Caitlin Tipping (née Wood; born 15 January 1997 in Maitland, New South Wales) is a racing driver from Australia. She last competed in the Indian Racing League, and previously competed in the W Series.
Biography Hailing from Tenambit in the New South Wales Hunter Valley, Wood began her professional motorsport career in 2013 in a state-level Formula Ford championship. She ended her debut in car racing fifth out of seven in the championship. She subsequently moved up to the inaugural Australian Formula Ford Championship in 2015. However, she struggled to 21st in the championship with only three points finishes. The Australian Formula 4 Championship would become the new national feeder series in Australia, and Wood contested a three-event part-time schedule – eventually finishing 13th in the championship before setting her sights on Europe.
Wood was accepted into Reiter Engineering's Young Stars program in early 2016, and was entered into the GT4 European Series. She finished 17th in the championship despite missing the round at Silverstone. Reiter promoted Wood to their Blancpain Sprint Series program for 2017 alongside Finnish driver Marko Helistekangas, although the duo only contested the first round before being promoted again to the Blancpain Endurance Series where they were joined by Tomáš Enge. Due to budget constraints, the team only contested the 1000km of Paul Ricard and 3 Hours of Barcelona, and failed to score any points. Wood then switched to Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe for 2018, joining British team MTech. She contested the opening two rounds at Monza and Silverstone, before missing the next two events after she broke her ankle in training. She returned for the fifth round at the Nürburgring, scoring a best result of sixth before running out of funding; she then remained in the United Kingdom for the rest of the year working as a driver coach.
Wood applied for the W Series evaluation in 2019, and qualified as one of the seasons' eighteen permanent drivers. She scored a point with a tenth place in the season opener at the Hockenheim round, before suffering a run of misfortune in the following races; having gone off-track in a points-scoring position at Zolder, damaging her suspension in qualifying at Misano that put her at the back of the grid for the race, and a comeback drive from clutch issues at the Norisring saw her only finish 11th. Wood finished fifth place at the Assen round, scoring her best result for the series. Despite this, she missed the automatic invitation to the 2020 season by a single point after another 11th-place finish at Brands Hatch. Wood was retained as a reserve driver for the 2020 season prior to its cancellation, and made four starts in this role in 2021 – highlighted by a top-five finish in torrential rain at Spa-Francorchamps.
Wood left W Series after the 2021 season and struggled to find a seat with a lack of budget, returning to driver coaching both privately and with PalmerSport. Following a handful of Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie appearances, she was announced as a Barbie Sports Ambassador in 2024 – a deal which only lasted a single round of the 2024 Porsche Sprint Challenge Great Britain. Wood was then hired to contest the Indian Racing League for the Bangalore Speedsters franchise alongside local driver Rishon Rajeev; a gamut of technical failures meant fifth in the first race around Chennai's Island Grounds was her best finish, but a pair of podiums for Rajeev resulted in seventh in the standings.
Personal life Wood married Matthew Tipping in 2019.
Racing record Karting career summary SeasonSeriesPosition 2012Australian Rotax Nationals - Rotax Junior 30th
Racing career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/laps Podiums Points Position 2013 New South Wales Formula Ford Championship900001845th2014 New South Wales Formula Ford Championship Synergy Motorsport600001063rd Australian Formula Ford Championship180000321st2015 New South Wales Formula Ford Championship Synergy Motorsport30000609th Australian Formula Ford Series1200006111th Australian Formula 4 Championship AGI Sport3000033 13th Dream Motorsport60000 2016 GT4 European Series - Pro Reiter Young Stars900002017th 2017 Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup Reiter Young Stars200000NC Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup200000NC 24H Series - SP3-GT4 Reiter Engineering10000016th 2018 Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe - Pro-Am MTech400000NC 2019 W Series Hitech GP600001113th 2021 W Series Puma W Series Team2000011 16th W Series Academy20000 2022 Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - VT2 Adrenalin Motorsport20000 0NC 2024 Porsche Sprint Challenge Great Britain - Clubsport Pro Clean Racing 3 0 0 0 3 22 4th Indian Racing League Bangalore Speedsters 5 0 0 0 0 79‡ 7th‡2025Indian Racing LeagueSpeed Demons Delhi5000187‡2nd‡ * Season still in progress. ‡ Standings based on entry points, not individual drivers.
Bathurst 12 Hours results Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps 2018 M Motorsport David Crampton Tim Macrow Justin McMillan KTM X-Bow GT4 C 31 DNF DNF 2019 M Motorsport David Crampton Trent Harrison Tim Macrow KTM X-Bow GT4 C 262 DNF DNF
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 2019 Hitech GP HOC ZOL MIS NOR ASS BRH 13th 11 2021 Puma W Series Team RBR1 RBR2 SIL HUN SPA ZAN 16th 11 W Series Academy COA1 COA2
Complete Indian Racing League results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Franchise 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos. Pts 2024 Bangalore Speedsters IRU11 IRU12 IGR1 IGR2 IRU21 IRU22 KAR11 KAR12 KAR21 KAR22 7th 79 2025 Speed Demons Delhi KAR1NC KAR1NC IGR1 IGR2 KAR21 KAR22 GOA1 GOA2 GOA3 2nd 87
References
External links
Profile at Driver Database Website