Cristina Gutiérrez: Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
Tag: possible unreferenced addition to BLP |
||
| Line 42: | Line 42: | ||
==Racing career== |
==Racing career== |
||
===Early career=== |
|||
Gutiérrez debuted in rally raid in 2010. She was overall runner-up at the 2015 Spanish Off-Road Rally Championship. |
|||
===Dakar Rally=== |
===Dakar Rally=== |
||
Gutiérrez debuted her international rally career in the [[2017 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 and 6th in the T1.S class, in a race where 27% of class entrants did not manage to complete the course.<ref name=":0" /> This made her the first woman from Spain to ever finish the off-road classic.<ref name="dirtfish-portrait" /> In 2018 she finished second in the T1.S class, again driving a Mitsubishi Montero. The Spaniard finished 7th in the T1.2 class in 2019 and 2020, both driving a [[Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross]]. |
|||
In 2021 Gutiérrez competed in the T3.1 [[Side-by-side (vehicle)|lightweight vehicles]] category on a OT3-01. She became only the second woman ever (after [[Jutta Kleinschmidt]] in 2005) to win a Dakar stage, however she retired in stage 8.<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> 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><ref name=":1" /> In 2022 she finished third in the T3.1 class. |
|||
===Extreme E=== |
===Extreme E=== |
||
Revision as of 17:19, 26 November 2022
| Cristina Gutiérrez | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Nationality |  Spanish |
| Full name | Cristina Gutiérrez Herrero |
| Born | 24 July 1991 Burgos, Spain |
| Extreme E career | |
| Debut season | 2021 |
| Current team | Team X44 |
| Previous series | |
| 2017–21 | Dakar 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
Early career
Gutiérrez debuted in rally raid in 2010. She was overall runner-up at the 2015 Spanish Off-Road Rally Championship.
Dakar Rally
Gutiérrez debuted her international rally career in the 2017 Dakar Rally, racing in a modified Mitsubishi Pajero.[3] Gutiérrez's first race was a success. She finished 44th overall and 6th in the T1.S class, in a race where 27% of class entrants did not manage to complete the course.[3] This made her the first woman from Spain to ever finish the off-road classic.[2] In 2018 she finished second in the T1.S class, again driving a Mitsubishi Montero. The Spaniard finished 7th in the T1.2 class in 2019 and 2020, both driving a Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross.
In 2021 Gutiérrez competed in the T3.1 lightweight vehicles category on a OT3-01. She became only the second woman ever (after Jutta Kleinschmidt in 2005) to win a Dakar stage, however she retired in stage 8.[4] 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.[5][6] In 2022 she finished third in the T3.1 class.
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.[6] 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.[7]
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] She won six consecutive times in the Women's Class of the Spanish TT Rally Championship.[8]
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 6 |
ISL2 2 |
COP 1 |
ENE | 2nd* | 66* |
* Season still in progress.
References
- ^ "Dakar: Gutiérrez first female stage winner since 2005". motorsportweek.com. 2021-01-03.
- ^ a b c "Meet Loeb's Dakar star Extreme E team-mate". dirtfish.com. 2020-12-10.
- ^ a b "Coche del día: Mitsubishi Montero Cristina Gutiérrez". espíritu RACER. 2022-04-22. Retrieved 2022-06-06.
- ^ "Future Extreme E Racer Cristina Gutierrez Stars at Dakar Rally". autoweek.com. 2021-01-04.
- ^ "Official Dakar rankings - bike - quad - car - SxS - truck". www.dakar.com. Retrieved 2022-01-28.
- ^ a b "Lewis Hamilton's Extreme E team hires Sebastien Loeb and Cristina Gutierrez". bbc.com. 2020-12-11.
- ^ "X44 retains Sébastien Loeb and Cristina Gutiérrez for Championship challenge in Season 2". Extreme E. 2022-01-25.
- ^ "Coche del día: Mitsubishi Montero Cristina Gutiérrez". espíritu RACER. 2022-04-22. Retrieved 2022-10-17.
- ^ 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.
External Links
Cristina Gutiérrez on Instagram
 | This rallying biographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |