ALISHA PALMOWSKI Sets Vegas Win Goal After Conquering Shanghai in F1 Academy Debut

June 22, 2025

by Rebecca Cox // from www.countryandtownhouse.com

• ALISHA PALMOWSKI delivered a statement victory in her first F1 Academy race at Shanghai, proving that her decade of racing experience – from Daniel Ricciardo’s karting series to becoming a double Junior Vice Champion – has prepared her for this moment. The 18-year-old’s win wasn’t just personal vindication; it was validation for the entire Red Bull Racing/Campos Racing program and set the bar impossibly high for her rookie campaign.
• The Ginetta Junior scholarship win that saved her career reads like a perfect underdog story – 70 drivers competing for one fully-funded seat, with PALMOWSKI’s entire future hanging in the balance. Without that scholarship, she’d never have sat in a race car, let alone won one. Now she’s working directly with Red Bull Racing’s F1 team at Milton Keynes, getting the kind of development opportunities that were unimaginable just years ago.
• PALMOWSKI’s manifesting a Las Vegas victory to cap her rookie year, and honestly, why shouldn’t she dream big? She’s already proven the physical demands don’t faze her – from those awkward neck workouts to withstanding G-forces that would flatten most people. With Susie Wolff predicting a woman in F1 within 10 years, PALMOWSKI represents exactly the kind of talent that makes that timeline feel achievable rather than optimistic.

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