Alexandra Mohnhaupt

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Alexandra Mohnhaupt
08 March 2018 Alexandra Mohnhaupt Quintana (cropped).jpg
Mohnhaupt in 2018
NationalityFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexican
Born (1999-11-25) 25 November 1999 (age 24)
Puebla, Mexico
NACAM Formula 4 Championship career
Debut season 2015–16
Current teamRam Racing
Car number5
Former teamsMomoF4
Starts65
Championships0
Wins2
Podiums11
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish5th in 2017–18
Previous series
20162017 F4 British Championship

Alexandra Mohnhaupt Quintana (born 25 November 1999 in Puebla) is a Mexican racing driver of German descent. [1]

Contents

Biography

Motorsport career

A multiple Mexican karting champion, Mohnhaupt began racing in the NACAM Formula 4 Championship in 2015. [2] In her third season in the category, she became the first female driver to win a Formula 4 race at the Autódromo Miguel E. Abed in February 2018. [3] Having contested a handful of rounds in British F4, Mohnhaupt joined Douglas Motorsport for the 2018 BRDC British Formula 3 Championship alongside Jamie Chadwick, but she broke her back and ribs in a pre-season testing crash at Spa-Francorchamps. [4] Mohnhaupt announced her retirement from the sport after the incident, citing mental health issues. [5]

Mohnhaupt returned to racing in 2023 in the NACAM Formula 4 Championship, running a part-time schedule that resulted in two podiums on her return event. [6] She made her first stock car appearance in 2024, contesting the penultimate round of the NASCAR Mexico Truck Series at the Autodromo Miguel E. Abed. [7]

Personal life

Mohnhaupt's father Torsten is German and immigrated to Mexico in his youth to work in the automotive industry. She is trilingual in Spanish, German and English. Between her racing stints, she studied International Management at Geneva Business School. Mohnhaupt was named Puebla's Citizen of the Year in 2018. [8]

She is in a relationship with Brazilian touring car driver Luis Goulart. [9]

Racing record

Career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2015–16 NACAM Formula 4 Championship MomoF42100005713th
2016 F4 British Championship Falcon Motorsport60000021st
2016–17 NACAM Formula 4 Championship MomoF4 Team2300011417th
2017 F4 British Championship Fortec Motorsports 30000024th
2017–18 NACAM Formula 4 Championship MomoF4 Team1320081835th
2023 NACAM Formula 4 Championship Ram Racing60002709th
HRI Mexico20000
2024 NASCAR Mexico Truck Series Aranda Racing Team10000 ? ?

Complete NACAM Formula 4 Championship results

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

YearTeam1234567891011121314151617181920212223DCPoints
2015–16 MomoF4 PUE1
1

15
PUE1
2

11
PUE1
3

14
AGS
1

11
AGS
2

10
AGS
3

9
SLP
1

11
SLP
2

7
SLP
3

8
EDM
1

9
EDM
2

6
EDM
3

6
PUE2
1

9
PUE2
2

9
PUE2
3

10
MTY
1

12
MTY
2

8
MTY
3

8
CMX
1

11
CMX
2

11
CMX
3

11
13th57
2016–17 MomoF4 AUS
1

8
AUS
2

7
AUS
3

8
CMX1
1

6
CMX1
2

Ret
PUE
1

8
PUE
2

7
PUE
3

Ret
YUC
1
Ret
YUC
2
9
YUC
3
5
CAN
1
8
CAN
2
6
CAN
3
7
MTY
1

9
MTY
2

4
MTY
3

7
SLP
1

6
SLP
2

5
SLP
3

5
CMX2
1

6
CMX2
2

3
CMX2
3

7
7th141
2017–18 MomoF4 CMX1
1

3
CMX1
2

2
CMX2
1

2
CMX2
2

Ret
EDM
1

2
EDM
2

3
EDM
3

8
PUE
1

1
PUE
2

1
PUE
3

6
AGS
1

3
AGS
2

5
AGS
3

4
YUC
1
YUC
2
YUC
3
MTY
1
MTY
2
MTY
3
CMX3
1
CMX3
2
CMX3
3
5th183
2023 Ram Racing CMX1
1

3
CMX1
2

Ret
CMX1
3

3
QUE1
1

5
QUE1
2

6
QUE1
3

6
CMX2
1
CMX2
2
CMX2
3
CMX3
1
CMX3
2
CMX3
3
QUE2
1
QUE2
2
QUE2
3
PUE
1
PUE
2
PUE
3
9th70
HRI Mexico CMX4
1

7
CMX4
2

6

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