Twelve months ago Alice Powell described her return to motor racing as a new lease of life. After four years without a drive she grasped her chance in the all-female W Series with unbridled verve. However, with her career resurgent the opportunity to build on her success has been wrenched away by the coronavirus-induced sporting shutdown. It has struck Powell as a body blow. “The thought of having another year not racing is pretty gutting,” she says bluntly.
Powell fears there may be no racing this year but is emphatic that if that is necessary to defeat the virus, then every sport must take it on the chin. “My other half thinks that we might not go racing at all,” she says. “I say: ‘Don’t be silly,’ but in the back of my mind I think he could be right. That is really upsetting because last year was my time back racing after being out for a long time.”
Written by Giles Richards
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/apr/11/alice-powell-w-series-interview-thought-year-not-racing-gutting under the title “Alice Powell: ‘The thought of having another year not racing is pretty gutting’”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
