Pauline Mayman

Pauline (standing) at the 1964 Tour de France, with Val Domleo

Pauline is remembered by many as navigator to Pat Moss in 1962, as well as being a driver in her own right. Most notably, she and Pat won the Baden-Baden rally together, in a Mini. Also in a Mini, they were third in the Geneva Rally. In the Austin-Healey 3000, Pat’s signature car, they were second in the Polish Rally and third in the Alpine and RAC Rallies.

Pauline began her driving career in club rallies in the 1950s, and her first international event was the 1959 RAC Rally. Her car was a Morgan 4/4, which she had been using previously on British rallies. Daphne Freeman was co-driving. Pauline’s husband, Lionel, was also a Morgan driver. It was as his navigator that she got her start in rallying.

In 1960, her biggest achievement was probably a second place in the Express & Star Rally, driving the Morgan once more, with Valerie Domleo. This was described as a difficult event, and many crews missed the first control.

She made her first Monte Carlo appearance the following year, driving a Sunbeam Rapier, with Mary Handley-Page and Daphne Freeman. Her finishing position is unknown. A return to the Express & Star Rally led to a very swift retirement - after ten minutes of navigational test, the electrics failed on her car. She also drove in the London Rally in an MG 1100.

For 1962, she was contracted to BMC as a navigator, so driving was put to one side for a time. Although she was a successful co-driver, Pauline, however, wished to return to the driving seat, which she did in 1963. She was retained by BMC, and drove the Mini Cooper with Val Domleo. They were 28th in Monte Carlo, and 21st in the Tulip Rally, with a third in the Ladies’ Cup, behind Pat Moss and Sylvia Österberg. They won the Coupe des Dames in the Trifels Rally, as well as winning their class. The Alpine gave Pauline probably the best finish of her career: sixth, with a Coupe des Alpes. She was 30th in the season-ending RAC Rally.

In 1964, she was involved in a serious accident in Monte Carlo. Her Mini was hit by a farmer’s truck, and she suffered multiple injuries, including a broken leg. After five months out of action, Pauline returned in time for the Alpine Rally, and was thirteenth, sixth in the Touring class, and first lady, driving a Mini with Valerie Domleo. She later drove in the Spa-Sofia-Liège marathon rally, as well as the RAC Rally, in an MGB.

As well as rallying, Pauline raced on the circuits occasionally. Before her rally career began in earnest, she drove a Cooper T39, and her Morgan, in handicap races. Later, she and Elizabeth Jones drove a Mini together in the 1962 Brands Hatch 6-Hour race, and she also took part in some rallycross events. She participated in the Tour de France twice, both times in a Mini: in 1963, she and Elizabeth Jones failed to make the finish, but in 1964, she and Valerie Domleo were 28th, first in the one-litre Touring class.

1965 was Pauline’s last year of competition. She was still experiencing trouble from her 1964 Monte injuries and had had enough. The highlight of this year was a thirteenth place and class win on the Alpine Rally, which was always her best event.

After her retirement from the stages, Pauline helped to run her family autoparts business, and was involved in the management of the Kieft racing car company. She also devoted a lot of time to breeding and rescuing Irish Wolfhounds.

She died of cancer in 1989, aged 61.

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Rahel Frey

Rahel in the DTM, in 2012

Rahel is a single-seater driver from Switzerland, who has recently branched out into top-line sportscar racing. Born in 1986, she began karting in 1998, aged twelve. Between then and 2004, she competed in both national and international events. In 2004, she moved on to cars.

Her first experience of full-size racing came in the Swiss Formula Renault 2000 championship. She was on the pace straight away, finishing fourth overall at the end of the season, defeating her future team-mate Cyndie Allemann, and future Formula One driver Romain Grosjean.

She was third in Swiss Formula Renault 2.0 in 2005, with two wins. In addition to this, she scored a further six podium positions, meaning that she was only out of the top three for one race. Four starts in the German Formula Renault series with Equipe Bernoise gave her an additional pole position, but no more wins.

2006 saw her make a double - pronged attack on the Italian Formula Renault championship, and the more competitive Formula Renault Eurocup. Success did not come as easily as it had in the Swiss series, and she was only joint 21st in the Eurocup, with eight points. She did slightly better in Italy, finishing eighteenth, with 24 points. Her Jenzer team-mate Dani Clos won the championship. 

She made a sideways move into International Formula Master in 2007. Her best Formula Master finish was fifth, at Brno, and she entered the top ten six times. However, a series of retirements, and less impressive results, meant that she was seventeenth overall. In 2007, she was also part of the Swiss A1 GP team, but acted as a reserve driver, and only drove the car in test sessions in Malaysia.

In 2008, she joined the German F3 Cup and was fourteenth overall. She finished in the top ten six times, with a best finish of sixth, at Oschersleben. Driving the same car, but for Jo Zeller Racing, in 2009, she fared much better. She won one race, at the Nürburgring, and achieved further podium finishes at Hockenheim, Oschersleben and the second Nürburgring race. For the whole season, she was only out of the top ten once, and she was seventh overall.

In 2010, she raced at Le Mans for the Matech team, driving a Ford GT with Cyndie Allemann and Natacha Gachnang. They did not finish after their car caught fire, losing them too much time. Prior to this, she had also raced for Matech in one Le Mans Series race, and two rounds of the FIA GT1 World Championship, as a replacement for the injured Natacha Gachnang, who broke her leg early in the season. In the GT1 series, she was a disappointing 18th and 22nd at Brno, previously a track at which she had performed well. In the Le Mans Series, Rahel, Cyndie and teenage Swiss male racer Yann Zimmer were a more competitive third, at Spa.

As well as this, she took guest spots in the German VW Scirocco R Cup. These gave her a twentieth and sixth place at the Nürburgring, plus one fastest lap. Later in the year, she also drove in the ADAC Chevrolet Cruze Cup enduro at the Sachsenring, finishing eighth as the guest of the Maurer team. Her co-driver was Dietmar Stanka.

In 2011, she changed direction again, and began competing in the DTM, despite little experience in touring cars. She was driving a 2008-spec Audi A4 for Team Phoenix. Although she did not score any points, her finishing record was good, and her best finish was twelfth. 

Her promise must have shown, as she was offered a deal by Abt Sportsline in 2012, racing a current-spec Audi A5. Her season started slowly, with a 16th place at Hockenheim, and she remained out of the top ten for much of the season. A pair of DNFs at Zandvoort and Oschersleben should have deterred her further, but an altered training regime started to pay off after that: a seventh place at Valencia, giving her her first DTM points. The season's finale at Hockenheim, never her favourite track, led to another 16th place. She was 19th overall in the championship. 

She was retained by Abt Sportsline Audi for the 2013 season, but decided herself that she did not want to run in that year's DTM. She remained with Audi, concentrating on sportscars, and split her season between the ADAC GT Masters, the Blancpain Endurance Series and the R8 LMS Cup, based in China. It was the Chinese races that gave her her best result: a win at Shanghai. She was fourth in that championship. 

The ADAC GT Masters, in which she also drove an R8, was more of a mixed bag. Rahel's best finish was sixth, at Spa and the Slovakiaring, but she was not as consistent as she might have liked, and was only 19th in the final standings. Her season was also marred by a serious accident at Hockenheim, from which she thankfully escaped unharmed. In the Blancpain Endurance Series, she drove with Marcel Fässler in the GT3 Pro class, and managed to finish two of her races, in fourteenth and fifteenth, at Paul Ricard and Monza respectively.

Another highlight of her season was finishing the rain-ravaged Nürburgring 24 Hours, in the R8. With Dom Bastien, Alex Yoong and Marco Werner, she was fourteenth in class. 

2014 was more of the same, hopping between championships in an Audi R8. Most of her European action was in the ADAC GT Masters, although she was not quite on the pace, only breaching the top ten twice, with two ninth places at Oschersleben. In a competitive season with large grids, she was only 39th in the championship. 

Mid-season, she made several visits to the Nürburgring. The 24-hour race came first, and she was twelfth in the SP9 class, 22nd overall. Her team-mates for Audi Race Experience were Dominique Bastien, Christiaan Frankenhout and Christian Bollrath. Later, in August, she made another appearance for the team in the VLN, and was fourth in class. In September, she joined fellow Swiss driver, Didier Cuche, and German Nico Muller for the Blancpain Endurance round at the 'Ring, but did not finish.

Much of her season, especially the latter part, was spent in the Asia-Pacific region. Her first race of the year was the Bathurst 12 Hours, driving a Phoenix Racing R8. Rahel, with René Rast and Laurens Vanthoor, was fifth in class A, in a race of high attrition. She then returned to the LMS Cup in Asia, and had another good season, with the Castrol team. She was third overall, with three second places and two thirds, although she did not repeat her 2013 win.

She raced the Audi again in 2015, again splitting her time between Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. Rahel and her team-mate, Philip Geipel, contested the ADAC GT Masters, and she was much more on the pace this year. Near the end of the season, she scored her first win, at Hockenheim, and she and Philip managed two thirds, at the Nürburgring and Zandvoort. She was tenth in the championship. Driving solo for the Castrol team, she raced in the Chinese LMS Cup in Asia, and was fifth in the championship, after a win in Korea, and five further podiums, from ten races. She also found time for a guest spot in the Audi TT Cup, and was fourth and fifth at the Red Bull Ring.

2016 saw her continuing her double-pronged assault on the Chinese LMS Cup and the ADAC GT Masters. Her GT Masters season was rather inconsistent, but she took another win, at Zandvoort, after a second place early in the season, at the Sachsenring. She was ninth in the championship. In China, in the same car, but for the Castrol team, she won two races, at Shanghai and Penbay, and finished on the podium on another five occasions. She was fourth overall.

She raced the R8 again in 2017, this time staying mostly in Europe. The GT Masters series was her main focus, but it was rather disappointing for her. She and team-mate Philip Geipel had a best finish of sixth, at Zandvoort. Rahel did much better at the Nürburgring, where she and her team-mates won the SPX class during a guest appearance in the VLN. They were third in the same class in the Nürburgring 24 Hours, finishing 31st overall.

At the end of the season, Rahel was invited to take part in the Audi TT Cup Race of Legends, the last-ever TT Cup race. She secured a fastest lap but did not finish.

The R8 was her main car again in 2018. She raced in GT Masters with Philip Geipel, but was not really on the pace this year. Her mid-season sojourn in the Seyffarth R8 LMS Cup was better and gave her three seconds and a third. Her Asian activities were limited to a guest appearance at Chang, where she did not finish.

The bigger endurance events were kinder to her. For the Nürburgring 24 Hours, she joined an all-female KTM team with Naomi Schiff, Lena Strycek and Laura Kraihamer. The quartet was second in the Cup X class and 39th overall. As part of another all-woman team, Rahel was second in class in the Gulf 12 Hours, sixth overall. The car was a Ferrari 488 run by Kessel Racing and her team-mates were Michelle Gatting and Manuela Gostner.

The three-woman Ferrari team continued in 2019, racing as the "Iron Dames" and managed by Deborah Mayer. They contested the European Le Mans Series and were accepted as an entry for Le Mans itself. The Iron Dames started the season well with second in the GTE class at Paul Ricard, which they repeated later in the year at Silverstone. They were fourth in the GTE championship.

Le Mans itself resulted in a finish, the first for an all-female team since 1977. They were 39th overall, ahead of their male Kessel team-mates in the sister "Iron Lynx" car.

At the end of the year, the Iron Dames reconvened for another attempt at the Gulf 12 Hours. Michelle Gatting was challenging for third in the second half of the race when she was involved in a collision with a backmarker and had to retire.

Away from the Iron Dames, Rahel continued to race for the Audi sportscar team. She competed in most of the Audi Sport Seyffarth R8 LMS Cup in Europe and would have been in with a strong chance of winning had she completed the whole season: she won six of her eight races and was second in the other two.

In the Nurburgring 24 Hours, Rahel and her three Audi team-mates were 19th overall and won the SP8 class for Giti Tyre Motorsport.

In Asia, she did some rounds of the Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia for Audi, picking up class third places at Fuji and Shanghai.

At the end of the year, Rahel was one of the five female pro drivers invited to join teams for India's X1 Racing League, a city team-based single-seater series. Each team had to consist of one male and one female international pro driver, plus pro and am Indian drivers. Rahel picked up second and third places in the two-driver relay events for DG Races Ahmedabad.  

Staying in the East, she started 2020 with the rain-shortened Dubai 24 Hours. She drove an Audi R9 LMS for Heide Motorsport and was eighth in the GT4 class, 41st overall. Two weeks later, she was due to join the all-female GEAR Racing team for the Daytona 24 Hours in their Lamborighini Huracan, but GEAR lost its main sponsor and the team was disbanded. The three drivers took over a Grasser Motorsport Huracan for the race but did not finsh.

She returned as an Iron Dame in 2020, in the same Ferrari 488. Alongside Michelle and Manuela, she contested the European Le Mans Series in the GTE class. They were fifth in their class with three third places, two at Paul Ricard and one at Monza, plus a fastest lap from the series finale at Algarve. The Dames' second Le Mans outing was relatively successful and they were ninth in the GTE Am class. 

This made up for some disappointment in the Audi R8, previously a car that worked well for her. She had an indifferent ADAC GT Masters season with Aust Motorsport, failing to get into the top twenty all year. A Racing Engineers R8 failed to get to the finish of the Nurburgring 24 Hours, although it ran better in the two rounds of the VLN that Rahel entered, giving her a best finish of second in class.

The Iron Dames contested the World Endurance Championship in 2021, with Rahel as the team leader again. She was part of the squads for the WEC and ELMS campaigns, usually accompanied by Michelle Gatting and Sarah Bovy. The Dames were 18th in the WEC LMGTE category with a 100% finishing record and Rahel was tenth in the Am standings. They finished thirteenth in class at Le Mans, despite an off in qualifying. The three-woman team was 36th overall.

Their best result was a class eleventh in the second round at Portimao.

Driving as a duo, Rahel and Michelle contested the ELMS together in the Ferrari. Despite two non-finishes at the Red Bull Ring and Paul Ricard, they were ninth in the LMGTE championship, with two third places at Spa and Portimao. Mid-season, the team also guested in the Italian GT championship in the Iron Dames car, finishing thirteenth in class.

As Iron Dames team leader, she was busy again in 2022. She did the full WEC season, driving again in the LMGTE class. At Le Mans itself, she was twelfth in class, seventh in the Am class, after a troubled race, but the Dames performed better in the second half of the season. They were second in the Am class at Monza and Fuji and third at Bahrain, seventh, seventh and eighth in LMGTE respectively.

She only did the first half of the Dames' ELMS programme, handing over to Doriane Pin after the Monza race, where they finished fourth. This was their second fourth of the year, after achieveing the same result at Paul Ricard.

Rahel was part of the team for its Fanatec GT World Challenge run, finishing with a championship second. They won one round at Spa after coming second at Paul Ricard.

The Iron Dames announced a switch to a Lamborghini Huracan for the IMSA season in 2023, plus a Porsche 911 for Europe. Rahel continued to be part of the driver line-up. The GTD Lamborghini came out for the Daytona, Sebring, Watkins Glen and Road Atlanta IMSA rounds, with a best class finish of eleventh at Sebring. The core team of Rahel and Michelle was assisted by either Sarah Bovy or Doriane Pin. They were 35th in GTD as a team.

The WEC was a better arena for Rahel and the Dames. After a shaky start in the Porsche at Sebring, they were third at Portimao and won the last-ever LMGTE Pro race at Bahrain. This was enough for second in the class championship. 

The Lamborghini was also called into service for the GT World Challenge Europe. A retirement from the Spa 24 Hours dented their confidence and championship hopes and their best finish was 28th at Monza. They were unplaced in the main championship and 24th in the Bronze Cup. 

Rahel continued with the Iron Dames for 2024. She only planned to race in the European Le Mans Series, but Doriane Pin's commitments in F1 Academy meant that she had to leave the team, opening up another space for Rahel. 

The ELMS was the only series where the Dames raced a Porsche, and it proved a good car. They won the LMGT3 class at Imola and were second at Portimao. Their final championship position was fourth. For the rest of the year, Rahel and the team raced a Lamborghini Huracan. They were twelfth in the WEC LMGT3 championship after a few disappointing races; Le Mans itself was their best finish of the year. Rahel, Sarah and Michelle were 32nd overall and fourth in class.

Over in the States, she did a part-season in IMSA, including runs in the Daytona 24 Hours and Sebring 12 Hours. This was her best Daytona to date: assisted by Doriane, the Dames were 25th overall and sixth in class. Contact with another car put them out of the race at Sebring. 

In 2025, the Porsche will be the main Iron Dames car for IMSA.

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Smokey Drolet

Smokey in the Maserati "Birdcage"

Sierra Drolet, better-known as Smokey, was an American endurance specialist, who raced from 1957 to the mid-1970s. She is most associated with Chevrolet cars, although she drove a variety of American and European models during her time at the wheel.

Her career seems to have begun in SCCA Regional events in 1957. She drove a variety of cars, including Lotus and Lola Formula Juniors, a Triumph TR2, which was her first racing car, a TR3 and a Frazer Nash, between then and 1960. She also made some appearances in the SCCA Nationals, in her home state of Florida.

1959 saw her earliest attempt at the big American sportscar races. She drove a Turner 750 Sports Climax with Fred Lieb in the Sebring 12 Hours, and was 43rd, fourth in the one-litre class. This was the first of several appearances at Sebring, although the rest would not transpire for quite some time. Sebring was, at the time, her local big circuit; her motorsport activities were always focused around Florida.

For the next couple of seasons, she returned to SCCA competition. As before, she was supported by J. Frank Harrison and his team, and usually drove his cars, including the Frazer-Nash. Mainly, she seems to have raced in Formula Junior. Occasionally, she drove saloons, such as the Renault Dauphine she used in a three-hour endurance race at Sebring, in 1963. As well as this, she made trips over to the Bahamas for Nassau Speed Week. In 1960, she won the Nassau Ladies’ race, driving a Daimler SP250 belonging to Michael Rothschild. She had been scheduled to compete in Harrison’s Maserati Tipo 61, but it was damaged in a crash in an earlier race. In 1962, she drove Charlie Kolb’s Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ at Nassau, and won another Ladies’ race. During this time, she also took part in some hillclimbs.

She reappears on the entry lists for major races in 1966. That year, she took part in her first Daytona 24 Hours, driving a Sunbeam Alpine for Autosport, with Rosemary Smith. They were 30th. Autosport were running an all-female Alpine team at the time, and the sister car of Janet Guthrie, Suzy Dietrich and Donna Mae Mims (running as the "Ring Free Motor Maids") was a couple of places behind. She did not drive in the Sebring 12 Hours, but a ride in a Mini Cooper for the supporting four-hour race gave her a fifteenth spot, alongside J. Peter Marinelli.

In 1967, she was part of another all-female sportscar team, this time the Ring Free Oil Motor Maids themselves. Partnered by Anita Taylor and Janet Guthrie, she was 20th in the Daytona 24 Hours, in a Ford Mustang. The car was little more than a showroom model, and quite old. Although she was not included in the Ring Free squad for the Sebring 12 Hours, she still contested it. Partnered by Anita Taylor once more, she drove a Baker Alpine-Renault A110 to 35th place.  

Later, she won her class at Daytona in 1969, driving a Corvette. Her co-drivers were John Tremblay, Vince Gimondo and John Belperche, and they were sixteenth overall. Smokey was equally at home driving alongside men, or as part of all-female teams. Her other achievements that year include a second in class in the Sebring 12 Hours, partnering Rosemary Smith in a BMW 2002. They were 26th overall. Early in the season, she petitioned to be allowed to try out for the Indianapolis 500, but this wish was not fulfilled.

The following year, she drove another Chevrolet at Daytona: this time, it was Norberto Mastandrea’s Camaro. Driving with Mastandrea and Rajah Rodgers, she was 25th. A scheduled Alfa Romeo drive for the Sebring 12 Hours, in Del Taylor’s 1750 GTV, did not happen.

In 1971, she shared another American car for the Daytona enduro, co-driving a Dodge Dart with Fred Lieb and Mitch Daroff. They did not finish. This was Smokey’s last appearance in a major race.
During her time as a competitor, she was respected by her peers, perhaps more so than some of her female contemporaries, for her abilities and her no-nonsense attitude. That she frequently got to the finish of long races, in ageing and underpowered machinery with no hope of winning, is testament to this.

After retiring from the track, Smokey went in to the automotive parts and service business, where she remained active until quite recently. She died in June 2015, not long after her husband, Walt Sizemore.

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Female Single-Seater Drivers Around the World: Africa

Tasmin Pepper

The African continent has produced a few female drivers, the most famous being Desiré Wilson. This page will hopefully expand in future. Drivers in other types of racing in Africa can be found here. 

Tannith Gardner - races karts and cars in South Africa. In 2007, she substituted for Tasmin Pepper in the SA Formula Ford championship at Zwartkops, when Tasmin was on international karting duty. Her final championship position that year was thirteenth. In 2011, she raced in the SA Production Car championship, driving a Subaru WRX STi. She scored at least two eighth places that year at Port Elizabeth, before contact with another driver sent her car rolling off the track. She was unhurt. Early in her career, she won a gearbox karting title outright.

Vicki Kemp - raced in South African Supercars in 2010, aged 18, with a view to moving into NASCAR. She was selected for 2010 NASCAR Driver Talent Search and Shootout, but did not get through. Her finishing record in Supercars was not good, but she did manage eighth and ninth places. After that, she switched to single-seaters, and competed in Formula VW in 2011. Her car was more reliable, and she  had a best finish of sixth, at Killarney. She was tenth in the championship. During her second Formula VW season, her performances were similar, and she was eleventh overall. After that, she does not seem to have raced. As a junior, she was the first girl to win a South African karting championship in 2007.

Glenda Mann - raced single-seaters in South Africa in the 1980s. She competed in the South African Formula Ford championship between 1983 and 1985. Among the cars she raced was a Donelly FF1600 and a Formula Vee car which she used in 1983. Her results are proving hard to find, but she won several races outright. She often competed alongside her brother, Basil Mann, who was a successful driver in both South Africa and Europe.

Jennifer Murray - South African driver who was part of their A1 GP team, driving in one test session in 2006. She was taken on following her performances in Formula Ford, in South Africa and at the 2004 Formula Ford Festival in the UK. In 2006, she was a consistent top-ten performer in the South African series, and was fourth overall. Between 2007 and 2009, she mostly competed in the Shelby Can-Am sportscar series in South Africa, in a 3300cc Dodge. Her best season was 2008, during which she won two races, visited the podium ten times and was the overall runner-up. She has also competed in Formula Volkswagen, and in the all-female Formula Woman Nations Cup. 

Helene Visser - raced single-seaters in South Africa in the 1980s. She did at least one season in Formula Ford in 1984, driving a Hawke DL19. During her career, she won at least one race outright, possibly in 1984 at Killarney International Raceway. That year, she entered the “Mini Monaco” event held around a golf course in Cape Town. Her husband Chris Visser also raced at the time.

Brittany Vorster - Formula Three driver from South Africa. She competed in Formula 3 in South Africa in 2010, as well as travelling to Brazil for the Brazil Open. She did not qualify. Her South African results are not forthcoming. Prior to this, she raced in Formula GTi in South Africa, and was fifth in the 2009 championship after three podium finishes. A serious accident at the end of the 2010 season meant that she decided to retire. Before that, she was active on the karting scene, both nationally and internationally. Away from the track, she is a model and TV personality. 

Sofia Zanfari - Moroccan driver who competes in Europe. She started racing cars in 2025, aged 18, and signed up for the French F4 Championship. At the time of writing, her best finishes have been two 18th places, at Spa, although she is often on the podium for the Women's award, contested by six drivers in 2025. Before F4, she competed in karting around Europe and also in the USA, including a run in the FIA World Championships in 2023.

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Female Single-Seater Drivers Around the World: Australia & New Zealand

Chelsea Angelo

Lauren Gray, Robyn Hamilton, Caitlin Wood, Chelsea Angelo, Helene Bittner and Christina Orr now have their own profiles.

Aiva Anagnostiadis - began racing cars in 2024 after a lengthy karting career in Australia, the US and the Motorsport Games in 2022, as a senior. Her first single-seater races were in the F4 India championship, where she was racing for the Goa Aces JA Racing team. Her best circuit was Madras International, where she scored her best result of fifth. At the end of the season, she is ninth in the championship. In 2025, she began the year with a run in the Formula Winter Series. She is also a member of the Alpine F1 team's RaceHer Academy. 

Clara Bond – raced Formula Fords and saloons in New Zealand. Her first races were in the Super Six saloon championship. In 2009, she won at least one race in Super Six, driving a Holden Commodore, at the Teretonga circuit. For the 2008-2009 season, she raced in the MTA and South Island Formula Ford championships, for most of the season. Her best result was an eleventh place at Timaru; she could not quite make the top ten. Her final championship position in the MTA series was fifteenth. Although she announced that she was moving back to touring cars afterwards, she does not look to have raced again. She now appears to be competing in equestrianism.

Joanne Ciconte - began her senior career in 2024, competing in her native Australia and Europe in F4. She began aged 15 with some guest rounds of the Australian Formula Open series, driving a Ford-engined F4 car. She was eighth, ninth and 11th at Sandown. From there, she moved into Australian F4 for the first three rounds at The Bend, finishing seventh twice and ninth once. Then it was over to Europe for three races in the CEZ F4 series, at Brno. She was fourth, eighth and fifth in her three races. She was initially entered for the next round at Salzburg, but withdrew. Later, she showed up in the Spanish series at Jerez, whose big grid she found more difficult, taking a 28th and 31st place.

Jeanette Collier - raced Formula Vee in Australia in the 1970s. She started in 1973 after meeting another Formula Vee driver at work; she was a research engineer. In 1978, she took part in the Encel Stereo Vee Nationals, the biggest Formula Vee meeting in the country, held at Calder. In 1977, she was third in an all-female race at Oran Park, using a Renault 12. Robyn Hamilton and Caroline Hewitt were in front of her.

Bernadette Dixon - raced in Australia in the early 1970s. Her car was a Nimbus FV single-seater, presumably a Formula Vee, which she raced in the SCC Trophy. She normally competed in Formula Libre-style Racing Car  events, which were sometimes run as handicaps. Helene Bittner was one of her regular rivals in 1970 and both seemed to race a lot at Mallala. Very little further information seems to exist about Bernadette or her car.

Belinda Ferrier – raced in Formula Vee in New South Wales in the early and mid-1990s. She was from a racing family, and followed her father, Mark, into Formula Vee, possibly in a car he had built. Her sister is Leanne Tander, who started racing after Belinda had retired. Further details of her racing career are not forthcoming.

Jessica Golding – had one season in Australian Formula Ford, in 2008. It was not a full season, and she did not score championship points. Her best finish was fourteenth, at Queensland. After 2008, she returned to karting for several years. Her motorsport career is currently on hold, while she represents Australia in the skeleton bobsleigh in the Winter Olympics.

Fiona Hamilton - New Zealander who was the first woman to race in Formula Toyota there. Her one season was in 2005 and she was fourteenth in the championship, which was the debut season for the formula. Her best result was a seventh place at Teretonga Park. After that, she went back to karting, where she had enjoyed considerable success.

Taryn Kugener - New Zealand driver who raced in Formula Ford between 2005 and 2007. She first appears in the 2005 New Zealand Grand Prix, in which she finished twelfth. This was preceded by several years of junior karting. Two years in the New Zealand Formula Ford championship followed, and gave her a fourteenth and nineteenth place overall. She contested the South Island championship during the 2006-07 season and was eleventh. As well as single-seaters, she also raced Minis in 2003 and 2004, and came third in a national championship in 2004. After 2007, she seems to have returned to karting.

Debbie Lester – raced single-seaters in New Zealand in the 1980s. During the 1985-1986 Formula Vee season, she won a race, and the following year, she finished on the podium three times, in the same championship. In 1987, she moved up to Formula Ford. In 1986, she won an Endurance Production Car championship, sharing a car with her brother, Richard. She is part of the Lester motorsport dynasty; current racer, Jono Lester, is her nephew, and her own son, Jaxon Evans, also races.

Bree Morris - races in Formula Ford in New Zealand. She has been racing in both the North and South Island championships since the 2020-2021 winter season, plus a year in the NZ championship itself in 2021. This followed a season and a half in Formula First.  She was third in the 2020-21 North Island championship, then followed that up with six races in the NZ championship, with a best finish of fifth at Hampton Downs. In early 2022, she won three races in the North Island championship. In 2023, she moved into sportscar competition, entering the South Island Endurance series in a Mercedes-AMG GT4. She and Christina Orr-West were sixth. For 2024, she signed up for the New Zealand Toyota 86 championship. She was 21st in the championship and her best result seems to have been a thirteenth place at Taupo.

Janet Pudney - raced in Formula First in New Zealand between 2002 and 2006. Of her three championship seasons, only the 2005-06 one was a full season. She was fifteenth overall. Her previous two seasons were only three-race guest slots. Her best individual performance was probably her run in the 2006 Formula First One Hour Endurance race. She was sixth overall from sixteen drivers. Janet is also known as an actress and model.

Imogen Radburn - began her senior racing career in 2022, competing in Formula Ford at state level, moving up to the national championship in 2023. In 2024, she entered the Australian F4 championship as well as continuing to race Formula Fords, and gained attention by achieving a third place at one of the Sydney races. This followed two fourth places at the same track. She was eleventh in the Formula Ford championship.

Amy Smith – one of New Zealand’s youngest-ever female drivers. She began racing in Formula First during the 2014-2015 season, and was only thirteen years old when she started. In addition to this, she was the only female driver. Her final championship position was thirteenth. Between seasons, she took part in the Formula First One Hour Endurance race, and was sixth. Her second full season in Formula First was interrupted by serious engine problems with her car, necessitating a full engine rebuild. At the beginning of 2016, she was back on the circuits, and was fourteenth in Formula First. The 2016-17 season was her third as a Formula First driver. She improved her final position to twelfth, and also came eighth in the Winter Series. She was sixth in the 2017-18 main series, picking up two podium positions, a second and a third. She returned to Formula First for the 2018-19 season and finished fifth, with one third place at Hampton Downs. She raced in Formula First again for the 2019-20 season. Her final championship position was seventh and she was fourth in most of her races. In 2021, she scored another podium, a third at Pukekohe, on her way to championship thirteenth.

Bronwyn Taylor - raced in Formula 5000 in a Repco Holden-engined Matich A50 in 1978. Her biggest race was the 1978 Australian Grand Prix, run that year as a Formula 5000 race, However, she did not actually qualify. Previously, she seems to have done some touring car races. Driving a Honda Civic, she was 17th in the 1976 Rover 500km Group C endurance race. She was sharing the car with Frank Brewster.

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Female Single-Seater Drivers Around the World: the Rest of Europe

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Fabienne Wohlwend, Natalia Kowalska, Gabriela Jilkova, Victoria Blokhina, Kornelia Olkucka and Veronika Cicha now have their own profiles.

Ljubov Andreeva (Ozeretskovskaya) - Kazakh driver racing in Russia. She took part in Formula Russia in 2014, and was one of the youngest drivers, at 18. She was no among the front-runners, and seems to have usually finished in around tenth place. She did better in the Tatarstan Formula 3 championship rounds, securing one fourth place, and a series of fifths. A second season in Formula Russia, now Formula Masters, saw a more consistent Ljuba. She had two third places at Sochi, and was fourth in the championship. In 2016, she raced a prototype in the Russian Endurance Championship, as part of a four-driver team. She was excluded from the Moscow 4-Hour race for taking an illegal shortcut. She attempted to qualify for the 2019 W Series but was unsuccessful. Later in the year, she did the first tow rounds of the SEA F4 Championship at Sepang, picking up two ninth places. After that, she took time out from racing to have some surgery on her legs. She competed quite extensively in Esports in 2020. Language barriers prevent in-depth research about Ljubov.

Annabelle Brian - moved up to cars from karting at the start of the 2025 season. She signed for the French F4 championship after advice from the director of MP Motorsport, who she contacted for guidance. During the first round, she impressed onlookers by moving up to eleventh place from near the back of the grid. She is the second-fastest of the six female drivers in the championship and usually finishes in the top twenty. Before 2025, she had considerable success as a karter, winning a senior championship in 2023, aged fifteen.

Ksenia Bystrova – raced in Formula Masters in Russia, in 2015. Her best finishes were two second places, both achieved at Sochi, and she was also third at Kazan. This appears to be her first season of senior-level motorsport, although she has been active in karting, and continued to race karts in 2015. Although she is a Russian national, and competes in Russia, she lives in the USA. In 2016, she seems to have done some karting. She works in the motorsport industry. 

Melissa Calvi – Luxembourgish driver who races a Formula Renault in the VdeV Monoplace Challenge. Her first season in VdeV was 2015, and she had a best finish of eighth, at Magny-Cours, after a part-season. In 2016, she has repeated that achievement twice, at Catalunya, out of the six races she did. Previously, she competed in junior karting, up to 2013. She was twice Belgian girls’ champion, and once Luxembourg champion.

Judit Forro (Hunter) - Hungarian-born. She raced in Formula Renault in the UK in 1998, and the MGF Cup in 1999, after a successful kart career in Hungary and Europe. She was married to Jamie Hunter who died while competing in the MGF Cup, and appeared to stop competing after his death. She is now a sky-diving instructor.

Emely de Heus - Dutch driver competing in single-seaters around Europe. 2021 is her first season of senior racing and she entered the Spanish F4 championship, driving for the MP Motorsport team. Previously, she was active in international karting as both a junior and senior driver. Her best result in a single-seater was a fourteenth place at Valencia and she was 29th in the championship. Despite this, she was accepted as a W Series driver for 2022, with the Sirin team. Her best finish in the shortened seven-round season was tenth at Miami, in the first race of the season. After the demise of W Series in early 2023, she was announced as a driver for F1 Academy, an F4-level women's racing series. She drove for MP Motorsport and won one race at Catalunya. Her final championship position was ninth. Earlier in the year, she had done the F4 UAE championship for the same team, but was unplaced. Her second and final season in F1 Academy started very slowly. She only picked up speed near the end, earning her best finish of fourth during the final rounds at Abu Dhabi. She was eleventh in the championship. A part-season in the Eurocup-3 series was also somewhat disappointing. After that, she decided to switch to sportscars, first joining the 24H Series Middle East Trophy with WS Racing for the Dubai 24H, in a BMW, then signing up for the 2025 German Porsche Carrera Cup. She comes from a motorsport family; her father Bert races GT cars.

Michelle Jandova - Czech driver who moved up to cars from karting in 2024. She entered the F4 CEZ championship with SAPE Motorsport, a Czech team. She and her team-mate Marek Micik only did the first three rounds, although Micik joined another team for the rest. Michelle was tenth in her first race at Balaton Park, then was withdrawn from the whole of the Red Bull Ring round. Her best finishes were three eighth places, achieved at the Slovakiaring and Most. She had a couple more DNFs, which dropped her to 24th in the championship.

Branislava Lapínová - Slovakian driver competing mostly in Eastern Europe in 2014. She raced in the Eset championship, in the Formula Car class. Her car was a Formula Gloria. Her best result was 21st, at the Hungaroring. She began her senior career in 2012, after some success in karting. She was driving the Formula Gloria in a Czech championship. Although she did not race in 2013, she did test a Formula Renault.

Shirley van der Lof - Dutch driver, granddaughter of Dries van der Lof. In 2008, she was one of the front-runners in the Trophy class of German F3, having won the Nürburgring round. She was fourth overall at the end of the season, with two more wins at Lausitz and Oschersleben, and a string of podium places. Previously, she drove in Benelux Formula Ford for two years, gaining a reputation as a fast but accident-prone competitor. As a junior, she ran well in the Dutch karting championships. She drove well at the 2006 UK Formula Ford Festival, winning one of her races and gaining some attention from the press. She continued in German F3 in 2009, driving for the Zettler team. This time, she was running in the Cup class, and did not score as highly, finishing 20th overall. Her best finish was eighth, at Oschersleben. After not racing at all in 2010, she switched to sportscars in 2011, driving a Ferrari F430 and 430 GT2, and a Radical. She used the F430 in one round of the Belcar series, at Zolder, but did not finish. The Radical was for the Bridgestone Special Open Trophy race at Assen, and she was fourth, with a fastest lap. She drove the GT2 in a round of the Dutch Supercar Challenge. In 2012, she was not as active, and seems to have concentrated on historic racing in an AC Cobra. After a year on the sidelines, she reappeared in 2014, as part of the Racingdivas team for the Dubai 24 Hours. She won her class, and was 31st overall, in a BMW 320d. The team did not have the funds for any more races in 2014. In 2018, she did some historic racing, driving an AC Cobra in a Masters event at Zandvoort. She tried to qualify for the W Series in 2019 but was unsuccessful.

Alexandra Marinescu – Romanian driver who competes internationally. After several years of karting, she had her first senior experience in 2014, at the age of fourteen, in the Skip Barber Racing Series in the USA. She was 16^th in the championship. In 2015, she moved to the UK, to race in the MSA Formula, a Formula 4 championship. Although she registered for the series, she does not appear to have raced. She did compete in British F4 in 2016, for six rounds. She almost made it into the top ten at Snetterton, with a twelfth place. She was 22nd overall. She tried to qualify for the W Series in 2019 but was unsuccessful and was eliminated after the first assessment event.

Aurelia Nobels - Belgian driver who began racing in Formula 4 in 2022. Her first race in the Danish championship at Jyllandsringen gave her a seventh place, which she improved to a sixth the next day. In an unusual move, she also entered the Brazilian F4 championship, picking up a twelfth place as her best finish at Mogi Guacu. Back in Europe, she joined the Spanish F4 series for its Spa away round, but was not competitive, only managing one 23rd place. In July 2022, she was selected as a senior driver for the FIA’s Girls on Track initiative. This led to a run in the Italian F4 championship in 2023, along with its related Euro4 championship, for Prema. She was unplaced in both series. In 2024, she joined Sainteloc Racing for the UAE F4 championship, in preparation for a season in F1 Academy. She was linked with a Ferrari-backed seat. Her UAE races didn't go brilliantly, with a 19th at Yas Marina her best result. She then did some Saudi F4 races and earned one third place at Losail. Most of 2024 was taken up by F1 Academy, where she was twelfth for ART Grand Prix, despite several top-ten finishes, including a fifth at Zandvoort. She also found time for guest spots in Eurocup-4 and British F4.

Wiktoria Pankiewicz – Polish driver who races in Formula 4 in Italy. 2015 was her first season of senior motorsport; she was one of the younger drivers on the grid, at fifteen years old. Her best result has been fifteenth, at Imola. Although her finishing record was good, she was not strong enough to be among the front-runners, and she did not race for the full season. She competed alongside her twin sister, Julia, and finished one above her in the championship, in 32nd place. She did not race in 2016. 

Michalina Sabaj - Polish driver who began competing in CEZ F4 in 2024. This was her first season in cars, after some time spent in karts. She entered the championship with AS Motorsport, a Slovenian team. The season started slowly for her, with a twelfth and eighth place at Balaton Park. Following a disappointing weekend at the Red Bull Ring, she picked up towards the end of the season, scoring a best place of fourth at Salzburg. She was fifth in the championship. Her F4 campaign was meant to be complemented by a drive in a Wolf in the Italian Prototype Championship, but this did not happen.

Valerie Theuwissen – Belgian driver who raced in Belgian Formula Renault in 2007. She was driving for a family team, Theuwissen Racing, in the Renault Stars Challenge. Her final finishing position was twelfth, after twelve races. The following year, she raced in Formula 16, another Formula Renault series. Although she did not compete for the whole season, she was second overall, after two wins and two second places. She does not appear to have raced since then.

Lucia Zivec – Slovenian driver who raced in Formula 3 in Europe in the 1990s. In 1999, she made appearances in the Austrian and Czech series, driving a 1993-spec Dallara, driving for Wolfgang Krebitz Racing. Her best finish seems to have been a twelfth place, at the Ceska Open, held at Most. Mid-way through the season, her team stopped entering races. She does not appear to have competed since. Now, someone of the same name works in the aerospace industry. 

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Female Single-Seater Drivers Around the World: Scandinavia and the Baltic countries

Christina Nielsen

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Nathalie Abrahamsson - Swedish single-seater racer. She competed in the Swedish and North Europe Zone Formula Ford championships from 2005 to 2007, and the Finnish championship in 2006 and 2007. Her best overall finish was fifth, in the 2007 Swedish series. She secured one fastest lap. As early as 2005, she was finishing in the top ten in Sweden, but she did not manage to break into the podium positions. She does not appear to have raced since the end of the 2007 season, and now works as a motorsport journalist.

Ayla Ågren – Swedish/Norwegian driver who races in the USA. She won the US F1600 championship in 2014, after taking three wins and five podium positions. This was her second season in F1600, having finished fourth in the series in 2013. 2013 was only her second season as a senior racer, having graduated from karting in Scandinavia at the end of 2011. Like many single-seater racers in the States, she began in the Skip Barber championships. In recent years, she has not done quite so much active racing, but has been involved with the Mazda Road to Indy training programme, in the hope of getting onto the oval racing ladder. To this end, she took part in the Cooper Tires USF2000 series, for a part-season. She was 17th overall, with a best finish of seventh at Indianapolis. It was her third season in the championship. In 2019, she attempted to qualify for the W Series but was unsuccessful at the first selection. Despite expressing some misgivings about the event, she tested again at the end of the year and was accepted for 2020. The 2020 season was deferred until 2021, but she took her seat and finished 17th overall. This was not helped by missing the Spa race due to a crash, but her best finish was only ninth at Circuit of the Americas and she may not be invited back in 2021. At the start of the season, she also drove at Duqueine prototype in the Le Mans Cup, finishing 19th in her class at Paul Ricard. She continued as a reserve driver in W Series in 2022, making one appearance for the Puma team at Singapore, substituting for the injured Tereza Babickova. She was 16th. 

Alexia Danielsson - Swedish driver who began her senior career in 2022, aged fourteen. She raced in Formula Aquila 1000 Sweden, finishing seventh overall. The following year, she was seventh again, but did score her first podium position in the championship. This was a third place at Mitsverigebanan. Her 2024 Aquila season was very similar, although her third place came at Kinnekulle this time. She combined Aquila with the Nordic 4 (Danish F4) championship in 2024, finishing tenth overall. Her best race was at Padborg, where she was fifth. 

Mille Villads Hoe - Danish driver who races in the Danish F4 championship. She competes in the F5 class, which uses a Mygale Formula Ford chassis. 2021 is her third year in the series, which was originally called “F4 Light”. She scored five F5 podium finishes in 2019, and was ninth in the F4 championship. She was thirteenth in F4 during the shortened 2020 season, with a sixth place in F5. Her best finish was fourth at Djursland. She was eighth in Danish F4 in 2021 and fourth in the F5 class, with several class podiums. She won five F5 races in 2022, all at Padborg. She began 2023 in the F4 class, finishing fifth at Padborg during the first meeting, but moved into F5 for the rest of the season. She scored a few more top tens and was ninth in the championship. Still in F5, she was eleventh in 2024, normally a top-ten finisher with two seventh places as her seasons' best.

Julia Holgersson - raced in Formula Renault in Sweden in 2015. She was sixth in the Northern European Zone championship, which was comprised of Swedish drivers almost exclusively. In the same year she tackled most of the Swedish championship. Her best finish was a fifth place at Ahvenisto in Finland. This was one of nine top-ten finishes that she recorded and she was eleventh in the championship. After that, she seems to have returned to karting; 2015 was her only season in cars.

Eva-Marie Holst - Danish driver who switched from karts to cars in 2001, after only taking up karting seriously at 19. She raced in the Danish Formula Ford 2000 series in 2001. In 2002, she was thirteenth in the championship. The following year, she raced in Formula Ford Zetec, in both Denmark and Sweden. She did slightly better in the Swedish championship, finishing eleventh. She was twelfth in Denmark. 2004 seems to have been her last year of major competition, and she was twelfth in the Danish Formula Ford Zetec championship.

Alba Hurup Larsen - joined the all-female F1 Academy in 2025, driving for MP Motorsport in a Tommy Hilfiger-sponsored car. She was only 16 years old and this will be her first full season in cars. In 2024, she began her senior career in F4 India, also run by MP, driving for the Speed Demons Delhi team. She did the first two rounds at Madras and Chennai. Chennai was the better circuit for her and she was sixth and eighth. During the winter season, she competed in the Formula Winter Series, for the first three rounds. Her best finish was fourteenth at Aragon and she was 32nd overall. 

Laura Lylloff - races in Danish F4. 2021 was her first season, driving for JEL Racing. Her first race was at Padborg and she was quite off the pace, finishing eleventh. She did not start the other two Padborg races, but returned to the same track for the next meeting, finishing the two races that she entered in tenth and twelfth. Mid-season, she found some pace, and her bet finish was a class fourth at Jyllandsringen. She was 16th in the championship. 2021 seems to be her first season in motorsport and she does not appear to have been active in karting beforehand.

Ina Neumann - Danish single-seater racer of the 1990s. She competed for Denmark in the Formula Vauxhall Nations Cup in 1991 and 1992. Her best result was fifth at Estoril in 1992, alongside Henrik Larsen. They were fifth overall. Ina’s previous team-mate was Thomas Mullin. They were fourteenth.

Nanci Ristla - Estonian driver who became the first Baltic female racer to win a single-seater race in 2013, when she won two Formula Scandic races at Pärnu, in August. She also came second in two races at the same track, a month later. In 2012, she competed in Formula Baltic, and had two further runner-up finishes, both again at Pärnu. In 2011, she did some races in the Finnish Formula Ford Cup, but was not yet on the pace. Before that, she competed in karting in the Baltic region. She has now returned to karting as a senior. 

Vibe Smed - Danish single-seater driver who has competed in the UK since 2007. After a successful karting career, she started racing in Formula Ford in 2006. In 2007, she was sixth in the Danish championship. As well as the Danish series, she took in four Swedish Formula Ford races, in order to pick up points for the NEZ regional championship. By then, she was also a "student" at the Silverstone Racing Academy and finishing well in their races. In 2008, she competed in UK Formula Palmer Audi. Her best finish, a fourteenth place, came at Brands Hatch. She struggled somewhat throughout the year and was 20th overall. In 2009, she raced a Porsche 996 Cup in Britcar. In 2010, she stayed in British sportscars, racing a Ginetta G50 in British GTs. She was third in the G4 class, alongside Nathan Freke, after a long run of third places and one second. After funding problems, she returned to karting in Denmark in 2011.

Line Sønderskov Abildgaard - races in Formula 5 in Denmark. Formula 5 is a Formula Ford series that runs as a class in Danish Formula 4. She first raced in Danish Formula Ford in 2016, and was 11th in the championship. She did her first season of Formula 5 in 2017, earning one podium finish: a third place at Djursland. Her final position was sixth. She became a regular podium finisher in 2018, starting the season with a second place at Padborg. She was fourth in Formula 4 Light in 2019, with one second and five third places. She was twelfth in the main Renault F4 championship. Still racing a Ray Formula Ford in Formula 5, she was fifth in the 2020 championship, and tenth in the Danish F4 series of which Formula 5 forms a part. In 2021, with Mille Hoe as a team-mate, she was fifth in F5, with three third places. She was tenth in the overall championship. She only did a part-season of four races in 2022 and a longer part-season in 2023, although she had to withdraw from a few mid-season. Her final position in the 2023 championship was 18th and she had a best finish of tenth. She did another part-season in 2024, picking up two twelfth places at Djursland.

Karlīne Štāla - Latvian driver competing in northern Europe. She won the Belgian Formula Renault 1600 championship on her second attempt in 2007, winning twice. Previously, she raced in Legends in Finland, as well as the Toyota Yaris Cup in Estonia. In 2008, she contested half of the German Formula 3 Championship for the Racing Experience team and a further six races with SRT. This was combined with some outings in the Finnish Formula 3 series. She did better in Finland than in Germany, achieving a fifth and a tenth place. Her best finish in Germany was thirteenth at Hockenheim. She was planning a return to German Formula 3 in 2009, but this does not look to have happened. In 2011, she made a small comeback, entering two races of the Benelux Radical Cup, at Zandvoort. She was ninth in one race and did not finish the other. In 2012, she raced in some rounds of the Benelux Radical Cup, sharing a car with Henk Thuis for the longer races. 2013 was similar, with two races in the Mitjet 2L Supersport Championship for touring cars, based in France. She was second and 19th at Nogaro.

Monica Stråth - raced mostly single-seaters in Sweden, mainly in the 1990s. She seems to have jumped straight from karting in 1988 to Formula 3 in 1989, in the Swedish championship, where she finished 16th. In 1990, she entered Swedish F3 again, but was unplaced, as well as travelling to the UK for one British F3 race, at Donington, where she was second in class B. She returned to Swedish F3 in 1991, a stronger driver, and broke into the top ten, finishing ninth, but after that, she seems to take a break from competition. In 1994, she made a low-key return, driving a Corsa in the Lady Opel Cup and finishing tenth. In 1995, she returned to Formula 3, the Nordic series this time, and was seventh. After another year out, she was seventh again in the 1997 Nordic championship. After that, she returned to karting as a senior, and ended up in Superkarts.

Emma Svensson - Swedish driver who raced in STCC Formula Nordic in 2016. This followed a ten-year karting career. Emma scored one podium position in the Formula Renault-based STCC Nordic series, a third at Skovde, as well as two more top-five finishes. She was seventh in the championship, one above Amalie Wichmand. Amalie managed to finish above Emma in the NEZ Formula Renault championship, however: she was seventh to Emma’s eighth.

Amalie Wichmand - Danish driver who races single-seaters and sportscars in Sweden and the rest of Scandinavia. She first raced as a senior in 2016, in NEZ Formula Renault. She was seventh overall. This was combined with a season in STCC Formula Nordic, another Formula Renault-based championship. She had a best finish of fourth at Alastaro and was eighth in the championship. Among her sponsors was Ilse Jacobsen, a fashion designer. After a year out, she raced in the Ginetta GT5 Challenge in Sweden, with a best result of ninth at Falkenberg and Karlskoga. In 2019, she came back to the GT5 Challenge was was fourth overall, with one second and two third places. The following year, she did the Knutstorp rounds of the GT5 Challenge, finishing one of her two races in fourth place. Her long-term career aim is to race in Formula E.  

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