Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky

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Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky
Mikaela A-K.jpg
Åhlin-Kottulinsky in the 2015 Audi Sport TT Cup
NationalitySweden Swedish
Born (1992-11-13) 13 November 1992 (age 29)
Karlstad, Sweden
TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship career
Debut season2017
Current teamPWR Racing
Car number19
Starts53
Wins2
Podiums8
Poles1
Fastest laps2
Best finish6th in 2019
Previous series
2016-17
2015
2012-14
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 the STCC TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship for PWR Racing.[1][2]

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 in 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 being 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 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 and 1991 in the European Rally Championship and between 1984 and 2000 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 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
2012 Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup N/A 10 0 0 0 0 82 19th
Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia Xlander Racing 5 0 0 0 0 48 12th
2013 Renault Clio Cup JTCC N/A 7 0 0 0 0 26 12th
Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup N/A 9 0 0 0 1 195 8th
2014 Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup N/A 10 1 0 1 1 188 9th
RallyX Sweden JC Race Teknik 3 ? ? ? ? 17 8th
2015 Audi Sport TT Cup N/A 12 0 0 2 1 75 15th
2016 ADAC GT Masters Aust Motorsport 14 0 0 0 0 1 52nd
2017 ADAC GT Masters Audi Sport Racing Academy 12 0 0 0 0 0 NC
TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship PWR Racing – Junior Team 15 0 0 0 0 6 20th
2018 TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship SEAT Dealer Team – PWR Racing 12 1 0 0 1 39 10th
2019 TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship PWR Racing – SEAT Dealer Team 14 1 1 2 5 167 6th
2020 STCC TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship PWR Racing – SEAT Dealer Team 12 0 0 0 2 79 9th
2021 STCC TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship Cupra Dealer Team – PWR Racing 18 2 0 2 11 259 2nd
Extreme E JBXE 5 0 0 0 4 102 4th
Nitro Rallycross - SxS N/A 2 1 0 0 2 N/A NC†

† Non-championship event.

Complete Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup results[]

(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 NÜR Germany OSC Germany HOC 82 19th
21 18 20 17 19 22 20 13 13 Ret
2013 14 Volkswagen Scirocco R Germany HOC Austria RBR Germany NOR Germany NÜR Germany OSC Germany HOC 195 8th
11 8 17 4 2 8 13 7 21
2014 19 Volkswagen Scirocco R Germany HOC Germany OSC Germany NOR Austria RBR Germany NÜR Germany HOC 188 9th
5 9 15 23 1 4 4 5 Ret 21

Complete Audi Sport TT Cup results[]

(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 15th
9 Ret 8 3 10 18 Ret 12 6 Ret Ret Ret

Complete ADAC GT Masters results[]

(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 52nd
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 NC
17 23 20 20 Ret 17 21 13 22 17 19 18 - -

Complete Scandinavian Touring Car Championship results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 DC Points
2017 PWR Racing – Junior Team Audi RS3 LMS TCR KNU
1
Ret 		KNU
2
Ret 		KNU
3
12 		ALA
1 		ALA
2 		ALA
3 		SOL
1
Ret 		SOL
2
8 		SOL
3
11 		FAL
1
9 		FAL
2
11 		FAL
3
15 		GEL
1
Ret 		GEL
2
12 		GEL
3
15 		AND
1
Ret 		AND
2
15 		AND
3
15 		MAN
1 		MAN
2 		MAN
3 		20th 6
2018 SEAT Dealer Team – PWR Racing Cupra León TCR KNU
1
11 		KNU
2
18 		AND
1
8 		AND
2
7 		FAL
1
12 		FAL
2
9 		GEL
1
Ret 		GEL
2
1 		RUD
1
15 		RUD
2
16 		MAN
1
9 		MAN
2
12 		10th 39
2019 PWR Racing – SEAT Dealer Team Cupra León TCR KNU
1
1 		KNU
2
Ret 		AND
1
5 		AND
2
10 		SKE
1
4 		SKE
2
2 		FAL
1
3 		FAL
2
7 		GEL
1
4 		GEL
2
3 		JYL
1
6 		JYL
2
5 		MAN
1
6 		MAN
2
3 		6th 167
2020 PWR Racing – SEAT Dealer Team Cupra León Competición TCR GEL
1
Ret 		GEL
2
4 		GEL
3
10 		SKE
1
8 		SKE
2
10 		SKE
3
Ret 		MAN
1
3 		MAN
2
7 		MAN
3
3 		KNU
1
5 		KNU
2
4 		KNU
3
Ret 		9th 79
2021 Cupra Dealer Team – PWR Racing Cupra León Competición TCR LJU
1
2 		LJU
2
3 		LJU
3
Ret 		SKE
1
5 		SKE
2
2 		SKE
3
6 		GEL
1
2 		GEL
2
2 		GEL
3
3 		AND
1
2 		AND
2
2 		AND
3
9 		MAN
1
6 		MAN
2
5 		MAN
3
1 		KNU
1
1 		KNU
2
2 		KNU
3
9 		2nd 259

* Season still in progress.

Complete Extreme E results[]

(key)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos. Points
2021 JBXE Spark ODYSSEY 21 DES
Q
6 		DES
R
6 		OCE
Q
4 		OCE
R
3 		ARC
Q
8 		ARC
R
2 		ISL
Q
7 		ISL
R
3 		JUR
Q
5 		JUR
R
2 		4th 102

References[]

  1. ^ "STCC - Drivers" (in Swedish).
  2. ^ "Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky signed for a third season with PWR Racing". Retrieved 2019-06-24.
  3. ^ "Volkswagen continues to support women in motor sport". Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  4. ^ "ADAC GT Masters 2017". Retrieved 2017-04-12.
  5. ^ "Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky confirmed at PWR Racing in an Audi". TouringCarTimes. 2017-03-07. Retrieved 2019-06-25.
  6. ^ "Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky makes history as she wins Karlskoga Race 2". TouringCarTimes. 2018-08-19. Retrieved 2019-06-25.
  7. ^ "Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky excluded from Race 2, Andersson declared the winner". TouringCarTimes. 2018-08-19. Retrieved 2019-06-25.
  8. ^ "Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky: "I never stopped seeing it as a victory"". TouringCarTimes. 2018-09-18. Retrieved 2019-06-25.
  9. ^ "New organisation confirms TCR Scandinavia name for 2019 season". TouringCarTimes. 2019-02-14. Retrieved 2019-06-25.
  10. ^ "Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky claims last-gasp pole position for season opener". TouringCarTimes. 2019-05-03. Retrieved 2019-06-25.
  11. ^ "Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky takes the first win of the season at Knutstorp". TouringCarTimes. 2019-05-04. Retrieved 2019-06-25.
  12. ^ Åström, Joakim (2020-04-03). "Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky & Robert Dahlgren i STCC 2020". PWR Racing Team (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-04-03.

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