N°212 Car THE DACIA SANDRIDERS

CRISTINA GUTIERREZ

(esp) Born on 24/07/1991 1.64m / 57kg

Hobbies

esquí, submarinismo, fútbol, baloncesto, apnea

Sponsors

Red Bull, Santander Customer Finance, BF Goodrich, Diverse Extreme Team, Sabelt, Aramco.

2024: Challenger / 1ª (1 victoria de etapa)
2023: T3 / 4ª clasificada T3 (2 victorias de etapa)
2022: T3 / 3ª clasificada T3
2021: SSV / Abandono (1 victoria de etapa)
2020: Coches / 42ª
2019: Coches / 26ª (7ª de T1.2)
2018: Coches / 38ª (2ª en T1S)
2017: Coches / 44ª (6ª de T1S y 1ª piloto española en acabar el Dakar en coches)

2024: Participación en el W2RC en Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge (Challenger), Rally Raid Portugal (Challenger) y Rallye du Maroc (T1+)
2023: 4ª en T3 en el Sonora Rally; 2ª en T3 en el Desafío Ruta 40; 3ª en T3 en el Rallye du Maroc. W2RC: 4ª T3; 4ª en la Extreme E con X44 y Fraser McConnell
2022: Campeona de la Extreme E con X44 y Sébastien Loeb; Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge (2ª T3) / Rallye du Maroc (2ª T3) / Rally Andalucía (4ª T3). W2RC: 3ª T3
2021: Campeona de la Copa del Mundo FIA T3; 1ª T3 en el Rally de Kazajistán (9ª scratch); 1ª en T3 en el Rally de Andalucía (7º scratch); Extreme E con X44 y Sébastien Loeb
2020: 8ª en el Rally de Andalucía; 1ª Grupo N Rally Terra da Auga (18ª de la general)
2019: 20ª en Baja Aragón
2018: 5ª en el Campeonato de España de Todo Terreno (CERTT)
2017: 6ª en el Campeonato de España de Todo Terreno (CERTT); 24ª en la Baja Aragón (1ª en EVO Cup); 4ª en el Rally de Cuenca TT; 13ª en el Rally Isla de los Volcanes
2016: Top 3 - Campus FIA en Qatar; 1ª mujer en el Sealine Cross Country Rally; 20ª Baja Mar de Olivos
2015: Subcampeona de España de Todo Terreno; 1ª mujer en la Baja Aragón (3ª en EVO Cup)
2014: 7ª en el Campeonato de España de Todo Terreno (CERTT)
2013: 3ª en T2.2 en el CERTT
2012: Campeona femenina de España de Todo Terreno
2011: Campeonato de España de Todo Terreno (CERTT)

“Competing against the best drivers in the world”

CREW FACTS…

C.G.

  • Cristina Gutiérrez is making her debut in rally-raid's top division on the strength of winning the last Dakar in the Challenger category. The driver from Burgos made history by becoming only the second woman to win the Dakar after Jutta Kleinschmidt's overall victory in 2001.
  • Dacia has chosen her to be part of its line-up alongside two of the sport's biggest stars: Sébastien Loeb (nine-time world rally champion) and Nasser Al Attiyah (five-time Dakar Rally winner).
  • Since her debut in the world's most challenging rally raid in 2017, when she made history by becoming the first Spanish driver to reach the finish line, her resume has grown: 2021 Cross Country World Champion in the T3 category; Extreme E champion alongside Loeb (in seven times F1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton's team), World Championship and Dakar podiums in 2022 and the aforementioned victory last January.
  • Passionate about motor racing since she was a child, she is affectionately nicknamed ‘Tortu’ due to her love of turtles and, in fact, she always has one on her helmet. Between races, she is a dentist in a private clinic.

P.M.H

  • The Spanish co-driver is a seasoned mechanic who has worked with Gutiérrez for years. Last January, he won the Dakar in the Challenger category alongside the driver from Burgos.
  • He always dreamed of competing in the world's most challenging rally, and in 2025, he will take part in his fifth edition, the first in a top-level car.
  • Over the past year with the Dacia Sandriders team, he has worked with two of the best co-drivers in the sport, Fabien Lurquin and Edouard Boulanger. He also co-drove for Al Attiyah in Qatar last November.
  • In his limited free time between the atelier and the races, he enjoys walking his dog and rock climbing.

AMBITIONS 2025

C.G.: “Winning my first Dakar in the Challenger category was incredible, probably the best moment of my sporting career, and it was hard to assimilate. But I enjoyed it with all my family and extraordinary people. I am making the jump to the big cars this year with Dacia, and for me, it means fulfilling a dream and having the opportunity to establish myself in the discipline. I will fight for it because if we work with the team, we can be very competitive, and I want to repay their trust in me.”

“It's been a few months of hard work, but very productive, where we have put in a lot of kilometres. We showed in Morocco that we could be among the front runners, which was very important for us, but I am also aware that I still have much to learn. It isn't easy to talk about objectives in our first Dakar in T1+, but in these months, we have seen that we have a great car with which we can compete head-to-head with the best drivers in the world. Therefore, our goal has to be to do a good job, feel competitive, help the team get its first Touareg, and, above all, enjoy the moment.”

P. M. H.: “To be honest, winning the Dakar in the Challenger was unexpected, and if I stop to think about it, I'm still surprised. But nothing has changed; I'm still the same. We came back on a Saturday, greeted by family, friends and the media, and on Sunday at seven in the morning, I was already back at work in the atelier. We are delighted to have the opportunity to team up with the idols and references of this discipline. Working with them has been spectacular, and they have helped us a lot.”

“To compete with a T1+ is a dream come true. We will give everything so the team can win with any of the cars. I want to thank Cris for counting on me to return to be by her side two years ago and Red Bull and Dacia for betting on us without hesitation and showing that we juniors can do the job like the veterans.”

Vehicle

THE DACIA SANDRIDERS

DACIA SANDRIDER
DACIA SANDRIDERS

  • DACIA
  • SANDRIDER
  • V6 3.0L biturbo
  • 360 CV
  • 2010 kg
  • Dacia Sandriders
  • Dacia Sandriders
  • T1+: Prototype Cross-Country Cars 4x4

Ranking 2025

All news of C. Gutierrez

Newsflashes - 17/01 12:37 [GMT +3] - Car

Gutierrez has just started

Cristina Gutierrez has just started the special and is naturally among the drivers who will be in the fight for victory today, like Nani Roma, who will set off in several minutes.

Newsflashes - 16/01 11:05 [GMT +3] - Car

Gutierrez and Roma resume the special

Ford’s and Dacia’s team strategies seem to have been confirmed. As Nasser Al Attiyah passed, Cristina Gutierrez resumed the special, as did Nani Roma when Mattias Ekstrom caught up with him.

Newsflashes - 16/01 10:30 [GMT +3] - Car

Same strategy for Dacia?

Cristina Gutierrez is also at a halt after 3 km of the special. Like Nani Roma for Ford, she could have stopped to await her Dacia Sandriders team-mate Nasser Al Attiyah to give help when required. Time will tell…

Summary - 15/01 17:42 [GMT +3]

When opportunity knocks, Docherty and Roma answer the door

FOCUS

The Empty Quarter has to be earned. Dakar entrants had to wait until stage 10 to frolic on its dunes. The field rolled out of Haradh before the sun peeked over the horizon to tackle a road section of more than 500 kilometres en route to the shores of the Arabian Gulf. The time had come to surf a sea of dunes, where the Big Kahunas rule the waves, for 117 kilometres...

Newsflashes - 09/01 11:45 [GMT +3] - Car

Rapid Assistance!

Cristina Gutiérrez is perfectly playing the role of water carrier for the Dacia Sandriders team. With her co-pilot Pablo Moreno, the Spaniard already came to the aid of Sébastien Loeb on stage 3 and Nasser Al Attiyah during stage 4. Today, the duo is keeping close to the Qatari, ready to help if needed, which will be valuable help in maintaining the team’s...

Summary - 08/01 19:00 [GMT +3]

Sanders draws four of a kind as Al Rajhi ups the ante

FOCUS

Most visitors come to Al-ʿUla to marvel at the prehistoric sites in the area and the jaw-dropping Nabataean temples on which it stakes its claim to fame, testament to a civilisation thriving for several millennia in a region spanning Jordan. Tourists also come to indulge their senses at the high-end hotels embedded harmoniously in the natural environment, but the...

Newsflashes - 07/01 07:00 [GMT +3] - Car

Spain in turmoil

Dakar title-holder Carlos Sainz is not on the day's starting list. Despite their determination to complete the remaining 640 km yesterday, after rolling onto the roof on the first part of the 48h Chrono stage, in a minimalist format Ford Raptor stripped of most of its bodywork and windscreen, the Sainz - Cruz duo had to face up to an obvious conclusion once they reached the...

Newsflashes - 06/01 10:06 [GMT +3] - Car

Cristina leaves the special

Cristina Gutiérrez has exited the special after 729 km, accompanied by her assistance truck driven by Didier Monseu. The Spanish driver is now heading for the bivouac in Bisha.

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