Alba
Larsen.
Scuderia Ferrari HP. F1 Academy.
Mentored by Kevin Magnussen.
Founder of G.I.R.L.
A borrowed go-kart. A locked-down country. Everything changed.
Alba grew up an elite handball player. Then she borrowed a go-kart from Jan Magnussen's son, and her trajectory changed in a single afternoon. When Denmark locked down, the handball court was gone and every free hour belonged to the track.
She was invited in. But she was alone. No one who looked like her. No community like the one she knew from handball. The boys were kind enough. It was not the same.
That isolation is the reason G.I.R.L. exists.
From handball court to Ferrari paddock.
A borrowed go-kart from Jan Magnussen’s son. The visor clicks down. Everything else fades.
Wins FIA Girls on Track, Rising Stars. First Dane to do it.
Races for MP Motorsport in Scuderia Ferrari HP colours, mentored by Kevin Magnussen.
Four firsts.
FIA inaugural Woman in Motorsport Award
Award
FIA Girls on Track - Rising Stars
Programme winner
Ferrari Driver Academy
First Dane in the programme
F1 Academy
Best Rookie - Shanghai
Two generations of Danish motorsport, one paddock.
Kevin Magnussen mentors Alba. Race weekends, data sessions, the parts of the sport that do not show up in interviews. The Magnussen name is how Alba got into a go-kart for the first time. The relationship is still building.
Racing in F1 Academy for MP Motorsport in Scuderia Ferrari HP colours.
“I created G.I.R.L. because I realised there were no real role models, and no real support. G.I.R.L. exists so that journey is a model, not a miracle.”
Alba Larsen, Founder
Alba is prominent throughout G.I.R.L., but she is not the whole story. She is the proof. The community is the movement.
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