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Alessia Belometti - raced single-seaters in Europe in 2006 and 2007. Supported by AP Motorsport, she began in Formula Junior 1600 in Italy, finishing sixth with one podium place. She then moved on to Formula Renault, in Belgium and at home in Italy for a winter series. In 2007, she continued with Formula Renault. The Swiss series, held around Europe, was her main focus, but she was only 25th overall. She did not do much better in the Italian Formula Renault 2000 summer or winter championships, and only did a few races in each. Later, she may have raced sportscars, and she was certainly linked to a drive in a Racing Box Dodge Viper.
Elena Missaglia - former karter who raced in Formula Junior, Formula Renault, Formula Monza and Formula Azzurra between 2005 and 2008. Her best result was in Formula Junior in 2005, when she won a race at Monza and finished the year second in the championship. Her other results yielded decent class finishes, although she appears to have struggled for funding and not completed seasons. She returned to karting as a senior, and won some endurance events in 2008.
Alessandra Neri - recent gradute to full-size car competition in Italy. She raced in Formula Azzurra in 2007, with some top-ten finishes and one podium position. She was eighth overall. Previously, in 2006, she combined Formula Azzurra competition with saloon racing in the Trofeo Kia Rio. In 2008 she campaigned a Ferrari 430 GT in European GTs, winning the GT3 class four times and placing continuously in the top three of the class. Her best overall result was fourth at Adria, although she was a consistent top-ten finisher throughout the year. 2009 was a quieter year, with only a couple of rounds of the Spanish GT Championship, driving a Porsche GT3 RSR. The Valencia races yielded a seventh and eighth place. In 2010, she returned to Italy for the Superstars GTSprint and was ninth overall, after several top tens. Her car was a Ferrari 430, which she used again in 2011. She only entered four races, and managed a best result of eleventh, at Portimao. In addition, she drove in two rounds of the Maserati Trofeo. In 2012, she took part in the last four rounds of the Italian GT Championship, driving a McLaren MP4-12C. She scored two eighth and two ninth places. She is now involved in media work, and may have done some rallying in 2015. In 2016, she carried on as a TV reporter, even broadcasting live from her car. She made some guest appearances in the TCR International Series, driving a SEAT Leon. Her best finish was tenth, at Imola.
Laura Polidori - has raced single-seaters since the age of seventeen, mostly Formula Renault. She began with a part-season in 2005, in the Italian championship. After a break, she moved to the Swiss series in 2007, and scored a few points. It was back to Italy for Formula Light 2000 in 2008, and she was rewarded with tenth overall, with six top-tens out of ten races. Remaining with Formula Light in 2009, she scored her first podium in the Opening series, a third at Magione. Her best finish in the main championship is eighth, at the same track, and she was tenth overall. In 2010, she returned to Formula Renault in Italy. She was fifteenth overall and has four top-tens to her name, with a best of eighth at Mugello. Unfortunately, she only competed in two races in 2011, still in Italian Formula Renault.
Jenni Sonzogni - winner of the 2021 Italian Formula X Class B championship, driving an F4 car. She won five times from ten starts. This was her second season in a car, having started in 2020 in a motorcycle-engined Predator PC010. This championship runs on the Formula X package alongside the FX2000 series which includes F4 cars. She switched to rallying in 2022, using a Renault Clio and later, a Skoda Fabia R5. Her best result was a 21st place in the Rally in Circuit at Rijeka, Croatia. In 2023, she continued to rally the Skoda, winning the all-female Adriatic Champions Race Pink and finishing seventh in the Motors Rally Show Pavia. Prior to her senior debut, Jenni raced karts from 2008 to 2018, winning both junior and senior titles.
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