Cristina Gutiérrez
| 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 participated in the Extreme E electric cross-country series, driving for Lewis Hamilton's Team X44.[2]
Racing career
Cristina 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.[3] 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.[4]
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 December 2020 she was announced as the female driver for Lewis Hamilton's Team X44 in Extreme E, partnering with Sébastien Loeb.[5]
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.[6]
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 |
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.
- ^ "Official Dakar rankings - bike - quad - car - SxS - truck". www.dakar.com. Retrieved 2022-01-28.
- ^ "Future Extreme E Racer Cristina Gutierrez Stars at Dakar Rally". autoweek.com. 2021-01-04.
- ^ "Lewis Hamilton's Extreme E team hires Sebastien Loeb and Cristina Gutierrez". bbc.com. 2020-12-11.
- ^ Sturtridge, Tim (16 December 2021). "From dentistry to Dakar hot seat, Cristina Gutiérrez gets it done". www.redbull.com. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
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