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===Dakar Rally===
===Dakar Rally===
Gutiérrez has competed in 6 [[Dakar rally|Dakar rallies]] from 2017 to 2022, finishing every time. Her best result was in 2022, when she and co-driver Francois Cazalet finished 3rd in the Light Prototype (T3) category Driving a Red Bull OT3 prototype.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Official Dakar rankings - bike - quad - car - SxS - truck|url=https://www.dakar.com/en/rankings|access-date=2022-01-28|website=www.dakar.com|language=en}}</ref> She was the first woman from Spain to ever finish the off-road classic in a car in 2017.<ref name="dirtfish-portrait"/> In 2021 she competed in the [[Side-by-side (vehicle)|lightweight vehicles]] category and became only the second woman ever (after [[Jutta Kleinschmidt]] in 2005) to win a Dakar stage.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.autoweek.com/racing/more-racing/a35113636/future-extreme-e-racer-cristina-gutierrez-stars-at-dakar-rally/ |title=Future Extreme E Racer Cristina Gutierrez Stars at Dakar Rally |date=2021-01-04 |publisher=autoweek.com}}</ref>
Cristina Gutiérrez debuted her rally career in the notoriously grueling Paris-Dakar rally, racing in a modified [[Mitsubishi Pajero]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-04-22 |title=Coche del día: Mitsubishi Montero Cristina Gutiérrez |url=https://espirituracer.com/cochedeldia/coche-del-dia-mitsubishi-montero-cristina-gutierrez-dakar-2017/ |access-date=2022-06-06 |website=espíritu RACER}}</ref> Gutiérrez's first race was a success. She finished 44th overall which in a race where 27% of class entrants did not manage to complete the course.<ref name=":0" />
Gutiérrez has competed in 6 [[Dakar rally|Dakar rallies]] from 2017 to 2022, finishing every time. Her best result was in 2022, when she and co-driver Francois Cazalet finished 3rd in the Light Prototype (T3) category Driving a Red Bull OT3 prototype.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Official Dakar rankings - bike - quad - car - SxS - truck|url=https://www.dakar.com/en/rankings|access-date=2022-01-28|website=www.dakar.com|language=en}}</ref> She was the first woman from Spain to ever finish the off-road classic in a car in 2017.<ref name="dirtfish-portrait" /> In 2021 she competed in the [[Side-by-side (vehicle)|lightweight vehicles]] category and became only the second woman ever (after [[Jutta Kleinschmidt]] in 2005) to win a Dakar stage.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.autoweek.com/racing/more-racing/a35113636/future-extreme-e-racer-cristina-gutierrez-stars-at-dakar-rally/ |title=Future Extreme E Racer Cristina Gutierrez Stars at Dakar Rally |date=2021-01-04 |publisher=autoweek.com}}</ref>


In 2022 she again completed in the lightweight category and finished 3rd.<ref>{{Cite web|title=2022 Rankings after the stage 12|url=https://www.dakar.com/en/rankings|website=Dakar.com}}</ref>
In 2022 she again completed in the lightweight category and finished 3rd.<ref>{{Cite web|title=2022 Rankings after the stage 12|url=https://www.dakar.com/en/rankings|website=Dakar.com}}</ref>

Revision as of 22:18, 6 June 2022

Cristina Gutiérrez
Nationality Spanish
Full nameCristina Gutiérrez Herrero
Born (1991-07-24) 24 July 1991 (age 33)
Burgos, Spain
Extreme E career
Debut season2021
Current teamTeam X44
Previous series
2017–21Dakar Rally

Cristina Gutiérrez Herrero (born 24 July 1991) is a Spanish dentist and rally raid driver who in 2017 became the first Spanish female car driver to finish the Dakar Rally. In 2021 she was the second woman to win a stage in Dakar Rally history.[1] She participates in the Extreme E electric cross-country series, driving for Lewis Hamilton's Team X44.[2]

Racing career

Dakar Rally

Cristina Gutiérrez debuted her rally career in the notoriously grueling Paris-Dakar rally, racing in a modified Mitsubishi Pajero.[3] Gutiérrez's first race was a success. She finished 44th overall which in a race where 27% of class entrants did not manage to complete the course.[3]

Gutiérrez has competed in 6 Dakar rallies from 2017 to 2022, finishing every time. Her best result was in 2022, when she and co-driver Francois Cazalet finished 3rd in the Light Prototype (T3) category Driving a Red Bull OT3 prototype.[4] She was the first woman from Spain to ever finish the off-road classic in a car in 2017.[2] In 2021 she competed in the lightweight vehicles category and became only the second woman ever (after Jutta Kleinschmidt in 2005) to win a Dakar stage.[5]

In 2022 she again completed in the lightweight category and finished 3rd.[6]

Extreme E

In December 2020 she was announced as the female driver for Lewis Hamilton's Team X44 in Extreme E, partnering with Sébastien Loeb.[7] They finished the season in 2nd behind Rosberg X Racing's Johan Kristoffersson and Molly Taylor. The teams were level on points but RXR were ahead on virtue of their 3 wins to X44's one win.

Loeb and Gutiérrez were re-signed to Team X44 for 2022.[8]

Other Series

Gutiérrez has also been her country’s Women’s Off-Road Champion since 2012, and outright vice-champion in the same discipline in 2015 following a series of second places in Spanish Bajas.[2]

In 2021 she became the first female driver to win an FIA World Cup for the Cross-Country Rallies title. She completed the last stage with a broken back.[9]

Racing record

Complete Extreme E results

(key)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos. Points
2021 Team X44 Spark ODYSSEY 21 DES
Q

1
DES
R

3
OCE
Q

1
OCE
R

4
ARC
Q

1
ARC
R

4
ISL
Q

1
ISL
R

5
JUR
Q

1
JUR
R

1
2nd 121
2022 Team X44 Spark ODYSSEY 21 DES
3
ISL1 ISL2 COP ENE 3rd* 15*

* Season still in progress.

References

  1. ^ "Dakar: Gutiérrez first female stage winner since 2005". motorsportweek.com. 2021-01-03.
  2. ^ a b c "Meet Loeb's Dakar star Extreme E team-mate". dirtfish.com. 2020-12-10.
  3. ^ a b "Coche del día: Mitsubishi Montero Cristina Gutiérrez". espíritu RACER. 2022-04-22. Retrieved 2022-06-06.
  4. ^ "Official Dakar rankings - bike - quad - car - SxS - truck". www.dakar.com. Retrieved 2022-01-28.
  5. ^ "Future Extreme E Racer Cristina Gutierrez Stars at Dakar Rally". autoweek.com. 2021-01-04.
  6. ^ "2022 Rankings after the stage 12". Dakar.com.
  7. ^ "Lewis Hamilton's Extreme E team hires Sebastien Loeb and Cristina Gutierrez". bbc.com. 2020-12-11.
  8. ^ "X44 retains Sébastien Loeb and Cristina Gutiérrez for Championship challenge in Season 2". Extreme E. 2022-01-25.
  9. ^ Sturtridge, Tim (16 December 2021). "From dentistry to Dakar hot seat, Cristina Gutiérrez gets it done". www.redbull.com. Archived from the original on 2022-01-16. Retrieved 2022-01-16.

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