Andrina with her SEAT Leon, 2015
Andrina is a former karter
from Switzerland, who has raced cars since 2008. Initially, she raced
single-seaters, but she has since branched out and become a very versatile
driver.
Her first two seasons were
spent in Formula Lista Junior in Europe, first driving for Jo Zeller Racing,
then for her family Gugger Racing team. She was fourth in 2008 and seventh in
2009, scoring one win in each season. In 2008, this came at the end of the
year, at Monza, and followed a third place. In 2009, she won the first race of
the season, at Dijon.
In 2010, she moved up to
Formula Masters in Germany, driving for Mücke Motorsport. She could
only manage fifteenth in the championship, but had a best finish of fifth at
Oschersleben, again, in the firstrace of the season. By the end of the year,
she had achieved five other top-ten finishes, but several DNFs dropped her down
the rankings. During the off-season, she tested a GP3 car, becoming the first
female driver to do so, but this did not lead to a race seat.
In 2011, she switched to
sportscars, mainly driving a Maserati MC GranTurismo. She was eighth in the
Maserati Trofeo Europe, after one podium finish, a third place at Spa. Her
programme included six races in the earlier part of the season.
She also drove a Maserati
in some Blancpain Endurance Series GT4 races, scoring a second at Magny-Cours
and a third at Monza. Although she was scheduled to race at Navarra, she did
not make the start. She shared the car with Devis Schwägli, another Swiss driver.
As well as this, she raced in two rounds of
the ADAC GT Masters, at the Red Bull Ring, in a Calloway Corvette. This car
brought her less success than the Maserati; she could only manage a 30th
and 31st place.
In 2012, she drove a
Porsche 911 GT3 in the GT Masters, with Otto Klohs. Their best finish was 19th,
at Zandvoort. Andrina had a 100% finishing record, but was not among the
leading drivers in her class.
At the start of the season,
she was thirteenth in the Dubai 24 Hours, driving a Porsche 997 for the same
Auto Fach team. She was driving as part of a team of five.
In 2013, she raced around
Europe, including the Lotus Ladies' Cup. She took part in two races at the
Slovakiaring, finishing third in one. This was not her only Ladies' Cup: she
was awarded the ETCC Ladies' Cup also, finishing sixth in the S2000 class. Her
best results were two fourth places, again at the Slovakiaring, and she was
driving a Honda Civic.
2014 was very similar for
her, with an eighth place in the ETCC, in the Civic. She managed one fourth
place, at Spa, and two fifths, at Spa and Paul Ricard. Some non-finishes
dropped her down the rankings somewhat, but she held on to the Ladies’ title. She
did four rounds of the FIA Lotus Ladies' Cup, at the Oschersleben and Slovakiaring
meetings. These gave her four fourths and one fifth place. She was also eighth
overall in this championship.
In 2015, Andrina changed
her racing direction again, and registered for the SEAT Leon Eurocup. She finished in 21st place, after a rather difficult season.
Her best finish was seventh, at Estoril, although she has struggled at
other circuits, apart from the Nürburgring, where she was ninth. She was one of five female drivers taking part in the Eurocup
this year, and finished second in the Ladies’ standings.
(Image from http://www.andrinagugger.ch/)
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