THE WOMEN RALLY DRIVER NO. 1 IS MOLLY TAYLOR (AUSTRALIA) – THE RALLY CODRIVER NO. 1 IS ALWAYS ILKA MINOR-PETRASKO (AUSTRIA)
Molly Taylor and Ilka Minor-Petrasko are in first place in the IRDA (International Rally Drivers Association) Women World Rally Ranking. After 12 months (from November 2012 to November 2013) of rallyes all over the world, as confirmed by the WRR (www . worldrallyranking . com) promoted by the IRDA (www . irdassociation . com), for the Women Rally Drivers final classification, the first place is occupied by the Australian driver Molly Taylor, in second place the Burcu Cetinkaya – Turkey, in third place Asja Zupanc – Slovenia.
There are currently 937 drivers featured in the World Rally Ranking, of which women only represent about 1,4 %, while lady codrivers are more numerous, representing 10,1% of the total of 961 codrivers.
Are 13 women rally drivers from 3 continents and 10 countries in the world, after the running all international rallies in the FIA calendar of the last 12 months, have scored the necessary results to enter the World Rally Ranking. This is the final standing of the new IRDA ranking:
Position Driver Name Nationality Points
1 Molly Taylor Australia 736
2 Burcu Cetinkaya Turkey 706
3 Asja Zupanc Slovenia 684
4 Ekaterina Stratieva Bulgaria 434
5 Melissa Debackere Belgium 336
6 Jovana Jovanovic Serbia and Montenegro 320
7 Susan Muwonge Uganda 192
8 Simin Bicakciolglu Turkey 168
8 Ana Sofia Correia Portugal 168
9 Klavdija Senica Slovenia 144
9 Burcu Burkut Erenkul Turkey 144
10 Lilian Vialle France 135
11 Martina Danhelova Czech Republic 56
As well as in the year 2012 Ilka Minor-Petrasko is the number 1 codriver of international rallying, the first place is occupied by the Austrian codriver, in second place Lara Vanneste – Belgium, in third place Julianna Nyirfas – Hungary. Are 97 women rally codrivers from 5 continents, after the running all international rallies in the FIA calendar of the last 12 months, have scored the necessary results to enter the World Rally Ranking. This is the final standing of the new IRDA ranking for the first 15 positions:
Position Driver Name Nationality Points
1 Ilka Minor Petrasko Austria 4035
2 Lara Vanneste Belgium 1827
3 Julianna Nyirfas Hungary 1456
4 Karina Hepperle Switzerland 1080
5 Ursula Mayrhofer Austria 919
6 Barbara Watzl Austria 784
7 Mara Bariani Italy 700
8 Sylvia Vindevogel Rwanda 688
9 Blanka Kacin Slovenia 684
10 Natasha Di Cangio Kenya 536
11 Anna Andreussi Italy 530
12 Monika Hybnerova Czech Republic 510
13 Tina Lazar Slovenia 482
14 Katharina Wustenhagen Germany 462
15 Mélanie Wahl Germany 456
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