and in race two she finished in 7th. [22] [23] In Round 2 at Jeddah, she won her first F1 Academy race in Race 1. [24] In Round 4 at Montreal, she finished all three races in second place. [25]
In November 2024, Lloyd and McLaren's incumbent F1 Academy driver Bianca Bustamante joined the McLaren Formula E Team for the Formula E women's test that took place at Jarama in Madrid ahead of the 2024–25 season. [26] Lloyd placed 7th overall at the test, a showing Gary Paffett described as "impressive". [27] [28] She participated in her second test session on 14 July 2025 again for McLaren at the Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit in Berlin. [29] [30]
Besides racing, Lloyd has also competed in skiing and show jumping. Her father, Chris Lloyd, is a former rally driver and later competed in the 2018 Paralympics in alpine skiing. [31]
Lloyd is managed by Greenlight Sports Management, an agency run by 2003 Le Mans winner Guy Smith and fellow sportscar racer Andy Meyrick. [32]
Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
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2022 | Ginetta Junior Championship | Assetto Motorsport | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 21st |
Ginetta GT5 Challenge - Pro | Xentek Motorsport | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |
2023 | Ginetta GT5 Challenge - Pro | Xentek Motorsport | 25 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 571 | 2nd |
2024 | Formula Winter Series | Rodin Motorsport | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41st |
F4 British Championship | JHR Developments | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 99 | 11th | |
F1 Academy | Prema Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 18th | |
Formula Trophy UAE | Xcel Motorsport | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24th | |
2025 | F1 Academy | Rodin Motorsport | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 67* | 4th* |
F4 British Championship | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9* | 20th* |
* Season still in progress.
(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 | DC | Points |
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2022 | Assetto Motorsport | DON 1 23 | DON 2 Ret | DON 3 20 | BHI 1 21 | BHI 2 16 | BHI 3 20 | THR1 1 18 | THR1 2 Ret | CRO 1 19 | CRO 2 19 | KNO 1 Ret | KNO 2 16 | KNO 3 16 | SNE 1 Ret | SNE 2 Ret | SNE 3 17 | THR2 1 14 | THR2 2 11 | THR2 3 Ret | SIL 1 14 | SIL 2 Ret | SIL 3 Ret | BHGP 1 13 | BHGP 2 15 | BHGP 3 13 | 21st | 67 |
(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 | DC | Points |
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2024 | Rodin Motorsport | JER 1 | JER 2 | JER 3 | CRT 1 | CRT 2 | CRT 3 | ARA 1 21 | ARA 2 20 | ARA 3 22 | CAT 1 C | CAT 2 Ret | CAT 3 26 | 41st | 0 |
(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 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | DC | Points |
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2024 | JHR Developments | DPN 1 8 | DPN 2 7 | DPN 3 C | BHI 1 Ret | BHI 2 129 | BHI 3 20 | SNE 1 7 | SNE 2 9 | SNE 3 12 | THR 1 10 | THR 2 171 | THR 3 15 | SILGP 1 5 | SILGP 2 2 | SILGP 3 7 | ZAN 1 12 | ZAN 2 5 | ZAN 3 7 | KNO 1 Ret | KNO 2 2 | KNO 3 DNS | DPGP 1 Ret | DPGP 2 17 | DPGP 3 36 | DPGP 4 12 | SILN 1 | SILN 2 | SILN 3 | BHGP 1 12 | BHGP 2 | BHGP 3 2 | BHGP 3 9 | 11th | 99 |
2025 | Rodin Motorsport | DPN 1 10 | DPN 2 Ret | DPN 3 Ret | SILGP 1 | SILGP 2 | SILGP 3 | SNE 1 15 | SNE 2 14 | SNE 3 9 | THR 1 Ret | THR 2 11 | THR 3 7 | OUL 1 8 | OUL 2 135 | OUL 3 13 | SILGP 1 24 | SILGP 2 10 | ZAN 1 7 | ZAN 2 32 | ZAN 3 4 | KNO 1 14 | KNO 2 112 | KNO 3 Ret | DPGP 1 | DPGP 2 | DPGP 3 | SILN 1 | SILN 2 | SILN 3 | BHGP 1 | BHGP 2 | BHGP 3 | 14th* | 50* |
(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 | DC | Points |
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2024 | Prema Racing | JED 1 | JED 2 | MIA 1 | MIA 2 | CAT 1 | CAT 2 | ZAN 1 | ZAN 2 | SIN 1 9 | SIN 2 7 | LSL 1 | LSL 2 | ABU 1 | ABU 2 | ABU 3 | 18th | 8 |
2025 | Rodin Motorsport | SHA 1 6 | SHA 2 7 | JED 1 1 | JED 2 8 | MIA 1 Ret | MIA 2 C | CAN 1 2 | CAN 2 2 | CAN 3 2 | ZAN 1 | ZAN 2 | SIN 1 | SIN 2 | LVG 1 | LVG 2 | 4th* | 67* |
* Season still in progress.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | DC | Points |
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2024 | Xcel Motorsport | DUB 1 19† | DUB 2 Ret | DUB 3 19 | YMC1 1 17 | YMC1 2 17 | YMC2 1 | YMC2 2 | 24th | 0 |