Turkish driver Burcu Cetinkaya and Austrian co-driver Ilka Minor-Petrasko are in first place in the IRDA (International Rally Drivers Association) female world rankings after seven months of events all over the world.
There are 23 female drivers from all over the world who, thanks to the sporting results they have obtained, have entered the World Rally Ranking, coming from three continents, Africa, Europe and Oceania, the first 10 are:
01) Burcu CETINKAYA – Turkey – 798pts
02) Ekaterina STRATIEVA – Bulgaria – 521pts
=03) Melissa DEBACKERE – Belgium – 252pts
=03) Burcu Burkut ERENKUL – Turkey – 252pts
05) Susan MUWONGE – Uganda – 248pts
06) Emma GILMOUR – New Zealand – 232pts
07) Asja ZUPANC – Slovenia – 222pts
08) Laureen MARUFU – Zimbabwe – 216pts
09) Michelle FORTMAN – Zimbabwe – 207pts
10) Louise COOK – Great Britain – 200pts
There are many more female co-drivers from all over the world who have entered the standings, 188, coming from all the five continents, the first 10 are:
01) Ilka MINOR-PETRASKO – Austria – 1986pts
02) Anna ANDREUSSI – Italy – 1840pts
03) Sandra ARLETTAZ – Switzerland – 1169pts
04) Katharina WUSTENHAGEN – Germany – 1155pts
05) Sabrina DE CASTELLI – France – 996pts
06) Rebeca MORENO – Costa Rica – 840pts
07) Cicek GUNEY – Turkey – 798pts
08) Ursala MAYRHOFER – Austria – 774pts
09) Karin THANNHAUSER – Germany – 748pts
10) Anna ZAVERSHINSKAYA – Russia – 668pts
There are currently 1,635 drivers featured in the World Ranking, of which women only represent about 1,5 %, while lady codrivers are more numerous, representing 11,2% of the total of 1,683 codrivers. The IRDA World Rally Ranking contains all the results from January 1st 2010 to date of all the drivers and codrivers from all over the world of all the events which are part of the FIA International Sporting Calendar. To see all the standings of the World Rally Ranking please visit the www.worldrallyranking.com.
