MEXICO CITY – Alexandra Mohnhaupt fell in love with auto racing after she circled a lap behind the wheel of a go-kart at 9 years old.
“As soon as I felt the motor rumbling and the wind in my hair, they couldn’t drag me off,” recalled the native of Puebla, Mexico.
She has been racing practically every weekend since.
Mohnhaupt, now 18, is set to debut this weekend in the British Formula 3 Championship, driving for Douglas Motorsport only one month after she became the first woman to win a race in the North American regional Formula 4 circuit.