Shirley van der Lof (born November 7, 1986 in

Haaksbergen Haaksbergen () is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands, in the province of Overijssel, in the Twente region. The ''Buurserbeek'' flows through the municipality of Haaksbergen. Population centres Topography ''Dutch Topograp ...

, Overijssel) is a racing driver from

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, and grand daughter of former

Formula One Formula One (also known as Formula 1 or F1) is the highest class of international racing for open-wheel single-seater formula racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The World Drivers' Championship ...

-driver Dries van der Lof. Besides her racing career, she has studied "real estate and broking". She strives to become the first Dutch female formula one driver. Shirley first started driving in

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at age 14, and was immediately hooked to the speed. In 2001, at age 15, she won her first go-karting championship. In 2006, she started in the

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championship. Her first years in auto racing resulted in a fair number of crashes, but also a fair share of success. In 2008, she started racing in the ATS Formel 3 Trophy for HS Technik Motorsport in a

Dallara Dallara is an Italian race car manufacturer, founded by its current President, Gian Paolo Dallara. After working for Ferrari, Maserati, Lamborghini and De Tomaso, in 1972 in his native village of Varano de' Melegari (Parma), Italy he created "D ...

F304 OPC Challenge. In the first 8 races of her debut season, she finished on the podium 4 times: two times in 3rd place and two times in 2nd place. In 2019 she tested for W series but was not selected.

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1986 births Living people People from Haaksbergen Dutch racing drivers Dutch female racing drivers Sportspeople from Overijssel {{Netherlands-autoracing-bio-stub