Alexia Danielsson

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Young Female Racers Chase a Historic Formula One Dream

Alexia Danielsson was just 14 years old when she first drove a Formula One car — a modified 2007 Williams owned by a family friend. Now 17, the Swedish racer is competing in the Central European F4 series, where she is taking on young drivers including 15-year-old Ella Hakkinen, daughter of retired two-time F1 world champion Mika Hakkinen. Danielsson, currently 26th among 49 drivers in the standings, has ambitions of eventually reaching the Formula One grid. “I don’t think anything is impossible, you