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Sandra Gomez made her Dakar debut in 2022. This year, she came back to Dakar to win the Women's Trophy. However, mononucleosis hindered her preparation and a technical issue prevented her from completing the rally. This difficult second adventure in the Dakar wouldn't stop Sandra from trying again next year. We had the opportunity to talk to Sandra after the Dakar. Let's see her story at the Dakar and beyond.
Calheine Taye Perry is one of the two African women who first competed and completed the Dakar Rally on a motorcycle. This year Taye was aiming for her fourth Dakar journey as the co-driver for one of the Dakar Sistaz - Yasmeen Koloc, but was unfortunately unable to make it. We had the opportunity to interview Taye, here is what she has to say about her career and experience at the Dakar.
In the 2023 edition of the Dakar Rally, Dutch rider Mirjam Pol embarked on her 10th journey in the epic off-road event. On January 15th, she finished 49th (1st woman) in the bikes category, matching her performance in the 2022 event. We caught up with Mirjam after she returned to the Netherlands. Let’s get to know her story at the Dakar and beyond.
This year’s edition of the epic off-road event, the Dakar Rally, ended on January 15th. South African rider Kirsten Landman finished 71st in the Bikes category, 12th among the Original by Motul riders. This has been her second adventure in the off-road marathon, and her first attempt at the Original by Motul category, where riders enter the rally without assistance. We caught up with Kirsten after she returned to South Africa. Let’s get to know her story at the Dakar and beyond.
We interviewed one of the Rally Star finalists in the APAC Final - Australian driver Molly Spalding. Let's see what she has to say.
25-year-old Indian driver Pragathi Gowda will be joining Farah Zakaria (Jordan), Maja Hallén Fellenius (Sweden), Katie Milner (United Kingdom), and Kristie Ellis (South Africa) in the FIA Rally Star Women’s Final in Januaray 2023 in Peru. We had the chance to hear from Kristie about her story, here is what she has to say.
In September, at Gran Premio Animoca Brands de Aragón, Maria Herrera made a historical wildcard entrance in the Moto3 World Championship. Maria is currently racing in the MotoE World Cup, and she has previously raced full-time in the Moto3 World Championship between 2015 and 2017. This time, her wildcard was special because she was supported by an all-female crew. We had the opportunity to interview Aurora Angelucci, the brain behind this wildcard entry, Founder and CEO of Angeluss - Women Sport Management. Here is Aurora’s story with motorsport.
We are continuing with the profile series of drivers participating in the program. Today, we give you Alice Buckley, one of the Senior Category finalist.
We are continuing with the profile series of drivers participating in the program. Today, we give you Chloe Grant, one of the Senior Category finalist, and Tyra Sundberg from the Junior Category.
In 2023’s year-opening traditional event - Dakar Rally, eighteen-year-old Yasmeen Koloc will venture onto her first Dakar effort. Together with her twin sister Aliyyah Koloc, Yasmeen used to train to become a professional tennis player. However, when injuries interrupted their dream to collect the Grand Slams’ trophies, Yasmeen and her sister followed their father’s path onto motorsport. In the past two years, Yasmeen gathered experience in Renault Clip Cup, GT4, cross-country Bajas to get ready for Dakar. We recently had the opportunity to interview Yasmeen, let’s see what she has to say about chasing the dream of Dakar Rally.
We are continuing with the profile series of drivers participating in the program. Today, we give you Macie Hitter from the Senior Category, and Shriya Lohia from the Junior Category.
European Rally Championship (ERC) driver Rachele Somaschini was born with Cystic Fibrosis (CF). Her condition has never been an obstacle for her in her chase of a motorsport dream. In reality, the 28 years old Italian made her WRC debut in 2019, and she has leveraged her motorsport career to start the #CorrerePerUnRespiro (Racing for a Breath) campaign and help others with CF who are in need. We had the opportunity to interview Rachele recently, let’s see what she has to say about her career and raising awareness of the disease she battles on a daily basis.
Just like in the prvious two editions, we are rolling out the profiles of drivers participating in the program. Today, we give you Chloe Chong, one of the Senior Category finalist, and Siri Hökfelt from last year's program.
Before the double-header at Sardinia, we had the opportunity to talk to both Leena and Teena. Today we bring you the conversation with Leena, see what the 3-time Le Mans 24h winner shared about her successful career in motorsport and this new chapter in Extreme E.
Before the double-header at Sardinia, we had the opportunity to talk to Leena and Teena Gade. Today we bring you the conversation with Teena, see what she shared about her long career in motorsport and this new experience in Extreme E.
20-year-old South African driver Kristie Ellis will be joining Farah Zakaria (Jordan), Maja Hallén Fellenius (Sweden), and Katie Milner (United Kingdom) in the Women's Final later this year in North America. We had the chance to hear from Kristie about her story, here is what she has to say.
From May 27 to 29, South Africa hosted the third Continental Final of the FIA Rally Star – the African Final. We talked to one of the fianlists, South African driver Paige de Jager after the African Final, here is what she has to say about her racing career as well as experience at the African Final.
We interviewed Susanna to get some behind-the-scenes story of her experience in the paddock as well as the CFMOTO project. Let's see what she has to share.
We talked to Farah Zakaria after the FIA Rally Star MENA Final, here is what she has to say about her 17 years of racing.
We had the opportunity to have a Q&A with Lilou Wadoux before the season started, here is what she has to say about her first WEC season.
We had the opportunity to have a Q&A with Maja Hallén Fellenius - Joint Winner from FIA Rally Star European Final. Let’s see what she has to say about her career so far.
Valeria Wilkes runs WMS Motorsport, a swiss team competing in MES Trophy (Trofei Motoestate) as well as providing technical services in CIV in Italy. We met her when she was searching for a Chinese rider to join her team in MES Trophy. While it was a difficult quest, we found her story in the paddock inspiring. Here we give you her stories of over 20 years in the motorcycling world.
We caught up with Suvi Jyrkiäinen after the FIA Rally Star European Final, let’s see what she has to say about her experience during the European Final and her career.
On the Kerbs with Thiemo Albers-Daly this time is another Formula Woman Finalist, Magdalena King. They caught up recently to chat about her Formula Woman journey so far, her winning mentality, weird food combinations and much more!
year's Chinese New Year special series with the story of Jackie Hope Tam (谭燕杰), manager and rider of HRT - Happy Racing Team.
On the Kerbs with our guest bloggert is Driving Bex, the Formula Woman Finalist.
On the Kerbs with our guest bloggert is Isla Mackenzie, who is now a Formula Woman Finalist.
We continue with the Year of the Tiger Chinese New Year special series. Today we give you the story of Qianying Zhang, Kawasaki Racing Team China rider.
Guest blog by Thiemo Albers-Daly Photos provided by Paulina Polackova Paulina Polackova is an up-and-coming rally driver who’s determined to work hard and get herself firmly into the motorsport scene. She fell in love with racing from a young age and is happy to try out racing anything with an engine. I had the chance... Continue Reading →
As we welcome the Year of the Tiger, we kick off this year's Chinese New Year special series. Today we give you the first stories of this thee-piece series - Shu WANG, independent contractor of PERTAMINA MANDALIKA SAG Racing Team.
Our story today is about Avintia's Communication Officer Jiaxin "Kaka" Tang (or Gasing Tong in her native Cantonese), who got hooked on the sport because of the nine-time World Champion and MotoGP Legend Valentino Rossi, and even got to work closely with Rossi's team for one season.
Before Island X Prix, we caught up with Chip Ganassi Racing's Sara Price on their long layover in Switzerland. Let’s see what she has to say about her career and her experience with Extreme E.
Our Rising Stars profile series is still ongoing. Today, we give you Emma Wigroth in the Senior category and Skye Parker in the Junior category.
Our Rising Stars profile series is still ongoing. Today, we give you Aada Turpeinen in the Senior category and Alexia Danielsson in the Junior category.
We talked to Veloce's Emma Gilmour before Island X Prix. Let’s see what she has to say about her amazing career as well as her experience with Extreme E.
Ning ‘Angela’ Liu is the Partnership Coordination Officer with Alpine F1 Team, one the the Formula 1 dream chaser hailing from China. We had the opportunity to chat with Angela about how she kicked off her career in motorsport and Formula 1. Let's hear her story.
We continue rolling out the profiles of drivers participating in the program. Today, we give you Laura Camps Torras in the Senior Category and Nea Kytölä in the Junior Category.
This year, the FIA Girls on Track - Rising Stars program came back bigger and better. Two groups of girls, 14 in the Senior Category and 14 in the Junior Category, will go into the three-day shoot-out from the 21st to 23rd of October at the Circuit Paul Ricard. Just like last year, we are rolling out the profiles of drivers participating in the program. Today, we give you Bianca Bustamante in the Senior Category and Laura Bubenova in the Junior Category.
We caught up with Jutta Kleinschmidt before Arctic X Prix, let’s see what she had to say about her legendary career at Dakar and her new challenge with Extreme E.
We had the opportunity to have a Q&A with Nerea Martí after Hungagoring, where she got her maiden podium in W Series, let’s see what she has to say about her career and the W Series.
We talked to ABT CUPRA XE's Claudia Hürtgen before Ocean X Prix. Let’s see what the veteran has to say about her short journey with Extreme E.
Anna Schwaiger is the Systems Low Voltage Engineer on the TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team. We had a Q&A with Anna after New York ePrix. Now ahead of R13 of Season 7 in London, let’s see how she realized her dream of becoming a motorsport engineer inspired by her childhood passion for Formula 1.
We caught up with Mikaela before and after Ocean X Prix, let’s hear about her experience in developing the tyre for Extreme E as well as her career in motorsport.
We caught up with Cristina Gutiérrez before she headed off for Senegal, let’s see what she shared with us about Dakar and Extreme E.
This month, in anticipation of Ocean X Prix, we continue with our Extreme E female drivers series. We caught up with Christine Giampaoli-Zonca after Desert X Prix. Let’s hear her story with Hispano Suiza Xite Energy.
In 2019, we talked to Dorna’s Event Director for MotoGP, Norma Companys, to hear about her career with MotoGP. After Norma’s team put together the impossible 2020 season, we caught up with her again between the two races at Losail International Circuit while she had a brief moment of down-time on Friday, to learn more about organizing MotoGP races in this crazy age.
This month, coming off of the inaugural X Prix, we give you another installment in our Extreme E female drivers series - let’s hear the story of Catie Munnings with Andretti United.
We kick off our Extreme E Female Drivers' Series with the story of Molly Taylor.
Chinese New Year special series:The Parallel Lines in Life – Exclusive Interview with Kim ChenThe Pianist on Two Wheels – Exclusive Interview with Rui Jia © All photos, including featured cover, provided by Olivia Jia Today, on Lantern Festival, we conclude our Chinese New Year special series and give you the story of Tianshuang “Olivia” JIA, 2020 Ducati... Continue Reading →
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二十岁的以色列摩托车手Ran Yochay在过去几年在欧洲和以色列都有出赛，她数次登上领奖台并不断进步。我们聊了聊她的职业生涯，这位优秀的车手将是摩托车界的一颗新星！希望大家喜欢我们的对话。
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Sandra Gomez在2022年完成了自己的达喀尔拉力赛处子秀。今年，她再次回到达喀尔准备冲击摩托组女子冠军。可惜，因为单核细胞增多症她没能完整地备战今年的比赛，而在比赛中，她又遭遇机械故障最终不得不退赛。这次多灾多难的达喀尔之旅并没有影响Sandra明年再次回归的积极性。我们在今年的达喀尔拉力赛后采访了Sandra，来看看她的摩托故事吧！
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和我们此前专访过的Kirsten Landman一样，在2020年Calheine Taye Perry也成为了达喀尔摩托组的非洲女性车手先驱。今年Taye原本要出赛自己的第四次达喀尔拉力赛，作为达喀尔姐妹花Yasmeen Koloc的领航员在T3组别出赛。可惜最终由于Yasmeen的伤病两人没能成行。我们对Taye进行了专访，来看看她的达喀尔故事吧！
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Paddock Sorority 