4. Christina Nielsen

After back-to-back IMSA GTD titles, can Christina Nielsen finally break her Daytona hoodoo?

25 Jan 2018

Christina Nielsen has stood out as one of motorsport’s most successful female drivers in recent years, taking back-to-back GTD titles in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship with Scuderia Corsa in 2016 and 2017.

For 2018, Nielsen is embarking on a new adventure with Wright Motorsports, starting off at Daytona this weekend. She will share the #58 Porsche 911 GT3 R with sports car veteran Patrick Long, Robert Renauer and Mathieu Jaminet as she looks to add a Daytona class victory to her resume, having finished no higher than sixth over the years.

“Of course we’re hoping for a podium, and of course a victory, especially after the results I experienced at last year’s race,” Nielsen said. “We were leading at Daytona with two hours to go, then had a mechanical failure.

“But we’ll just go in and take it one hour at a time and see where we’re at once the daylight hits. Then it’s all about where you’re at when there’s just a couple of hours left in the race.”