Cristina Gutiérrez

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Gutiérrez and the second or maternal family name is Herrero.
Cristina Gutiérrez
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Nationality Spanish
Full nameCristina Gutiérrez Herrero
Born (1991-07-24) 24 July 1991 (age 32)
Burgos, Spain
Extreme E career
Debut season2021
Current teamTeam X44
Previous series
2017–21Dakar 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

Dakar Rally

Cristina Gutiérrez debuted her international rally career in the notoriously grueling Paris-Dakar rally, racing in a modified Mitsubishi Pajero.[3] Gutiérrez's first race was a success. She finished 44th overall which 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]

Gutiérrez has competed in 6 Dakar rallies from 2017 to 2022, finishing every time. 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] 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]

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

  1. ^ "Dakar: Gutiérrez first female stage winner since 2005". motorsportweek.com. 2021-01-03.
  2. ^ a b c "Meet Loeb's Dakar star Extreme E team-mate". dirtfish.com. 2020-12-10.
  3. ^ a b "Coche del día: Mitsubishi Montero Cristina Gutiérrez". espíritu RACER. 2022-04-22. Retrieved 2022-06-06.
  4. ^ "Future Extreme E Racer Cristina Gutierrez Stars at Dakar Rally". autoweek.com. 2021-01-04.
  5. ^ "Official Dakar rankings - bike - quad - car - SxS - truck". www.dakar.com. Retrieved 2022-01-28.
  6. ^ a b "Lewis Hamilton's Extreme E team hires Sebastien Loeb and Cristina Gutierrez". bbc.com. 2020-12-11.
  7. ^ "X44 retains Sébastien Loeb and Cristina Gutiérrez for Championship challenge in Season 2". Extreme E. 2022-01-25.
  8. ^ "Coche del día: Mitsubishi Montero Cristina Gutiérrez". espíritu RACER. 2022-04-22. Retrieved 2022-10-17.
  9. ^ 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

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