| Ella Stevens | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | |
| Born | 10 September 2006 Wotton-under-Edge, England |
Ella Stevens (born 10 September 2006) is a British racing driver set to compete in F1 Academy for Rodin Motorsport.
Born in Wotton-under-Edge, [1] Stevens began karting at the age of six, competing until 2025. [2] Starting out in Bambino karts, [3] Stevens moved to Cadet karts in 2016 as she joined the BirelART UK Series, [4] which she won the following year, [5] before taking the LGM Series privateer title in 2018. [6] Stevens then stepped up to Mini karts in 2020, winning the TVKC Winter Series, [7] [8] as she joined Rob Smedley's Electroheads Talent Academy, [9] [10] and also participated in the inaugural edition of the FIA Girls on Track – Rising Stars. [11]
After racing in International karting for Birel ART Racing in OK across the following two years, [12] [13] and participating in the 2021 FIA Girls on Track – Rising Stars's Senior category, [14] Stevens returned to the UK with Jade Racing Team to race in KZ2. [15] [16] In her three-year stint in the category, Stevens won the Shenington Kart Racing Club in 2024 and 2025, [17] as well as finishing runner-up in the British Kart Championship in the latter year. [18]
During 2025, Jacquet also participated in the F1 Academy rookie test at Navarra, [19] [20] setting the fastest time in the morning, before posting the second-fastest time in the afternoon. [21] Later that year, Stevens joined the McLaren Driver Development Programme as she also joined Rodin Motorsport to compete in the 2026 F1 Academy season. [22]
| Season | Series | Team | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | LGM Series – IAME Cadet | 16th | |
| Shenington Kart Racing Club – IAME Cadet | 22nd | ||
| Super One Series – IAME Cadet | Privateer | 16th | |
| 2019 | LGM Series – IAME Cadet | 10th | |
| British Kart Championship – IAME Cadet | Fusion Motorsport | 13th | |
| Kartmasters British GP – IAME Cadet | 13th | ||
| 2020 | Kartmasters British GP – X30 Mini | NC | |
| 2021 | LGM Series – X30 Junior | Jade Racing Team | 13th |
| British Kart Championship – X30 Junior | IPK Racing UK | 38th | |
| Champions of the Future – OK | Birel ART Racing Team | 86th | |
| Karting European Championship – OK | NC | ||
| Karting World Championship – OK | NC | ||
| 2022 | WSK Super Master Series – OK | Birel ART Racing Team | 44th |
| Champions of the Future – OK | 48th | ||
| Karting European Championship – OK | 69th | ||
| Karting World Championship – OK | NC | ||
| LGM Series – X30 Junior | Jade Racing Team | 44th | |
| 2023 | British Kart Championship – KZ2 | Jade Racing Team | 5th |
| Shenington Kart Racing Club – KZ2 | 2nd | ||
| 2024 | British Kart Championship – KZ2 | Jade Racing Team | 3rd |
| Kartmasters British GP – X30 Senior | 11th | ||
| Shenington Kart Racing Club – KZ2 | 1st | ||
| 2025 | British Kart Championship – KZ2 | Jade Racing Team | 2nd |
| Shenington Kart Racing Club – KZ2 | 1st | ||
| Sources: [23] [24] | |||
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | F1 Academy | Rodin Motorsport | |||||||
| Sources: [23] | |||||||||