Natacha Gachnang

Natacha Gachnang
Nationality	Swiss
Born	October 27, 1987 (1987-10-27) (age 24) Vevey (Switzerland)
Related to	Sébastien Buemi (cousin)
2011 FIA Formula Two Championship
Debut season	2009
Current team	MotorSport Vision
Car no.	18
Starts	16
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	23rd in 2009

Natacha Gachnang (born October 27, 1987 in Vevey, Switzerland) is a Swiss race driver and the cousin of Formula One driver Sébastien Buemi.

Career

On 17 December 2008, it was announced she would be the first female to drive in the new Formula One feeder series FIA Formula Two Championship.^[1] She finished 23rd in the campaign, scoring two points.

For the 2010 season she will team up with Cyndie Allemann and race for the Swiss Matech team in a GT1 class Ford GT in the FIA GT1 World Championship^[2] During qualifying for the first round of the championship in Abu Dhabi, she crashed heavily, breaking her right tibia.^[3]

She returned to racing in the 24 hours of Le Mans, with Gachnang and Allemann being joined by fellow Swiss Rahel Frey. This was the first time since 1991 and team consisting Lyn St. James, Desire Wilson and Cathy Muller as complete female team was competing in Le Mans. ^[4]

Career

• 2001 Swiss junior karting champion.
• 2002 Formula BMW ADAC Meisterschaft test – fourth of 64 drivers.
• 2003 Formula BMW ADAC Meisterschaft – one fourth-place finish.
• 2004 Formula BMW ADAC Meisterschaft – two fourth-place finishes.
• 2005 Formula BMW ADAC Meisterschaft – sixth, three podiums.
• 2006 Formula 3 Cup – one podium, nine top-10 finishes.
• 2007 Star Mazda 3- two podiums.
• 2008 Spanish Formula 3 - four podiums.
• 2009 Formula 2 - one top-10 finish.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Car No.	Races	Wins	Poles	FLaps	Points	Position General	Position Spanish Cup
2008	Formula 3 Spain	Campos F3 Racing	18	17	0	1	2	76	3rd	1st

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	DC	Points
2006	Bordoli Motorsport	Dallara F305/026	Opel	HOC1 1	HOC1 2	LAU 1	LAU 2	OSC 1	OSC 2	BRH 1	BRH 2	NOR 1 15	NOR 2 DNS	NÜR 1 23	NÜR 2 15	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	CAT 1	CAT 2					24th	0
	Jo Zeller Racing	Dallara F306/014	Opel																	LMS 1 12	LMS 2 Ret	HOC2 1 13	HOC2 2 10

Complete Formula Two results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	DC	Points
2009	18	VAL 1 11	VAL 2 Ret	BRN 1 14	BRN 2 Ret	SPA 1 11	SPA 2 13	BRH 1 14	BRH 2 15	DON 1 13	DON 2 Ret	OSC 1 11	OSC 2 12	IMO 1 15	IMO 2 Ret	CAT 1 7	CAT 2 13	23rd	2

Complete Auto GP Results

(key)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos	Points
2010	Charouz-Gravity Racing	BRN 1	BRN 2	IMO 1	IMO 2	SPA 1 12	SPA 2 11	MAG 1	MAG 2	NAV 1 8	NAV 2 7	MNZ 1 15	MNZ 2 10	21st	1

Complete GT1 World Championship results

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pos	Points
2010	Matech Competition	Ford	ABU QR DNS	ABU CR DNS	SIL QR	SIL CR	BRN QR	BRN CR	PRI QR 18	PRI CR Ret	SPA QR	SPA CR	NÜR QR	NÜR CR	ALG QR	ALG CR	NAV QR	NAV CR	INT QR	INT CR	SAN QR	SAN CR	60th	0

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Class	No	Tyres	Car	Team	Co-Drivers	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2010	GT1	61	M	Ford GT1 Ford 5.3L V8	Matech Competition	Cyndie Allemann Rahel Frey	171	DNF	DNF

References

1. ^ http://en.f1-live.com/f1/en/headlines/news/detail/081217111042.shtml
2. ^ Autosport. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81839. 
3. ^ Watkins, Gary (2010-04-16). "No surgery required for Gachnang". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/82942. Retrieved 2010-04-16. 
4. ^ "All Female Team Hoped to Make History at Le Mans". Vintage Motorsport. 2010-06-12. http://www.vintagemotorsport.com/show_news.asp?id=1866. Retrieved 2010-06-13. 

External links

• Official website
• Campos Grandprix website
• Official Spanish Formula 3 website
• Photos by driver: Natacha Gachnang at Motorsport.com
• Natcha Gachnang career statistics at Driver Database
• Formula 2 Series' Natacha Gachnang at Jalopnik

Persondata
Name	Gachnang, Natacha
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	October 27, 1987
Place of birth	Vevey (Switzerland)
Date of death
Place of death

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