Tamara Molinaro was born on 10 October 1997 and is an Italian rally driver who most recently raced at JBXE and as the championship reserve driver at Extreme E She won the FIA European Rally Championship Ladies' Trophy in 2017 before moving on to World Rally Championship-2, TitansRX and the Italian Gravel Championship, where she is a double ladies' champion.
13 Facts About Tamara Molinaro
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Tamara Molinaro has occasionally competed as a co-driver, most notably partnering Craig Breen in selected Italian and Sammarinese rounds.
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Tamara Molinaro was picked up by Red Bull early on in her career as one of their sponsored athletes.
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Tamara Molinaro progressed into driving in 2013, competing in several regional rallies in Italy, aboard a Citroen C2.
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Tamara Molinaro repeated at the Rally Sweden the following season in a Citroen C3 R5 together with Lorenzo Granai, achieving her best championship result with 28th place overall and 11th place in WRC-2.
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Tamara Molinaro's main programme for 2019 though was a rallycross debut in the newly rebranded TitansRX International Europe Series, where she finished fifth in a Hyundai i30, in a championship won by WRX event-winner Kevin Hansen.
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In 2020 and 2021, Tamara Molinaro contested the Italian Gravel Championship, where she finished tenth and seventh respectively, winning the ladies' trophy in both cases.
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In July 2021, Tamara Molinaro joined the new electric off-road racing series Extreme E as the championship's female reserve driver after her predecessor, Jutta Kleinschmidt, was signed by Abt Cupra XE for the remainder of the season.
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Tamara Molinaro remained in the championship into 2022, where she got her debut at the season-opening Desert X-Prix in Saudi Arabia, replacing Xite Energy Racing's Klara Andersson who had tested positive for COVID-19.
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Tamara Molinaro impressed, outpacing teammate Oliver Bennett and almost qualifying for the final race.
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Tamara Molinaro was retained as the championship reserve driver for the 2023 season.
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In September 2023, Tamara Molinaro became McLaren's second female driver in history when she substituted Emma Gilmour at McLaren XE for Round 7 at the 2023 Island X-Prix II after Gilmour suffered a fractured rib and a concussion following a crash during the first free practice session.
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Tamara Molinaro was uninjured but McLaren had to withdraw from Round 8 due to the extensive damage to the spare car.