Pulling's introduction to motorsport came at age eight, and she began competitive karting in 2013 at nine years old. Her karting development focused primarily on Britain, where she won the Super 1 National Junior TKM Championship in both 2017 and 2018. Her father Andy was a motorbike endurance racer.
Pulling made her single-seater debut in the 2020 F4 British Championship with JHR Developments, finishing sixth in the standings with four podiums. She re-signed for 2021 with aspirations for the title but had to withdraw in September due to budget constraints. She returned to British F4 in 2024 with Rodin Motorsport, becoming the first female race winner in the series' history when she won Race 5 at Brands Hatch and set the fastest lap.
A one-off Formula Renault Eurocup appearance at Imola in late 2020 was made driving for Fernando Alonso's team; she finished both races at the back of the field as a guest entrant.
In June 2021 Pulling was named one of five reserve drivers for the W Series. She debuted at Silverstone and impressed quickly: at the season-ending Austin double-header she qualified on pole for Race 1 and claimed second place in Race 2, finishing seventh in the standings and earning automatic qualification for 2022.
Pulling joined the Alpine Affiliate programme in March 2022. Before the 2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, she and Aseel Al-Hamad became the first women to drive a Formula 1 car on Saudi Arabian soil. She was upgraded to a full Alpine Academy member for 2023 and competed in the inaugural F1 Academy season with Rodin Carlin, placing fifth.
The 2024 season was dominant. Pulling, now representing Alpine with the rebranded Rodin Motorsport, began the year with back-to-back second places at Jeddah before inheriting a win in Race 2 when race winner Doriane Pin received a post-race time penalty. At Miami she qualified on pole for both races and led every lap to win both, narrowly missing a double grand chelem. Over the course of the season she achieved four grand chelems and extended her championship lead at Singapore with further wins. The Abu Dhabi season finale added a third race to allow Pin back into contention, but Pulling took all three pole positions and secured enough points to claim the title. She ended 2024 with nine wins, the first perfect podium record in F1 Academy history, and the drivers' championship.
Pulling returned in 2025 in a supporting role as a mentor to teammate Ella Lloyd and contributed as a part-time co-commentator for F1 Academy broadcasts.
The 2024 F1 Academy title earned Pulling a fully funded GB3 seat with Rodin Motorsport for 2025. Her debut year included a crash at Silverstone that left her racing with a damaged chassis for two rounds, but she recovered to take third place at Brands Hatch — becoming the first woman to finish on the GB3 podium. She ended the season tenth in the championship. She returned for 2026 and at Spa claimed the first pole position by a woman in GB3, then converted it to victory — the first win by a woman in the series.
In October 2024, Pulling participated in the Formula E women's test at Jarama, topping the session by three tenths over Jamie Chadwick. Nissan announced in June 2025 that she had signed a multi-year deal as the team's rookie and simulator driver. She represented Nissan at the Berlin rookie test, the Valencia women's test — finishing in the top two in both sessions — and at rookie appearances during the Miami and Madrid ePrix weekends in 2026.
Pulling is the most decorated driver in F1 Academy's brief history, holding records for wins in a season and the only perfect podium record in the championship. Her career has produced gender-barrier firsts across four different series — British F4, GB3, F1 Academy, and Formula E — and her Nissan Formula E role places her at the leading edge of female progression toward the top of professional motorsport.
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