Natalia Kowalska is a Polish driver best known for racing in the revived Formula Two championship in 2010.
Her F2 campaign came after sitting out the 2009 season due to lack of funds. Her best finishes were a ninth and tenth at Algarve and she was 19th overall.
Prior to this, she did a part-season in the 2008 Formula Star Mazda championship in the USA, managing one tenth place at Mosport out of four finishes. She was driving for John Walko Racing, having taken over from Filipina driver Michele Bumgarner.
Her American sojourn was only her second year of circuit racing. Her first was in 2007, when she had a part-season in Northern European Formula Renault and two races in the Formula Renault Eurocup. She managed to score a few points in the former.
In 2011, she drove in Formula Two again, but only took part in four races due to injuries sustained in the previous season. She had crashed three times in 2010. Further neck injuries from a road traffic accident meant that she did not compete in 2012, although a prospective GP3 drive was mentioned in Polish media.
She was involved in karting in 2016, mentoring and instructing younger drivers. Her own karting record is quite impressive, with a Polish ICA title in 2005 and two Junior ICA runner-up spots in Polish championships in 2002. She followed a fairly normal single-seater path, switching from karts to cars at 17.
In 2019, she attempted to qualify for the W Series and reached the second round of assessments, but was not chosen to race. Shortly after, she said on social media that she had only entered to see if she was still competitive and did not think she would get through.
She has since returned to working with young karters.
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