Sabrina Hungerbühler

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Sabrina Hungerbühler in Hockenheim 2009

Sabrina Hungerbühler (born December 2, 1982 in the canton of St. Gallen ) is a Swiss racing driver .

She started karting very early . At the age of 16, she managed to assert herself with her talent against 600 young drivers, and she was the only woman among nine male drivers to get a place in the BMW Formula ADAC Junior Cup. In the 2005 season, Hungerbühler became the first woman to win the Interseries in the strongest division (sports prototypes). She then moved back to the Sports Car Challenge and was accepted into the works driver squad of the manufacturer Pedrazza Racing Cars in 2008. In 2009 she finished the championship as runner-up. The following year she stayed in the Sports Car Challenge, but had an accident with her prototype at the championship run on the Circuit de Dijon-Prenois .

Racing

  • 1993: Start of the racing career in karting
  • 1994: Kart category Mini 10
  • 1995: Kart category Mini 13 as a kart factory pilot for Swiss Hutless
  • 1996: Kart juniors (100 m³ engine / 140 km / h)
  • 1998: Kart top class Formula A (as the only woman)
  • 1999: Kart top class Formula A
  • 2000: BMW Formula ADAC (Junior Cup)
  • 2001: BMW Formula ADAC (International Championship)
  • 2002: BMW Formula ADAC (Austria Formula Masters)
  • 2003: Euro Sports Car Challenge
  • 2004: Euro Sports Car Challenge
  • 2005: Formula 3000 / Interserie (overall victory in the highest category as first woman)
  • 2006: Sports Car Challenge SCC
  • 2007: Seat Leon Supercopa / Sports Car Challenge SCC and AvD 100 miles
  • 2008: SCC Championship / Sports Car Challenge (on PRC / BMW 3.3L)
  • 2009: Sports Car Challenge

Individual evidence

  1. Patrick Holzer: http://www.auto-rennsport.de/gt/100908_SCC_Dijon_Rennen.htm Status: August 8, 2010