translated from Spanish: 15-year-old driver who will represent Chile at junior karting world championships in Italy

2017 was awarded the fastest woman in the world (junior Rok category) and earlier this year she was the youngest woman in South America to race Formula cars. Today she leads the Chilean Rok Cup (karting) ranking and fourth formula Coasur march to be run in Codegua, being the only woman in the championship. Her dreams, to reach the W Series, the simile of F1, but only for women.
It is not uncommon for a woman to prevail in a world so far dominated by men, such as motorsport, but María José Pérez de Arce is breaking that ancient custom and is only 15 years old.
The young runner again won a spot to represent Chile in the junior category of the “Super Final” of the Rok Cup Karting World Cup that will be held in Lonato Italia between October 9 and 12. This after winning on the seventh date of the Rok Cup Chile raced at the end of August at the kartdrome Las Perdices de María Pinto.
Growing up in front of the wheel
It is no coincidence that “Coté” Pérez de arce highlights in motorsport, since despite her young driving prowess, her driving prowess was possible to warn her since she was 11, when she started racing in professional karting and finishing that year (2015) third in her first year (2015) Rok Cup Chile championship season in the rookie mini series.
The following year (2016), and always in a mixed grid, María José Pérez de Arce was second in the Rok Cup Chile mini championship, where he obtained a place for the Rok Cup World Cup of the category in Lonato, where he finished 79th out of 171 drivers and aged only 12.
At the age of 13 he advanced to the Junior category, where the difficulty of the rivals increased, however, he managed to climb the podium in the third place of the 2017 Rok Cup championship, which again won a place in the World Championship of Lonato, where he now finished 19 among 101 runner Is. On that occasion she was awarded for the Italian competition as the fastest female driver on the planet in the Junior category, as she defeated in this final the rest of the ladies who competed.

The years 2016 and 2017 also competed in the United States on the Florida Winter Tour, also with outstanding performances in mini and junior series respectively.
Always in the Rok Cup championship, last year again she was the best of the contest and entered the World Cup in Italy, in which she competed with a fractured hand, finishing equally in the 22nd place of the final B. At the same time, 2019 has a special connotation for Chilean motorsport, as María José Pérez de Arce became, at 14 years old, the youngest woman in South America to compete in Formula cars, thanks to her debut in Chilean Formula 3 earlier this year , in which he also obtained two podiums.
Current leader
Currently, María José leads the Rok Cup Chile karting ranking and is fourth in Formula Codasur (second among Chilean drivers), the most important formula car category on the continent.
“When I started running it was a little difficult, because everyone looked at me less because I was a woman. They thought I had no level or I couldn’t beat them, but I earned respect on the court. I always liked motorsport, from a very young age, my dad, a competitive car preparer more than 30 years ago, took me to the races. Then, at the age of 11, he bought me a karting and I didn’t get off any more,” says María José.
On the times he has run in Italy, he says that “it has been a great experience, because it has helped me raise my level running with the best. Thanks to that I do well in Chile. For Lonato’s October race I hope to be among the best.”
María José admires Sebastián Vettel (F1) and Tatiana Calderón, Colombian Formula 2 driver who is part of the car development team for the F1 Alfa Romeo team.
On their dreams and goals, Coté does not doubt: “My dream is to be able to advance to the biggest categories, like Formula 1, but since they do not accept women, my goal would be to reach the W Series, which was created last year and which is like Formula 1 , but only for women. Another goal I have is to study medicine and be a neurosurgeon, but if I’m given everything to project myself into motorsport, I’ll keep running.”

Original source in Spanish

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