Ramona Karlsson
Swedish racing driver
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Ramona Karlsson (born 8 January 1981) is a former Swedish rally driver who has acheived historic milestones in motorsport. She is the first woman ever to take an outright victory in Swedish Rally Championship in the highest class. Together with her co-driver Miriam Walfridsson she has competed in the Production World Rally Championship. In Rally Mexico they became 6th in PWRC and in Rally New Zealand they were in 2:nd position until the last stages of the rally -- where the car cought fire and were forced to retire. Ramona has also competed in FIA World Rallycross Championship[1] where she was the first female driver in the highest class Supercar. She has served as a member of the FIA Women in Motorsport Council. In 2011 Ramona was voted "Rally Driver of the year" by the Swedish Rally drivers club and chairman Björn Waldegård, and in 2013 she was voted "Motorsport athlete of the year" by the Swedish public.
| Ramona Karlsson | |
|---|---|
Ramona Karlsson in 2015 | |
| Nationality |  Swedish |
| Born | 8 January 1981 |
| FIA World Rallycross Championship | |
| Years active | 2014–2015 |
| Car number | 47 |
| Former teams | Ramona RX Albatec Racing Eklund Motorsport |
| Starts | 6 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Best finish | 38th in 2014 |
| FIA European Rallycross Championship | |
| Years active | 2014–2015 |
| Car number | 47 |
| Former teams | Ramona RX Eklund Motorsport |
| Starts | 4 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Best finish | 23rd in 2015 (Supercar) |
Ramona is also a popular motivational speaker and stunt driver, and has made several television appearances. Among others, she served on the panel of the popular show Sveriges värsta bilförare (Swedens worst drivers) 2009.
