Cyndie Allemann (born 4 April 1986 in

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) is a

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racing driver. She is the daughter of former Swiss karting champion Kurt Allemann and the sister of fellow racing driver Ken Allemann. After beginning her career in

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, she moved to cars in

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and finished 6th. The next year she moved to the more highly regarded German championship for the same cars and finished 12th. In 2006, she moved up to the

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, finishing in 9th place and winning the pole position at

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. The following year she drove in the

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for British team

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racing a Dallara-Mercedes, but despite participating in all 20 races, failed to score points and was not classified in the season standings. In

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, Allemann signed to race in

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series for American Spirit Racing. She would go on to finish 14th in the final points standings with her best result being a 4th place in the second race at the Mid-Ohio Sports Course in July. For the 2010 season she teamed up with

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and raced for the Swiss Matech team in a GT1 class

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. Primarily racing in the

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GT1 World Championship she also raced in the

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. She drove for Hitotsuyama Racing using Audi R8 LMS in the 2012 Super GT season, in which she became the first female driver in

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series history (and third since 1997 including JGTC).

Racing record

Career summary

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

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

American open–wheel results

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Indy Lights

Complete GT1 World Championship results

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Complete Super GT results

References

External links

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