Jutta Kleinschmidt
Motor Sport Icon
Jutta Kleinschmidt is a racing driver, physicist and author and is one of the world’s most successful women in motorsport. So far, she is the only woman to have won the toughest rally in the world, the Dakar Rally, in the overall car classification.
"Success is to achieve your goal"
In Detail
Jutta is currently a racing driver in Extreme E, a racing series for fully electric SUVs, that takes place in the most extreme regions of the world. The aim of the series is to use new technologies to draw attention to climate change. As President of the FIA Cross Country Rally Commission, she developed strategic visions and, among other things, introduced new, environmentally friendly technologies in this sport. Jutta tests the latest and most modern cars and is therefore very well informed about e-mobility and the ever-increasing digitization in the automotive industry. Extremes and speed are Jutta Kleinschmidt’s passion: she crossed the Alps by bike, participates in the Race Across America and runs in the Ötztal Marathon.
What she offers you
Jutta vividly tells how she managed to be successful in a male domain with a lot of commitment, perseverance, ambition, creativity and courage, and that setbacks and crises are opportunities. Extremes are her passion.