Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky

Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky
2015 Audi Sport TT Cup
Nationality Sweden Swedish
Born (1992-11-13) 13 November 1992
Karlstad, Sweden
Scandinavian Touring Car Championship career
Debut season 2017
Current team SEAT Dealer Team - PWR Racing
Car no. 89
Former teams PWR Racing - Junior Team
Starts 19
Wins 0
Podiums 0
Poles 0
Fastest laps 0
Best finish 20 in 2017
Previous series
2016-2017
2015
2012-2014
2012		 ADAC GT Masters
Audi Sport TT Cup
Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup
Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia
2016 ADAC GT Masters

Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky (born 13 November 1992 in Karlstad) is a Swedish racing driver currently competing in Scandinavian Touring Car Championship[1][2] for PWR Racing. She is Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup race winner and between 2016 and 2017 she was a member of the Audi Sport racing academy.[3]

Career

She started racing at the age of 12 on go-karts. Seven years later, in the autumn of 2011, she stepped up to touringcar racing when she took part in FIA Women in Motorsport's shotout[4], where she finished second and got the possibility to race in Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup 2012. In series she stays for 3 seasons, in 2014 she has become the first woman in history to win a race of Volkswagen supported championship. At the end of the season 2014 Volkswagen decided to end their one make cup racing. Audi took their place and decided to start a new series for 2015, the Audi Sport TT Cup. 165 persons applied for the series, and 18 drivers where chosen to compete in the cup, where Mikaela was one of them. Best result in 2015 was a 3rd place at Norisring with 2 fastest laps overall. From 2016 she is racing in the German series ADAC GT Masters with the Audi R8 LMS.[5]

Personal Life

Mikaela's grandfather was Freddy Kottulinsky who won 1980 Paris-Dakar Rally. Her father, Jerry Åhlin, was racing between 1983-1991 in European Rally Championship and between 1984-2000 he took part in six WRC races in which he scored 1 point. Her mother, Susanne Kottulinsky, participated between 1982 and 2002 in European Rally Championship at the wheels of Opel, Volvo, Audi and Mitsubishi. Even her younger brother, Fredrik Åhlin, is rally driver. From 2011 to 2016 he was racing at the wheel of Ford Fiesta in WRC and in 2017 he runs in the British Rally Championship with Škoda Fabia.

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
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 10 0 0 0 0 37 9*

* Season still 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
2012 12 Volkswagen Scirocco R Germany HOC Germany LAU United Kingdom BHA Austria RBR Germany NOR Germany NÚR Germany OSC Germany HOC 82 18
21 18 20 17 19 22 20 13 13 Ret
2013 14 Volkswagen Scirocco R Germany HOC Austria RBR Germany NOR Germany NÚR Germany OSC Germany HOC 195 8
11 8 17 4 2 8 13 7 21
2014 19 Volkswagen Scirocco R Germany HOC Germany OSC Germany NOR Austria RBR Germany NÚR Germany HOC 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
2015 89 Audi Sport TT Germany HOC Germany NOR Austria RBR Germany OSC Germany NÜR Germany HOC 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
2016 Aust Motorsport 44 Audi R8 LMS Germany OSC Germany SAC Germany LAU Austria RBR Germany NÜR Netherlands ZAN Germany HOC 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 Germany OSC Germany LAU Austria RBR Netherlands ZAN Germany NÜR Germany SAC Germany HOC 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
2017 PWR Racing - Junior Team 89 Audi RS3 LMS TCR Sweden KNU Finland ALA Sweden SOL Sweden FAL Sweden GEL Sweden AND Sweden MAN 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 Sweden KNU Sweden AND Sweden FAL Sweden GEL Norway RUD Sweden MAN 37 9*
11 18 8 7 12 9 Ret 1 15 16

* Season still in progress

References

  1. ↑ "STCC - Drivers" (in swe).
  2. ↑ "PWR Racing confirm full STCC line-up with four Cupras in 2018". Retrieved 2018-03-02.
  3. ↑ "Audi Sport Academy Candidates".
  4. ↑ "Volkswagen continues to support women in motor sport". Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  5. ↑ "ADAC GT Masters 2017". Retrieved 2017-04-12.
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