Natasha Firman (born 22 June 1976) is a British-born former

racing driver Auto racing (also known as car racing, motor racing, or automobile racing) is a motorsport involving the racing of automobiles for competition. In North America, the term is commonly used to describe all forms of automobile sport including non ...

who raced under Irish citizenship.

Racing career

Firman competed in, and won, the inaugural Formula Woman championship in 2004. Over the 7 races, Firman won twice and had 6 podium finishes. Following her success, Firman joined the new Production S1 class of European Endurance Racing Club's championship for 2005. The series, raced alongside

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, saw Firman continue to race a

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supported by Mazda Motors UK and Guglielmi Motorsport. Her 2005 teammate was Mark Ticehurst. Firman and Ticehurst scored victory in class C of the series at the first round of the season at Silverstone.

Personal life

Firman was born in

Holt, Norfolk Holt is a market town and civil parish in the county of Norfolk, England. The town is north of the city of Norwich, west of Cromer and east of King's Lynn. The town has a population of 3,550, rising and including the ward to 3,810 at the 201 ...

, and educated at

Gresham's School Gresham's School is a private school (English fee-charging boarding and day school) in Holt, Norfolk, England, one of the top thirty International Baccalaureate schools in England. The school was founded in 1555 by Sir John Gresham as a f ...

from 1990 to 1994. Her father, Ralph Firman Sr., co-founded the

Van Diemen Van Diemen International, Ltd. was a British race car manufacturer based in Snetterton, Norfolk, United Kingdom. The company had a reputation for high-volume production runs of its cars, the most well-known of which is its series of Formula For ...

racecar constructor. Her brother is former

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racing driver

Ralph Firman Ralph David Firman Jr. (born 20 May 1975) is a British and Irish former racing driver who last raced under an Irish licence. His father, Ralph Firman Sr., co-founded the Van Diemen racecar constructor with Ross Ambrose, father of V8 Supercars ...

References

External links

Natasha Firman at DriverDB
Living people Irish racing drivers Irish female racing drivers People educated at Gresham's School People from Holt, Norfolk 1976 births {{England-autoracing-bio-stub