Irina Sidorkova

[3] Having competed across Northern Russia and the Baltics with success – including an Estonian championship in 2012 – she moved into rallying aged 11 and touring car racing through the Russian Circuit Racing Series aged 13, both opportunities coming through Volkswagen.

[6] The SMP Racing Junior Team took her on board in 2019, and she would contest both the Russian and Spanish Formula 4 series, finishing 6th in the former and 18th in the latter.

She started the year racing in the F3 Asian Championship for Evans GP as preparation, where she failed to score any points and finished 22nd out of the 26 participants.

[13] The remainder of the season was plagued with inconsistency as she went on to score points only once more in Hungary and missed the Spa-Francorchamps round after testing positive for COVID-19.

[15] In November 2021, Sidorkova was invited to take part in a one-day FIA Formula 3 test at Magny-Cours, alongside fellow W Series driver Nerea Martí and Iron Dames racers Maya Weug and Doriane Pin.

Sidorkova contesting Spanish F4 at Motorland Aragón in 2019
Sidorkova (right) in action at the Grozny round of the 2020 Russian Circuit Racing Series
Sidorkova on the grid at the 2021 W Series Silverstone round
Sidorkova competing in the 2022 Russian Circuit Racing Series .