Racegirl The Comeback Of Sophia Flörsch
Since she was four years old, Sophia Flörsch has trained to fulfil her life’s dream – to be a Formula 1 racing driver. And she is good. Really good in fact. But what does that mean in an industry fixated on men, where only drivers whose families can provide them with start-up capital have a chance.
In 2016, she became the first woman to score points in Formula 4. Everything was going well until the horrific world-headline making accident in the 2018 F3 Macau Grand Prix. For hours, her family and friends didn’t know if she’d survive. But Sophia is a fighter. Giving up racing was never an option.
Racegirl follows Sophia in her grueling battle to get back on the racetrack. She confronts the sport’s prejudice against women and faces the disadvantage of having fewer financial resources to draw upon than most drivers. It’s an expensive sport, and in almost all racing series, the race team is paid by the drivers themselves, so Sophia must spend a lot of time on her work with media and sponsors.
