Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky
Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky (born 13 November 1992 in Karlstad) is a Swedish racing driver currently competing in the TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship[1][2] for PWR Racing.
Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky | |
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2015 Audi Sport TT Cup | |
Nationality | |
Born | Karlstad, Sweden | 13 November 1992
TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship career | |
Debut season | 2017 |
Current team | PWR Racing - SEAT Dealer Team |
Car number | 19 |
Former teams | PWR Racing - Junior Team |
Starts | 23 |
Wins | 2 |
Podiums | 4 |
Poles | 1 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
Best finish | 1 in 2019 |
Previous series | |
2016-2017 2015 2012-2014 2012 | ADAC GT Masters Audi Sport TT Cup Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia |
Career
Åhlin-Kottulinsky started racing at the age of 12 in go-karts. In the autumn of 2011, she stepped up to touring car racing when she took part in the FIA Women in Motorsport's shoot-out[3], where she finished second and got the chance to race in the Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup in 2012. She raced in the series for three seasons, and in 2014 she became the first woman in history to win a race of a Volkswagen supported championship. At the end of 2014 , Volkswagen decided to end their one-make cup racing series, with Audi Sport taking their place and launching the Audi Sport TT Cup. 165 drivers applied for the series, and 18 drivers where chosen to compete in the cup, with Åhlin-Kottulinsky one of them. Her best result in 2015 was a third place at the Norisring, with two fastest laps set during the course of the season. From 2016 until her switch to the STCC, she raced in the German ADAC GT Masters series, competing in an Audi R8 LMS.[4]
In 2017, she joined the STCC, driving for PWR Racing - Junior Team in an Audi RS 3 LMS, even though the rest of her team competed with SEAT León TCRs, as she was under an Audi contract as part of the Audi Sport racing academy.[5]
In 2018, in her second season in the STCC, she became the first female racing driver in Swedish touring car history to win a race, taking victory in the second heat at Karlskoga in August[6] until all cars of the PWR Racing team were excluded later that evening following a protest from their rivals, who claimed they were running with non-regulation exhausts.[7] The team appealed the exclusion and won their case a month later[8], with Åhlin-Kottulinsky's victory reinstated.
Åhlin-Kottulinsky re-signed with PWR Racing for the 2019 TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship, a replacement series for the STCC following the organisers' bankruptcy over the winter.[9] She made history again as she claimed the first pole position for a female driver at the opening round of the season at Knutstorp[10], going on to win the first race of the season, claiming her second career victory in Swedish touring cars.[11] She went on to finish the season in sixth in the drivers' championship standings, taking a further four podium finishes over the course of the season.
For 2020, she has again re-signed with PWR Racing to compete in the STCC TCR Scandinavia season, and will race the brand new Cupra Leon Competición. [12]
Personal Life
Åhlin-Kottulinsky comes from a racing family. Mikaela's grandfather was Freddy Kottulinsky who won the 1980 Paris-Dakar Rally. Her father, Jerry Åhlin, raced between 1983-1991 in the European Rally Championship and between 1984-2000 he took part in six WRC races in which he scored one point. Her mother, Susanne Kottulinsky, participated between 1982 and 2002 in the European Rally Championship in with Opel, Volvo, Audi, and her younger brother, Fredrik Åhlin, is a rally driver
Racing record
Career summary
Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
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2012 | VW Scirocco R-Cup Germany | - | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 12 |
Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia | Xlander Racing | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 19 | |
2013 | Renault Clio Cup JTCC | - | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 12 |
VW Scirocco R-Cup Germany | - | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 195 | 8 | |
2014 | VW Scirocco R-Cup Germany | - | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 188 | 9 |
RallyX Sweden | JC Race Teknik | 3 | 17 | 8 | |||||
2015 | Audi Sport TT Cup | - | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 75 | 15 |
2016 | ADAC GT Masters | Aust Motorsport | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 52 |
2017 | ADAC GT Masters | Audi Sport racing academy | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 |
STCC - TCR Scandinavia | PWR Racing - Junior Team | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 20 | |
2018 | STCC - TCR Scandinavia | SEAT Dealer Team - PWR Racing | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 10 |
2019 | TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship | PWR Racing - SEAT Dealer Team | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 167 | 6 |
2020 | TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship* | PWR Racing - SEAT Dealer Team | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* season in progress
Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | No | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Points | Position |
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2012 | 12 | Volkswagen Scirocco R | 82 | 18 | ||||||||||
21 | 18 | 20 | 17 | 19 | 22 | 20 | 13 | 13 | Ret | |||||
2013 | 14 | Volkswagen Scirocco R | 195 | 8 | ||||||||||
11 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 21 | ||||||
2014 | 19 | Volkswagen Scirocco R | 188 | 9 | ||||||||||
5 | 9 | 15 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | Ret | 21 |
Audi Sport TT Cup
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | No | Car | 1-2 | 3-4 | 5-6 | 7-8 | 9-10 | 11-12 | Points | Position | ||||||
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2015 | 89 | Audi Sport TT | 75 | 15 | ||||||||||||
9 | Ret | 8 | 3 | 10 | 18 | Ret | 12 | 6 | Ret | Ret | Ret |
ADAC GT Masters
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | No | Car | 1-2 | 3-4 | 5-6 | 7-8 | 9-10 | 11-12 | 13-14 | Points | Position | |||||||
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2016 | Aust Motorsport | 44 | Audi R8 LMS | 1 | 52 | ||||||||||||||
Ret | 17 | 23 | 24 | 19 | 11 | 17 | 20 | 11 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 10 | 19 | ||||||
2017 | Audi Sport racing academy | 8 | Audi R8 LMS | 0 | 43 | ||||||||||||||
17 | 23 | 20 | 20 | Ret | 17 | 21 | 13 | 22 | 17 | 19 | 18 | - | - |
STCC - TCR Scandinavia
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | No | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | Points | Position |
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2017 | PWR Racing - Junior Team | 89 | Audi RS 3 LMS | 6 | 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Ret | Ret | 12 | - | - | - | Ret | 8 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 15 | Ret | 12 | 15 | Ret | 15 | Ret | - | - | - | ||||||
2018 | SEAT Dealer Team - PWR Racing | 19 | Cupra TCR | KNU R1 11 |
KNU R2 18 |
AND R1 8 |
AND R2 7 |
FAL R1 12 |
FAL R2 9 |
GEL R1 Ret |
GEL R2 1 |
RUD R1 15 |
RUD R2 16 |
MAN R1 9 |
MAN R2 12 |
39 | 10 | |||||||||
2019 | PWR Racing - SEAT Dealer Team | 19 | Cupra TCR | KNU R1 1 |
KNU R2 Ret |
AND R1 5 |
AND R2 10 |
SKE R1 4 |
SKE R2 2 |
FAL R1 3 |
FAL R2 7 |
GEL R1 4 |
GEL R2 3 |
JYL R1 6 |
JYL R2 5 |
MAN R1 6 |
MAN R2 3 |
167 | 6 | |||||||
References
- "STCC - Drivers" (in Swedish).
- "Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky signed for a third season with PWR Racing". Retrieved 2019-06-24.
- "Volkswagen continues to support women in motor sport". Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- "ADAC GT Masters 2017". Retrieved 2017-04-12.
- "Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky confirmed at PWR Racing in an Audi". TouringCarTimes. 2017-03-07. Retrieved 2019-06-25.
- "Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky makes history as she wins Karlskoga Race 2". TouringCarTimes. 2018-08-19. Retrieved 2019-06-25.
- "Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky excluded from Race 2, Andersson declared the winner". TouringCarTimes. 2018-08-19. Retrieved 2019-06-25.
- "Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky: "I never stopped seeing it as a victory"". TouringCarTimes. 2018-09-18. Retrieved 2019-06-25.
- "New organisation confirms TCR Scandinavia name for 2019 season". TouringCarTimes. 2019-02-14. Retrieved 2019-06-25.
- "Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky claims last-gasp pole position for season opener". TouringCarTimes. 2019-05-03. Retrieved 2019-06-25.
- "Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky takes the first win of the season at Knutstorp". TouringCarTimes. 2019-05-04. Retrieved 2019-06-25.
- Åström, Joakim (2020-04-03). "Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky & Robert Dahlgren i STCC 2020". PWR Racing Team (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-04-03.
External links
- Official website
- Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky profile on DriverDB.com
- Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky profile on Motorsport.com