1. Catherine Elizabeth Munnings was born on 15 November 1997 and is a British rally driver.
26 Facts About Catie Munnings
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Catie Munnings has previously raced in the European Rally Championship, winning the championship's Ladies' Trophy in 2016.
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Catie Munnings presented Catie's Amazing Machines on the BBC television channel CBeebies.
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Catie Munnings is the daughter of the rally driver and instructor Chris Munnings and his wife Tracey.
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Catie Munnings acted as deputy head girl, an academic, and a performing arts and music scholar.
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Catie Munnings competed in national athletics tournaments and was talent-spotted as a dancer.
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Catie Munnings combined her academic studies with her rally career, and declined a place at university.
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Catie Munnings has named the 1982 World Rally Championship runner-up Michele Mouton as the person she idolises the most.
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Catie Munnings was able to execute a perfect handbrake turn by thirteen and provided driving lessons to her friends on a specially constructed circuit built by her father on the family farm.
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Catie Munnings received media training from Eurosport and was coached by former rally driver Urmo Aava.
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Catie Munnings made her ERC debut at the Ypres Rally behind the wheel of a Peugeot 208 VTi R2 for Sainteloc Junior Team.
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Catie Munnings got one of her wheels on sodden grass and barrel rolled her car which damaged an electricity pylon.
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Catie Munnings finished 65th out of 67 drivers overall and was the only woman to complete the rally.
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Catie Munnings had accumulated enough points to win the FIA European Rally Championship Ladies' Trophy.
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In late 2016, Catie Munnings was one of four athletes shortlisted for the Sunday Times Young Sportswoman of the Year.
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Catie Munnings said before the new season that she wanted to put into practice the things she had learned from the previous year.
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Catie Munnings took wins in the city stages and night stages in the Ladies' Trophy rankings but the tricky conditions led her to slip off the road and get stuck in the ditch for ten minutes, leaving her in second position in the Ladies' Trophy rankings.
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Catie Munnings placed second in the Ladies' Trophy championship overall and ranked 14th in the Junior Under 27 standings.
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Catie Munnings began the season by coming second in the Ladies' Trophy and fifth in the Under 27 standings at the Rallye Azores.
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Catie Munnings had a total of four victories in the Ladies' Trophy, which she took in the season's final four rounds to place second in that championship.
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Catie Munnings's results caused her to finish eighth in the Junior Under 27 Championship with four fifth-place finishes.
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Catie Munnings received backing from the energy drinks company Red Bull UK for the upcoming season.
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Catie Munnings was the winner of the ERC Ladies' category at Rally Liepaja 2019.
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In 2021, Catie Munnings is competing in the new all-electric off-road racing championship Extreme E for Andretti United alongside teammate Timmy Hansen.
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Catie Munnings opted not to return for its second series to concentrate on her driving career.
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Catie Munnings has since returned in Secrets of the Supercars on Dave.