Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky

Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky (born 13 November 1992 in Karlstad) is a Swedish racing driver currently competing in the TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship[1][2] for PWR Racing.

Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky
2015 Audi Sport TT Cup
Nationality Swedish
Born (1992-11-13) 13 November 1992
Karlstad, Sweden
TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship career
Debut season2017
Current teamPWR Racing - SEAT Dealer Team
Car number19
Former teamsPWR Racing - Junior Team
Starts23
Wins2
Podiums4
Poles1
Fastest laps0
Best finish1 in 2019
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

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 of 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 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 in 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 1983-1991 in the European Rally Championship and between 1984-2000 he 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 in with Opel, Volvo, Audi, and her younger brother, Fredrik Åhlin, is a rally driver. She had also between 2015 to 2016 a relationship, with the current Red Bull Racing F1 driver Max Verstappen.

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 12 1 0 0 1 39 10
2019 TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship PWR Racing - SEAT Dealer Team 14 1 1 0 5 167 6
2020 TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship* PWR Racing - SEAT Dealer Team 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

* season 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 HOC LAU BHA RBR NOR NÚR OSC HOC 82 18
21 18 20 17 19 22 20 13 13 Ret
2013 14 Volkswagen Scirocco R HOC RBR NOR NÚR OSC HOC 195 8
11 8 17 4 2 8 13 7 21
2014 19 Volkswagen Scirocco R HOC OSC NOR RBR NÚR 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 HOC NOR RBR OSC NÜR 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 OSC SAC LAU RBR NÜR ZAN 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 OSC LAU RBR ZAN NÜR SAC 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 RS 3 LMS KNU ALA SOL FAL GEL AND 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 KNU
R1
11		 KNU
R2
18		 AND
R1
8		 AND
R2
7		 FAL
R1
12		 FAL
R2
9		 GEL
R1
Ret		 GEL
R2
1		 RUD
R1
15		 RUD
R2
16		 MAN
R1
9		 MAN
R2
12		 39 10
2019 PWR Racing - SEAT Dealer Team 19 Cupra TCR KNU
R1
1		 KNU
R2
Ret		 AND
R1
5		 AND
R2
10		 SKE
R1
4		 SKE
R2
2		 FAL
R1
3		 FAL
R2
7		 GEL
R1
4		 GEL
R2
3		 JYL
R1
6		 JYL
R2
5		 MAN
R1
6		 MAN
R2
3		 167 6

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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