20 year old Tatiana Calderon from Columbia is competing in every round of the FIA Formula 3 European Championship.
At the age of eight, Tatiana Calderon entered into professional karting and thereafter, was bitten by the challenge of motorsport. Tatiana explained I played competitive sports such as tennis and football but, motorsport was something I fell in love with straight away, this was to be my focus for the future
In 2005, she became the first female driver to win her local karting championship, with many other victories following, her best personal victory, being the first female racer to win the US East Coast Championship. I am very proud of that victory to this day,
Also, to be in top physical condition, Tatiana is training three to four hours per day with different fitness regimes. Her personal goal is to beat the strong male competition. Tatiana further explained Motorsport is one of the very few sports in which women can keep up with the men but for this, I need to be strong both physically and mentally and within male dominated sport, men had more problems with me than I had with them, but after they saw that I can be just as competitive as them, with total commitment I had begun to win their trust.
The 20-year old is also impressed by the Hankook competition tyres. With other tyres, I have made the experience that one can only set fast lap times with them within a certain time frame. That is different with the Hankook slick tyres. They give me a clearer consistent feel and I even set fastest times with them on lap ten or lap eleven, I can fully rely on the tyres which help me push, every lap and we know that we can always improve on the course of a race weekend, the Columbian explained.
For her, the 2013 premiere in the FIA Formula 3 European Championship is my learning curve but next season, Tatiana Calderon intends to attack and to continue improving in order to fulfil her big dream.
I want to become the first lady racer from Colombia to race in Formula 1.
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