Female Single-Seater Drivers Around the World: Austria

Corinna Kamper

There are now enough Austrian single-seater drivers to warrant their own post. Most of the drivers here have been split off from Female Single-Seater Drivers Around the World: Germany, Austria & Switzerland. Claudia Steffek, Bianca Steiner and Osmunde Dolischka have their own profiles.

Jorden Dolischka - Austrian former karter who races a Formula Renault in Europe. She has been most active in the Drexler AFR Pokal. In 2021, she scored three class victories at the REd Bull Ring and Salzburg, finishing fifth in the championship. Later, she tested an F4 car in the USA for W Series, but was not selected. Her Formula Renault debut was in 2020, when she was third at Brno. In 2022 and 2023, she raced karts as a senior, before entering the TCR Eastern Europe championship in 2024. Her car was a Honda Civic. It was a challenging season, and her best finish was an eighth place at Salzburg. She was thirteenth in the championship. She is the daughter of 1990s single-seater racer Osmunde Dolischka.

Corinna Kamper - Austrian racer who began her senior career in 2011, after some years of karting. That year, she used a Formula BMW in two different series: the Intersteps Championship in the UK, and Formula Lista Junior in continental Europe. She did best in Formula Lista, scoring a win in her maiden season, at Monza. She was sixth overall. Her best Intersteps finish was fourth, at Brands Hatch. She was tenth in that championship. In 2012, she moved up to the Northern Europe Formula Renault series, hoping to finish in the top third of the drivers’ table. It proved much harder going. Although she had a good finishing record, her best result was only a twelfth place, at Oschersleben. She was 41st overall. She continued in the series in 2013, driving for Fortec. Her best finishes were fourteenth places, at Spa and Zandvoort. She was 34th overall. In 2014, she raced in Formula Masters in Germany, at two of the meetings, at the Red Bull Ring and Oschersleben. Her best result was ninth, at the Red Bull Ring, which is her home track. She was 16th in the championship, driving in a single-driver team (HS Engineering). She announced her retirement from the track in 2015, but attempted a comeback via W Series in 2022. She was not selected.

Claudia Kreuzsaler - Austrian Formula Three driver in the 1990s. She entered the German, Austrian and French championships between 1991 and 1995, driving different cars for different teams. During this time, she did not manage a complete season with one team, perhaps due to sponsorship issues. Her best finish was third at Salzburg, in an Austrian race. She was less successful in Germany and France. Her highest overall position was twelfth, in the 1993 German series, although she had only driven in two races.




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Female Single-Seater Drivers Around the World: Germany & Switzerland

Ina Fabry in 2002

Austrian drivers can now be found here. Andrina Gugger now has her own profile, as do Angelique Germann, Carrie Schreiner, Marylin Niederhauser, Michelle Halder, Delia Stegemann, Lena Buhler, Tina Hausmann and Sophia Floersch.

Franziska Aich - one of the youngest-ever female racing drivers, having started in Formel König in 2001, at the age of 16. That year, she was not overly competitive and missed some rounds. Her best finishes were four 21st places, at Salzburg, the Nürburgring and Oschersleben. She made one start in the Formel König Interserie Challenge at Lausitz, but did not finish. In 2002, she returned to Formel König, but did not make much more of an impact. She was 26th. After 2002, she does not seem to have raced.

Marlene Dietrich - not the late film legend, but a German driver. She began racing in saloons, finishing 26th in the 2005 Volkswagen Polo Trophy. She was 21st the following year, before switching to single-seaters, in the form of Formula BMW ADAC. Driving for Team Zinner, she was 21st at the end of the year. Driving for a different team, she entered the Northern European Formula Renault series in 2008. Her best finish was thirteenth, at Alastaro, and she was a modest 21st overall. After a long break from motorsport, she returned in 2011, contesting the Austrian Formula Renault series. She does not appear to have driven in all rounds, and had a best result of fifth. This was achieved in the last round, at Hockenheim.

Ina Fabry - 2002 Austrian Formula Masters champion. This was followed up by two part-seasons in German F3, with the Wöss team, with a best finish of ninth, at the Nürburgring, in 2003. Her 2004 attempt consisted of just two races, again at the Nürburgring. Ina has raced single-seaters in Germany since 1999, spending three years in German Formula BMW and briefly trying her hand at Formula Renault. Her best BMW result came in 2001, when she was 17th in the championship. Prior to her car racing exploits, she was a karter from the age of eight and won several races. Budget problems have kept her from active participation since 2004, although she hopes to return and still works in motorsport. She is a member of the FIA's Women in Motorsport Commission. 

Kiara Henni - German driver who began racing cars in 2025, starting in the F4 Central European Zone (CEZ) championship. She drives for her family's Henni Performance team. She was 18th in her first race at the Red Bull Ring, having avoided a pile-up, before coming 18th again and 17th in her other races that weekend. After missing the first race of the second round, she was 15th and twelfth. Previously, she was active in karting.

Lena Heun - former karter from Germany, who has done some single-seater racing in Europe. She made her car debut in 2007, driving in six rounds of the LO Formula Lista Junior championship, nominally a Swiss championship, but running around Europe. Her actual results are proving hard to find, although she may have had some class podiums, and she was 22nd overall. For a long time, she returned to karting, and had considerable success. In 2012, she made her first steps in to Formula Renault, coming second in an Interseries race in a Formula Renault car at Lausitz. She made guest appearances in the two Spa races of the North Europe championship, finishing one race in 26th. In 2013, she was meant to race in the North Europe championship, as part of an all-female team, but this did not happen. She has since returned to karting. 

Reena Jani - Swiss driver who did two seasons of Formula Lista Junior in 2006 and 2007. She was sixteenth in the 2006 championship and tenth the following year. Later, in 2014, she drove a Mini Cooper for Equipe Bernoise in the Swiss Mini Challenge. She is the sister of Porsche driver Neel Jani and works as a car designer.

Anja Krause - raced in Germany in 2000 and 2001. She was fifth in the DTC Light series in 2000, driving a Ford Escort RS2000 and finishing in the top five on several occasions. She finished in the top three, three times. In 2001, she switched to single-seaters. She struggled somewhat with Formel König and was 20th overall at the end of the year. After that, she does not appear to have raced at all.

Julia Kuhn – competed in the Formula 3 Euroseries in 2005 and 2006. Her best result was a 17th in 2006; for most of the part-season she was off the pace. Her 2005 season had panned out similarly. Before that, she raced Formula Volkswagens in Germany for one season, and took part in karting. After F3, she moved on to long-distance racing at the Nürburgring, scoring one class win and a third place in a BMW M3. In 2008, she was part of the Porsche Super Sports Cup Endurance series. Her regular co-driver was Carsten Tilke. Unfortunately, a heavy crash at Hockenheim put paid to her season in May. Julia was said to be disappointed, as she had got the 997 set up well and was hoping for good results.

Isabella Lauer – successful German karter who has done some Formula BMW racing. In 2011, she entered the Formula BMW Talent Cup Shootout, and this led to some more racing in the Formula BMW Talent Cup in 2012, at Oschersleben. She was not among the front-runners. Despite testing in Formula Renault and Formula ADAC Masters, she has not been active as a driver since then.

Katja-Isabel Müller - raced single-seaters in Germany in the 1990s. She reached as far as the Formula Opel Euroseries in 1997, after several seasons in Formula König, Formula Opel and Formula BMW. Her best overall result was eighth in the 1994 BMW ADAC Formel Junior Meisterschaft. 1996 was another good season; she was ninth in the German Formula Opel Challenge. She did some saloon racing in 1995 as well, driving a Citroen AX in German Touring Cars. Her season took in the 24-hour races at the Nürburgring and Spa. 

Mathilda Paatz - began racing single-seaters in 2024, aged 15. She was part of the ADAC Junior team and contested the French F4 championship. She was 20th overall, with a best finish of twelfth at Magny-Cours. Early in 2025, she took part in the Formula Winter Series in Spain, in preparation for a second F4 season in the CEZ championship, driving for her own Mathilda Racing team. The Winter championship led to a 31st place, with fourteenth places at Portugal and Catalunya as its highlights. Her first races in the CEZ series were better, and she earned a third place in her third race at the Red Bull Ring.

Jacqueline (Jackie) Weiss – German driver who mostly competes in karting in Europe, but did do two seasons of single-seater racing in 2007 and 2008. In 2007, she raced in Formula Gloria in Italy, and the Formula Cup of Mallorca. Both were run using similar cars. She did not do full seasons, but managed a class fifth in the Mallorca series, thanks to two podium finishes. In 2008, she raced in the Formula BMW Talent Cup, after almost securing a deal for 2007, and having a sponsor drop out. This was another part-season. After 2008, she appears to have struggled to gain enough sponsorship to compete.

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Gina Maria Adenauer

Gina is originally a single-seater racer from Germany. Her debut in senior motorsport came in Formula König in 2001, when she was 16. She scored her best finish of fourth at Lausitz, but did not reach the top ten in any of the other races. She was fifteenth overall.

She returned to Formula König in 2002, but did not fare much better, coming 19th at the end of the season. As a consolation, she was that year’s Ladies’ Champion.

The following year, she moved up to Formula Volkswagen in Germany. Her best finishes were two ninth places at Salzburg, and a ninth and tenth at the Lausitzring. Once again, these were her only top tens. She was twelfth overall.

Her next challenge was the German Formula Three Championship, driving for the Seyffarth team. She joined part-way through the season, at the Lausitz round. Lausitz had been something of a lucky circuit for her previously, but she only managed 16th. Her best finish was eleventh, achieved three times, at two more of the Lausitz races and at the Sachsenring. She managed to finish all of her races, but did not feature in the final points standings. As well as the German F3 series, Gina also entered the Austrian Formula 3 Cup. She was third overall, after two seconds at Lausitz and two thirds at the Nürburgring. This also gave her fourth place in the overall Austrian Racing Championship.

After the action of 2004, 2005 was a very quiet year for Gina. Her motorsport activities were restricted to one guest spot in the Toyota Yaris Cup. This gave her 31st overall.

In 2006, she rejoined the Seyffarth team for two Formula 3 Euroseries races. Driving in the Trophy class, she was first and third at the Norisring. Both times, she was 16th in the main standings. Her performances gave her a fifth place in the final Trophy leaderboard. She also raced in the SEAT Leon Supercopa, making a guest appearance at the Nürburgring for Konrad Motorsport. She was twelfth.

Driving again for Seyffarth, she did not finish the 2007 Dubai 24 Hour race in their Porsche GT3 997, despite qualifying sixth. Her co-drivers were Jan Seyffarth, Hannes Plesse, Christian Hohenadel and Philipp Wlazik.

Later in 2007, Gina took part in some endurance karting events and was fifth in the Leipzig 24 Hours. Since then, she does not appear to have competed and her website has been taken down.

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