Ayla Ågren

Ayla Ågren (born 23 July 1993) is a Norwegian-Swedish racing driver. Representing Norway, she formerly competed in the W Series.

Biography Following a decade in karting across Europe and Scandinavia, Ågren moved to the United States to forge a professional career – first testing with the Skip Barber Racing School and then competing in their Summer Series, scoring four podiums and finishing eighth overall. In 2013, she moved into F1600, immediately proving competitive and winning the championship at her second attempt with a last-lap pass for victory in the final round at Watkins Glen. The success saw her move onto the Road to Indy schedule, promoted within Team Pelfrey. Whilst initially competitive, her first season in U.S. F2000 proved to be her only full campaign as the funding began to dry up. She managed a fourth place at Road America in 2016 having moved to John Cummiskey Racing, but a move back to Team Pelfrey in 2017 led to a half-season campaign with her final appearance at Iowa ending in an eighth-place finish.

Having spent a year out of racing, Ågren applied for the W Series, a European-based Formula Regional championship solely for women, in 2019. She failed to qualify for the inaugural season, and eventually landed a job as the IndyCar safety car driver having given up on finding a race seat. She would again attempt to qualify for the W Series in 2020, and successfully made the 20-car grid on her second attempt before the season was cancelled in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. She eventually got to compete in the championship in 2021, but only scored points in two races and finished 17th in the standings – Ågren additionally missed the Spa race having been involved in a multi-car pile-up in qualifying. Ågren returned to the series as a reserve driver in 2022, being called up to race in Singapore after Tereza Bábíčková suffered a back injury. During this time, Ågren also worked as a spotter for the short-lived Paretta Autosport IndyCar team.

Racing record

Career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2012 Skip Barber F2000 Summer Series N/A 21 0 0 1 4 453 8th 2013 F1600 Championship Series Bryan Herta Autosport 12 0 1 3 2 322 4th 2014 F1600 Championship Series Team Pelfrey 14 3 1 4 8 492 1st 2015 U.S. F2000 National Championship Team Pelfrey 16 0 0 0 0 186 10th 2016 U.S. F2000 National Championship John Cummiskey Racing 12 0 0 0 0 137 11th 2017 U.S. F2000 National Championship Team Pelfrey 7 0 0 0 0 72 17th 2021 W Series M. Forbes Motorsport 8 0 0 0 0 3 17th Michelin Le Mans Cup - LMP3 Mühlner Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 0.5 41st Ligier European Series - JS2 R Orhes Racing 2 0 0 0 0 16 14th2022 W Series Puma W Series Team10000019th

Complete W Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DC Points 2021 M. Forbes Motorsport SPI1 SPI2 SIL BUD SPA ZAN AUS1 AUS2 17th 3 2022 Puma W Series Team MIA1 MIA2 BCN SIL LEC BUD SGP 19th 0