Molly was born and bred in Sydney, and lived there most of her life, aside from four years at New England Girls' Boarding School in northern NSW. This was where she focused on her equestrian interest, competing in national level eventing.

An interest in rallying was inevitable, given her mother Coral's involvement as four-time Australian Rally Champion co-driver to Neal Bates in the factory Toyota team. However, it wasn't until she worked at her father Mark's rally school in the holidays that Molly tried driving a rally car.

While still at school, a friend offered her a car to compete in some local motorkhanas. She finished ninth outright and first in class in her first event. The bug had bitten, so Molly decided to move home to Sydney to finish school and get seriously into motorsport.

As soon as she gained her rally licence she started competing in a Holden Gemini. In 2006 she was selected in the Women's Driver Development Program run by the Confederation of Australian Motorsport (CAMS) and noted as a standout performer. She also made the difficult decision to sell her beloved horse, Banjo, to pay for a more powerful car to help advance her career.

Her first outing in the new car was the Rallye Des Femmes in Canberra, which she won by five full minutes. She went on to take the 2WD and 2-Litre titles in the 2006 NSW Rally Championship and was recognised as the NSW Young Achiever of the Year by CAMS, an award that covers all forms of motorsport.

In 2007, Molly made her debut in the Australian Rally Championship and won the F16 class. She repeated the feat the following year, as well as flying to the UK to contest a round of the British Rally Championship.

In 2009 Molly moved to the UK to compete in the Suzuki Swift Sport Cup, a one-make sub-series of the British Rally Championship.

She won the first two events and looked certain to take the title in the last round when a mechanical problem ended her rally, and her title chances. She was consoled by becoming the British Ladies Rally Champion.

In 2010, Molly again contested the British series, this time in a Citroën C2 as part of the Citroën Racing Trophy, finishing third outright after three podiums across the season. She also began working at M-Sport, the team behind the Ford World Rally team, working with the customer sales team for the Ford Fiesta S2000.

Late in 2010 Molly's dream opportunity presented itself. Molly won a spot to compete in the Pirelli Star Driver Shootout against 15 other young rally drivers from around the world. She won one of six highly contested, fully funded scholarships to compete in the 2011 World Rally Championship as part of the FIA World Rally Championship Academy.

The specially tailored training program and one-make rally sub-series, replaced the former Junior World Rally Championship format, aimed at developing young drivers and providing them with a passage through to the elite levels of the sport. All the drivers competed in equal Ford Fiesta R2s prepared by M-Sport.

Molly competed across Europe in six WRC rounds in 2011, taking two top 5 results and finished 2011 on a career high, with a stage win for the final round in the championship at Wales Rally GB.

In 2012 Molly was contracted to an Italian sports management company United Business. She stepped up to the R3 category competing in selected European & WRC events driving a Citroen DS3 R3T. Molly led the R3 class in Neste Rally Finland before an electrical failure halted her assault with only two stages of the event remaining. She finished third in Rally GB.

In 2013 Molly competed in a 7 round European Rally Championship in the Citroen DS3 R3T, winning the inaugural FIA European Ladies Rally Championship. Her results also elevated her to World Rally Rankings Number 1 International Female Rally Driver.

In 2014 Molly will join forces with her Mother, Coral for a full Junior World Rally Championship campaign.

PROFILE:

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HEIGHT

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CURRENTLY LIVING

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CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

2013

• FIA European Ladies Rally Champion
• World Rally Ranking No.1 International Female Rally Driver
• 6th FIA European 2WD Championship

2012

• Signed With United Business Rally Management
• 3rd Place R3 Category Wales Rally GB
• World Rally Championship

2011

• Pirelli Star Driver - World Rally Championship Academy
• FIA Women In Motorsport Commission Driver Representative

2010

• British Ladies Rally Champion
• 3rd Place Citroen Racing Trophy
• International Rally Drivers Club Most Improved Award

2009

• Australian Motor Sport Foundation International Rising Star
• British Ladies Rally Champion
• Greenlight TV Star Performer Award

2008

• Australian Formula 1600cc Champion
• 1st Place 2WD Australian Rally Championship

2007

• Australian Formula 1600cc Champion (Youngest Ever To Hold Title)

2006

• NSW 2WD & 2L Rally Champion
• CAMS NSW Young Achiever Of The Year Award