{"id":388104,"date":"2026-01-03T02:45:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T02:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/388104\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T02:45:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T02:45:15","slug":"sheffield-karting-champion-maisy-creed-16-aims-for-f1-top-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/388104\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheffield Karting champion Maisy Creed, 16, aims for F1 top spot"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"MaisyMaisy Creed Racing<\/p>\n

Maisy was crowned karting’s PF International X30 Junior Champion 2025 in November<\/p>\n

A teenager from Sheffield has said she aims to become a top F1 driver in the footsteps of the sport’s biggest names after being crowned a champion in the sport of karting.<\/p>\n

Maisy Creed, 16, took the prestigious PF International X30 Junior Champion title in November, becoming the first ever female driver to do so.<\/p>\n

The title was previously won by future stars such as Lewis Hamilton, Jenson Button and Lando Norris, and Maisy said she was determined to win a place in the renowned F1 Academy so she could follow a similar path.<\/p>\n

“I’m there with all the guys, the only female driver there, and it just feels really special. I’ve done something nobody else has done – and that feels special,” she said.<\/p>\n

Maisy said that later this year she would use facilities at Silverstone, the legendary home of the British Grand Prix and MotoGP events, to develop her driving skills in cars.<\/p>\n

The aim was to impress the F1 Academy with her performance data and, if she succeeded, it could see her achieving her academy goal in 2027, she explained.<\/p>\n

\"MaisyMaisy Creed Racing<\/p>\n

Female drivers are few and far between at the higher end of the sport<\/p>\n

Maisy began her racing adventures with indoor karting at the age of eight, later than most drivers who rise in the outdoors version of the sport.<\/p>\n

Her dad, Adam, said he was very proud of his daughter’s achievements so far – and knew she could succeed in her goals despite the fact it was “a massively male-dominated sport”.<\/p>\n

“For girls to come into that sport and excel, it’s unbelievably difficult,” Mr Creed said.<\/p>\n

Maisy agreed and said there was unfortunately still a lot of sexism faced by females in the sport.<\/p>\n

“There’s a few girls that I’m quite close with, and we all experience it,” she said.<\/p>\n

“It’s just really annoying to deal with because I don’t understand why they [males] find it so unbelievable, and they really just don’t want to be beaten by me.”<\/p>\n

‘Passion and desire’<\/p>\n

Maisy said she realised she was “fairly unusual”.<\/p>\n

“I’m one of a tiny handful of girls on the whole planet that can actually compete at the top level against the boys and actually be at the front,” she said.<\/p>\n

However, Maisy added that she believed she was on track for further success in 2026 and beyond.<\/p>\n

“I have the passion and desire to reach for the very top of this amazing sport that I love,” she smiled.<\/p>\n

“I can’t wait to experience the journey over the next five years.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Maisy Creed Racing Maisy was crowned karting’s PF International X30 Junior Champion 2025 in November A teenager from…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":388105,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-388104","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-motosport","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-motor","11":"tag-motor-sports","12":"tag-motosport","13":"tag-motosports","14":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=388104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388104\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/388105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=388104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=388104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=388104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}