Silvia Bellot
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Silvia Bellot | |
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| Born | 1985 or 1986 (age 39–40)[1] |
| Occupation | Motorsport official |
| Years active | 2001– present |
Silvia Bellot (born 1985/1986) is a Spanish motorsport official who serves as a steward at Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA)-sanctioned events, the assistant manager of the Carlin Motorsport IndyCar Series team and was the FIA Race Director for Formula 2 and Formula 3 in 2020. The daughter of a racing executive, she was the first person from Spain to be on a panel of stewards at a Formula One race in 2011 and was part of the first all-female panel of stewards at a round of the World Rally Championship five years later.
Bellot comes from Barcelona, Spain.[1] Her father, Josep María Bellot, was involved in motor racing for more than 40 years and was the president of the Committee of Commissioners for Auto Rallies of the Real Federación Española de Automovilismo.[2][3] She has two sisters.[4] When she was about five to six years old,[3] Bellot began watching Formula One racing and supported the three-time world champion Ayrton Senna.[5] She was later taken to the local races by her father around two to three years later.[1][5] Bellot sought a career in racing because it is one of a few sports where men and women compete against each other, though her mother dissuaded her from racing herself because she believed it was too dangerous.[6][7] So, at the age of 16, she took an examination to be a routes marshal and passed.[3] Bellot enrolled in a stewarding course two years after that and passed its final examination.[2] She holds degrees in biology, fashion, business and design.[5]