Ramona Karlsson

Ramona Karlsson is a former Swedish rally driver who has achieved historic milestones in motorsport. She is the first woman ever to take an outright victory in Swedish Rally Championship in the highest class. Together with her co-driver Miriam Walfridsson she has competed in the Production World Rally Championship. In Rally Mexico they became 6th in PWRC and in Rally New Zealand they were in 2:nd position until the last stages of the rally -- where the car cought fire and were forced to retire. Ramona has also competed in FIA World Rallycross Championship where she was the first female driver in the highest class Supercar. She has served as a member of the FIA Women in Motorsport Council. In 2011 Ramona was voted "Rally Driver of the year" by the Swedish Rally drivers club and chairman Björn Waldegård, and in 2013 she was voted "Motorsport athlete of the year" by the Swedish public.