Overview
- The 15-year-old will start her single-seater career in the Central European Formula 4 series at Austria's Red Bull Ring with Swiss outfit Jenzer Motorsport.
- She is part of McLaren's driver development program after joining in November at age 14, and she is the youngest driver in the group.
- Mika Hakkinen told Finland's Ilta-Sanomat that Ella shows strong drive and talent, and he expects a woman to reach Formula 1 in the coming years.
- Central European F4 is an entry-level championship that helps karting graduates learn race craft in standardized cars before moving up the ladder.
- Her father's comments also cite his claim that about 40 percent of new Formula 1 fans are women, a trend he says the sport should reflect after the last female F1 racer, Lella Lombardi, competed in 1976.