Will Powell (racing driver)

Powell worked for production company North One TV whose clients included FIA World Rally Championship, FIA Formula E Championship, and FIA Formula One. He later worked in performance vehicle marketing roles at Jaguar Land Rover. He later became a Vice President at CSM, the sports marketing division of Chime Plc.

In 2016, Powell founded the motorsport marketing agency Motus One where he is Managing Director.[5][6] In 2018, Motus One Racing was consolidated into the group adding a motorsport events and race team to the business.

Powell was a factory driver for the motorsport division of Anglo-American sports car company Brabham Automotive.[7]

He has raced in GT and sports car championships in the UK including F3,[8] Britcar, GT Cup,[9] Radicals, 24h Series and MR2 Championship.[10]

He is qualified as a race coach by the Association of Racing Driver Schools (ARDS) and has coached customers for Mercedes-Benz AMG, Bentley, and Ford.[11][12]

He drove the Brabham BT62 Competition[13] in the marque’s return to racing at the Brands Hatch Into The Night Race in November 2019 alongside teammate David Brabham.[7][14] The duo finished in first place with Powell setting fastest lap of the race.[15]

In a disrupted 2020 motorsport season, Powell raced as a pro-driver in the British Endurance Series and GT Cup in a Ginetta G55 GT4 with co-driver Dave Scaramanga for Motus One Racing.[16] During the COVID-19 UK lockdown, Powell won multiple e-sports races[17] in a virtual Brabham BT62.

In 2021, Powell won the British Endurance Series championship in a McLaren GT3.[18] In the same year, it was announced by Maximum Motorsport that Powell would drive[19] its Hyundai in the TCR UK touring car championship. He also tested for Team HARD in its SEAT Cupra for the British Touring Car Championship.[20]