Klara Augusta Linnéa Andersson (born 29 February 2000) is a Swedish rallycross driver who currently competes in the

FIA World Rallycross Championship The FIA World Rallycross Championship (official abbreviation is World RX) is a rallycross series organised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, FIA in conjunction with series promoter Rallycross Promoter GmbH (founded by Red Bull G ...

for the CE Dealer Team.

Biography

A member of the Sweden Junior National Team of Motorsport, Andersson started her career in

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before switching to

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in 2018 after a five-year hiatus. She made her way up the national motorsport scene, including a wildcard appearance at the 2019 RallyX Nordic season finale, and finished runner-up in the JSM (Junior) class of the 2020 Swedish Rallycross Championship, driving a BMW 120. The following year she made the step up to the SM (Senior) 2150 class, unexpectedly winning the title in her first season in a field that consisted of more than 50 drivers. After impressing in the FIA RX2e Championship, where she achieved a best finish of 4th at

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from two rounds, and in the

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rookie test, Andersson was signed by Xite Energy Racing to partner team owner

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for the 2022 Extreme E season. However, she contracted

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shortly before the opening round in

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and was replaced by the championship's female reserve driver Tamara Molinaro. Molinaro was eventually retained by the team, with Andersson taking her place as reserve. The Swede would make her long-awaited Extreme E debut in September at the fourth event of the season, the Copper X-Prix in

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, standing in for

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, who injured herself during free practice, at Abt

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XE. Together with

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legend

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, Andersson took third place, thus achieving a podium finish on debut. Andersson joined SUN Minimeal Team for the 2024 season as Abt Cupra XE left the series. On 6 September, a week before the scheduled Island X-Prix, Extreme E announced that the rounds in Sardinia and Phoenix were cancelled. In May 2022 it was announced that Andersson would join

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at the Construction Equipment Dealer Team in RX1e, the top class of the 2022 FIA World Rallycross Championship, in what became the first full-season gender equal line-up of the championship. She made history in round 5 of the season in

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by becoming the first ever woman to step on a top-flight rallycross podium. She is the younger sister of former

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event-winner Magda Andersson. Her father Håkan formerly competed in the Swedish Rallycross Championship for

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and

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Racing record

Complete FIA World Rallycross Championship results

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RX2e

RX1e/RX1

^* Season still in progress.

Complete Extreme E results

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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Andersson, Klara 2000 births Living people Swedish female racing drivers Swedish racing drivers World Rallycross Championship drivers Extreme E drivers Abt Sportsline drivers Cupra Racing drivers 21st-century Swedish sportswomen Sportspeople from Skåne County People from Eslöv Municipality