Goodwood Road and Racing recently published an incorrect story claiming that Luna Fluxa Cross, winner of the 2024 Champions of the Future Academy, was the first female winner of an FIA international competition since the 1966 World Karting Championship - something I have long pressed Goodwood on as a subject of interest. It’s good to see Susanna Raganelli’s achievements get acknowledged though, for once though!
This prompted me to do some digging. If my memory serves me correctly, the honour of last female FIA international champion belongs to Marta Garcia, who won the CIK FIA Karting Academy Trophy in 2015. No doubt there’s other contenders too, certainly if we broaden the criteria outside of specifically designated FIA European, World and Academy championships as with the Champions of the Future Academy, I am sure there’ll be some. Karting has had a plethora of incredible female driver throughout its history, which is often overlooked, for one reason or another.
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