Sophia Flörsch

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Sophia Flörsch 2019
Sachsenring 2016, Formula 4
Sophia Flörsch 2019 in Macau

Sophia Flörsch (born December 1, 2000 in Munich ) is a German automobile racing driver . She competed in the German Formula 4 championship from 2016 to 2017 , was the first woman to score points and was the first woman on the podium in the second race at the Sachsenring in 2017 . In 2018 she competed in the European Formula 3 Championship , in 2019 she took part in the Formula Regional European Championship , and since 2020 she has been driving for Campos Racing in the 2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship .

Career

Career

Sophia Flörsch began her motorsport career in karting in 2005 , where she remained active until 2014. In 2015 she planned to switch to professional formula racing in the German Formula 4 championship . However, this failed because the minimum age had been raised to 15 years before the season. Instead, it went to the Ginetta Junior Championship , a British junior sports car championship. With HHC Motorsport , she won both races at the Thruxton Circuit . After more than four years, a female racing driver won this championship again. In the middle of the season, she withdrew from the championship in order to prepare for a change to a Formula 4 championship . At the time of her exit she was on the third championship course; at the end of the season she was eleventh overall.

In 2016 Flörsch switched to Team Motopark in the German Formula 4 championship . She also signed an advertising contract with the US sporting goods manufacturer Under Armor . She already finished her first race in the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben in ninth place in the points. This made her the first woman to score points in the German Formula 4 championship. On her debut weekend, she also started the third race as the first woman in this championship from the front row and was the first female driver to achieve a leading lap. She went into the final lap as third; in this, Job van Uitert hit her, causing her to lose the rear wing, continue without it and finish in fifth place. She finished the season with 19th place overall.

On March 1, 2017 it was announced that Flörsch will be competing in Formula 4 for the Mücke Motorsport team in the 2017 season . Auto Bild Motorsport was won as a new sponsor. At the 17th race of the 2017 season at the Sachsenring, she finished third, making her the first woman to achieve a podium finish in Formula 4. Shortly afterwards she was banned from the first race of the season finale at the Hockenheimring. After the race in the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, she published video recordings from her own onboard camera, which showed an incident in which she was only barely able to avoid a vehicle crossing the racetrack. Since she did not own the rights to these recordings, she was fined 5,000 euros. The racing ban was also issued because, in the opinion of the DMSB sports court , it had not slowed down sufficiently before when the flags were red and thus contributed to this incident. In the second race in Hockenheim she reached third place and thus finished on the podium again. She finished the last race of the season with the fastest lap of the race in seventh place. In 2017 she was also active in the Italian Formula 4 championship .

After Flörsch had to concentrate primarily on her Abitur exams in the first half of 2018 in addition to a few test drives, it was announced on July 6, 2018 that she would be for the Van Amersfoort Racing team in the European Formula 3 championship and in Formula 3 races will take place as part of the Macau Grand Prix .

Accident in Macau in 2018

At the Macau Grand Prix 2018, Flörsch had a serious accident on November 18, 2018. At a speed of around 276 km / h, she collided with Jehan Daruvala's vehicle , who was irritated by a yellow flashing light and had braked. The left front and left rear suspension broke on her car, she lost control of her vehicle, turned and slid backwards along the border of the track. Before the bend at the Lisboa Hotel, her vehicle was levered out by the curbs attached there , got on and brushed Shou Tsuboi's vehicle on the roll bar, broke through a boundary fence and hit the top of the vehicle - the rear of the vehicle below - against a mobile platform on which there was several photographers found.

Flörsch was available after the accident, but was taken to the nearby Conde S. Januário Hospital in Macau. According to the chief doctor there, she suffered a spinal fracture, but, according to her father, had no symptoms of paralysis and was operated on the following day. During the operation, several vertebral fractures and compression of the spinal canal had to be repaired.

Other people were injured in the accident, including Tsuboi, a marshal and two photographers. After the accident, the race that Daniel Ticktum won was interrupted for an hour.

2019

For 2019, a continuation of Flörsch's commitment to Van Amersfoort Racing and participation in the Formula European Masters was planned. After this series was canceled shortly before the start of the season, it was announced that the team would take part in the Formula Regional European Championship .

She started again with the HWA team in Macau, but retired after seven of 15 rounds.

2020

On February 17th, Sophia Flörsch received the Laureus World Sports Award as Comeback of the Year.

For the 2020 and 2021 seasons she was signed by the Richard Mille Racing Team to participate in the European Le Mans Series . She shares the vehicle with Katherine Legge and Tatiana Calderón . The team has also applied to take part in the Le Mans 24-hour race .

Flörsch will also drive for the Campos Racing team in the 2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship .

statistics

Career stations

Individual results in the German Formula 4 championship

year team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th 15th 16 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23 24 Points rank
2016 Motopark GermanyGermany OS1 GermanyGermany SAC GermanyGermany LAU GermanyGermany OS2 AustriaAustria SPI GermanyGermany ONLY NetherlandsNetherlands ZAN GermanyGermany HOC 25th 19th
9 DNF 5 14th 7th 10 13 20th 27 * 14th 20th 10 16 27 10 12 14th 9 DNF DNF 29 28 11 18th
2017 mosquito GermanyGermany OS1 GermanyGermany LAU AustriaAustria SPI GermanyGermany OS2 GermanyGermany ONLY GermanyGermany SAC GermanyGermany HOC 71 13.
15th 13 22nd DNF 7th 6th 15th DNF 19th 8th 10 DNF 17th 12 9 6th 3 7th DNS 3 7th

Individual results in the Italian Formula 4 championship

year team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th 15th 16 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st Points rank
2017 mosquito ItalyItaly MIS ItalyItaly ADR ItalyItaly VAL ItalyItaly MUG ItalyItaly IMO ItalyItaly MUG ItalyItaly MNZ 28 13.
19th 21st DNF 7th 9 5 22nd 7th 8th

Individual results in the European Formula 3 championship

year team engine 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th 15th 16 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23 24 25th 26th 27 28 29 30th Points rank
2018 Van Amersfoort Racing Mercedes FranceFrance PAU HungaryHungary HUN GermanyGermany NOR NetherlandsNetherlands ZAN BelgiumBelgium SPA United KingdomUnited Kingdom SIL ItalyItaly MIS GermanyGermany ONLY AustriaAustria SPI GermanyGermany HOC 1 22nd
23 17th 19th 16 17th 21st 18th 19th 17th 16 19th 18th DNF 15th 21st 17th 10 15th 15th 19th 18th

Individual results in the Formula Regional European Championship

year team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th 15th 16 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23 24 Points rank
2019 VAR FranceFrance LEC ItalyItaly VLL HungaryHungary HUN AustriaAustria RBR ItalyItaly IMO SpainSpain CAT ItalyItaly MUG ItalyItaly MNZ 149 7th
9 8th 5 9 5 7th 4th 6th 6th 6th 5 7th 8th 4th 7th 9 8th 5 6th 8th 9 6th 10 9

Individual results in the FIA ​​Formula 3 Championship

year team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th 15th 16 17th 18th Points rank
2020 Campos Racing AustriaAustria SPI AustriaAustria SPI HungaryHungary HUN United KingdomUnited Kingdom SIL United KingdomUnited Kingdom SIL SpainSpain CAT BelgiumBelgium SPA ItalyItaly MNZ ItalyItaly MUG 0 24.
26th 16 21st DNF 18th 14th 22nd 25th 20th 19th 27 23
Legend
colour abbreviation meaning
gold - victory
silver - 2nd place
bronze - 3rd place
green - Placement in the points
blue - Classified outside the point ranks
violet DNF Race not finished (did not finish)
NC not classified
red DNQ did not qualify
DNPQ failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black DSQ disqualified
White DNS not at the start (did not start)
WD withdrawn
Light Blue PO only participated in the training (practiced only)
TD Friday test driver
without DNP did not participate in the training (did not practice)
INJ injured or sick
EX excluded
DNA did not arrive
C. Race canceled
  no participation in the World Cup
other P / bold Pole position
SR / italic Fastest race lap
* not at the finish,
but counted due to the distance covered
() Streak results
underlined Leader in the overall standings

Web links

Commons : Sophia Flörsch  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ a b Valentin Khorounzhiy: Sophia Floersch: Ginetta star has sights set on single-seaters. paddockscout.com, May 19, 2015, accessed April 17, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Peter Allen: Sophia Floersch's ADAC F4 move with Motopark firmed up. Paddockscout.com, February 18, 2016, accessed on April 17, 2016 (English).
  4. ↑ Valentin Khorounzhiy: Floersch confirms German F4 move with Motopark. Motorsport.com, January 29, 2016, accessed April 17, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Julien Wolf: Michael Schumacher: Sophia Flörsch drives against his son Mick. Schumacher's prettiest opponent is only 15. welt.de, February 2, 2016, accessed on April 17, 2016 .
  6. ↑ ADAC Formula 4 - Mawson wins turbulent season opener. Schumacher just past the podium. Motorsport-Magazin.com, April 16, 2016, accessed April 17, 2016 .
  7. ^ Jacob Bosley: Joey Mawson wins safety car-ridden ADAC F4 opener. paddockscout.com, April 16, 2016, accessed April 17, 2016 .
  8. ↑ Oschersleben: Sophia Flörsch - 2017 full throttle in the Mücke cockpit. In: adac-motorsport.de. March 1, 2017, accessed March 22, 2017 .
  9. ^ Sponsoring - Sophia Flörsch. In: sophia-floersch.de. Retrieved March 22, 2017 .
  10. ^ Formula 4 Sachsenring: First lady on the podium. September 17, 2017. Retrieved September 24, 2017 .
  11. ↑ Heiko Stritzke: Judgment in the Sophia Flörsch case: Formula 4 racing ban. Motorsport-Magazin.com, September 22, 2017, accessed on November 19, 2018 .
  12. ^ Formula 4 Italian Championship. Retrieved March 29, 2017 .
  13. ↑ Sophia Flörsch dares to be different in FIA Formula 3 European Championship. July 6, 2018, accessed July 11, 2018 .
  14. ↑ thesun.co.uk/sport, Sophia Floersch Macau F3 crash: German driver, 17, fractures her spine after car flies through the air at 170mph and into onlookers. November 18, 2018, accessed November 18, 2018 .
  15. ↑ de.motorsport.com, Analysis: How Sophia Flörsch survived the horror crash in Macau. November 19, 2018. Retrieved November 20, 2018 .
  16. ↑ t-online.de, This is how it works for Sophia Flörsch after the crash. November 18, 2018, accessed November 18, 2018 .
  17. ↑ Sophia Floertsch underwent 7 hour surgery, in stable condition. November 20, 2018. Retrieved November 20, 2018 .
  18. ↑ faz.net, German racing driver had a serious accident. November 18, 2018, accessed November 18, 2018 .
  19. ↑ welt.de/sport, serious accident of 17-year-old German. November 18, 2018, accessed November 18, 2018 .
  20. ↑ Sophia Flörsch to contest the 2019 Formula European Masters Season. December 13, 2018, accessed March 27, 2019 .
  21. ↑ VAR enters the FIA ​​FR European Championship with Sophia Flörsch. March 27, 2019, accessed March 27, 2019 .
  22. ↑ spiegel.de of November 17, 2019, Flörsch is fulfilling a dream with the comeback in Macau, but is leaving , accessed on December 23, 2019.
  23. ↑ Sophia Flörsch - Laureus. Retrieved February 20, 2020 .
  24. ^ RP ONLINE: Laureus Awards: Flörsch wins comeback of the year. Retrieved February 20, 2020 .
  25. ^ Richard Mille takes on Endurance with an all-women team. Retrieved February 24, 2020 .
  26. ↑ ELMS 2020: Pure LMP2 women's team with Sophia Flörsch. Retrieved February 24, 2020 .
  27. ↑ Sophia Flörsch completes Campos' 2020 roster. Retrieved February 26, 2020 .
  28. ↑ Otto Zuber: Fast woman: Sophia Flörsch enters Formula 3. Speedweek Online, July 6, 2018, accessed July 6, 2018 .
  29. ↑ Mario Fritzsche: Sophia Flörsch starts 2019 in the new Italian Formula 3 series. Motorsport Total.com, March 27, 2019, accessed May 2, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Flörsch, Sophia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German racing car driver
DATE OF BIRTH December 1, 2000
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich