Female racing driver strapped into her cockpit at the BTCC at Brands Hatch, seen through the roll cage
Marshals on the trackside post at Brands Hatch with the grandstand behind during the BTCC weekend
Woman in team blacks standing beside the number 91 touring car in the garage at Brands Hatch
Tyre technician running an impact wrench over a Goodyear Eagle slick in the BTCC paddock
Female mechanic in team kit in the garage between sessions at the British Touring Car Championship
BTCC driver Jade Edwards in her race suit outside the Team HARD garage at Brands Hatch
Jade Edwards' number 99 touring car at speed on track at Brands Hatch
Driver being helped with her balaclava in the pit garage before a BTCC race
Pit crew working over a touring car in the Brands Hatch pit lane, a woman mechanic leaning in
Race engineer leaning into the cockpit as the driver is strapped in at Brands Hatch
Jade Edwards' number 99 car throwing spray on a wet Brands Hatch circuit
Panned shot of a touring car cutting through standing water at speed during a wet BTCC race
Woman engineer on the pit wall in a radio headset, watching the cars come round at Brands Hatch
Number 99 touring car running past the tyre wall on a wet track at Brands Hatch
Team watching from the pit wall at Brands Hatch, a woman crew member among them
Damaged BMW touring car lifted onto a recovery truck in the Brands Hatch paddock
ITV Sport pit-lane reporter interviewing a driver after a race at Brands Hatch
ITV Sport reporter presenting to camera in front of the British Touring Car Championship backdrop
Woman mechanic working on a touring car engine with colleagues in the Brands Hatch paddock
Female marshal walking the Brands Hatch pit lane in orange overalls and a Union Jack hat
Jade Edwards tying back her hair on the grid beside her number 99 car at Brands Hatch
Team promotions member holding the grid board for driver Ash Sutton at Brands Hatch
Jade Edwards pulling on her helmet beside the number 99 Team HARD car
Promotions team walking the pit lane before the start of a BTCC race at Brands Hatch
Woman team member leaning on the door of a touring car as the driver sits belted in at Brands Hatch
Number 99 Team HARD touring car in low evening light at Brands Hatch
Marshals waving the chequered flag from the control box at Brands Hatch

Women in Motorsport: Racing Beyond Barriers

The women rewriting the grid at Brands Hatch

Motorsport has long been a male-dominated world, but a new generation of fearless women is rewriting the narrative both on and off the track. I spent the 2023 British Touring Car Championship weekend at Brands Hatch photographing them: drivers pushing the limits, engineers fine-tuning the future of racing, and the crews, marshals and broadcasters who make a race weekend happen.

Racing photography usually points one way, gat the car. This project turns around. It follows a race engineer on the pit wall with a radio pressed to her ear, a mechanic working over an open engine bay, a tyre technician running an impact wrench across a Goodyear slick, a marshal walking the pit lane in a Union Jack hat, an ITV Sport reporter live from the pit lane, and driver Jade Edwards tying back her hair on the grid before pulling on her helmet. The racing is there too, the number 99 car throwing spray across a soaked circuit, a damaged BMW lifted onto a recovery truck, the chequered flag waved from the control box but the story is the people beside it.

Shot as a personal project, the series went on to win the AOP Development Bursary in 2024, recognition that this way of covering sport, close in and human, has a place alongside the long-lens grid shot. It sits alongside the rest of my women's sport and documentary work, and a companion project from the Porsche Carrera Cup at Silverstone. If you're a team, series or brand looking for motorsport coverage that shows the whole paddock rather than just the podium, let's talk