Mona Anette Lindgren Jansson, known as Nettan Lindgren Jansson (born 13 March 1957, in
Grödinge) is a Swedish
auto racing
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Auto racing has existed since the invention of the automobile. Races of various sorts were organise ...
driver. She is the first and only female driver to win a race in the
British Touring Car Championship
The Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship is a touring car racing series held each year in the United Kingdom, currently organised and administered by TOCA
TOCA, formally trading as BARC (TOCA) Ltd, is an organiser of motorsport events in ...
, when she won her class with a BMW M3 at
Thruxton. She is currently racing in
Trofeo Abarth 500 Scandinavia and works as a racing manager for her daughter, Caroline.
Racing career
She started racing in 1973 with karting, before moving on to Swedish
Formula Ford. In 1980 she competed in the Swedish Sports 2000 Championship. From 1981 she raced in both the Swedish and Finnish
Formula 3
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Championship. She was Lancia Ladies Cup Winner between 1985 and 1988.
She competed in the BTCC for three seasons between 1989 and 1991, all in a BMW M3. Despite being the only female class winner, possibly her best known moment came in 1991. On-board TV cameras caught her giving
Jonathan Palmer (present
Snetterton
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owner and at the time fellow BMW driver), a strong verbal telling off when she caught up with his stranded car, after he had punted her car off the track when the cars collided at Snetterton.
[http://www.btcc.net/html/circuit_detail.php?id=7 Snetterton history at btcc.net] After her time in the BTCC she continued in Touring Cars with the
Swedish Touring Car Championship.
Racing record
Complete British Touring Car Championship results
(
key
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) (Races in bold indicate pole position in class) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap in class - 1 point awarded all races)
References
External links
Profile at BTCC Pages.
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Swedish racing drivers
British Touring Car Championship drivers
1957 births
Living people
Swedish Touring Car Championship drivers
Swedish female racing drivers