00:00There are sports where women can give men soup and dry.
00:04And although it may seem impossible to some, motorsports is one of them.
00:08In fact, did you know that there is a Colombian woman who has achieved things that very few pilots have achieved in
00:13the world of motorsport?
00:15A woman who drove a Formula 1 car, competed in Formula 2, and participated in the 24 Hours of Le Mans,
00:20who just won a NASCAR race in Brazil.
00:22And yes, he has done all of that while growing up in a sport where there are still those who believe that
00:26A woman behind the wheel is synonymous with bad driving.
00:29Get ready, I'll explain how this woman has achieved what many consider almost impossible.
00:38Her name is Tatiana Calderón and she was only 9 years old when she started competing in karts.
00:42At 14 she was racing cars. By then motorsports had stopped being a game. It was
00:47what he wanted to do with his life.
00:48The real reason I'm in this position today, the one who awakened that desire and that love for him
00:59My sister Paula was involved in motorsports.
01:01She is 8 years older than me.
01:04And one day he took me to a go-kart track on 170th Street in Bogotá.
01:10We bought a 5-minute slot and fell in love with the speed, the adrenaline.
01:16At 19 years old, in 2012, she made a huge decision for a Colombian pilot.
01:21He went to Europe to find a place in professional motor racing.
01:25There he went through different training categories and began competing against drivers from all over the world.
01:30In 2013 he achieved a podium finish in British Formula 3.
01:33He then went through GP3, one of the categories that accompanied Formula 1, until in 2017 a
01:39an opportunity that could change everything.
01:41Sauber signed her as a development driver.
01:43And the following year came one of the most memorable moments of their career.
01:47On October 30, 2018, at the Hermanos Rodríguez racetrack in Mexico City, Tatiana Calderón climbed onto
01:53a Formula 1 car.
01:54She didn't compete in a Grand Prix, but she did become the first Latin American woman to drive a Formula One car.
01:591.
01:59I think it's one of the best moments of my career, something I always dreamed of and that finally came to pass.
02:08I think I'll keep dreaming about that, because I know I can make those dreams come true.
02:13In 2019 he arrived in Formula 2, then he went through the Japanese Super Formula and also started competing in
02:19endurance.
02:19He raced in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, one of the most important races in the world.
02:23And in 2020 he began his participation in the European Le Mans Series.
02:27In 2022 he joined IndyCar with AJ Foy Racing and competed in 7 races of the season.
02:32Do you realize how unique this career is?
02:34Tatiana didn't stick to just one discipline; she has had to adapt to single-seaters, prototypes, and closed-body cars.
02:40To circuits, endurance races and now also to ovals.
02:43The biggest difference between single-seater cars, such as IndyCar, Formula 2, and Formula 3, and cars in
02:55The ones I'm currently competing in are both the GT Challenge of the Americas and NASCAR Brazil,
03:02These are cars that depend less on aerodynamic load and more on mechanical grip.
03:07And all this while competing in an environment that has historically been dominated by men.
03:13Because yes, the stereotype still exists that women drive worse, that they're clumsy, that they park badly, that they don't
03:19They have the same driving ability.
03:20From an educational standpoint, in all sports they have always tried to separate us, without much regard for performance, but rather
03:31They simply go one way for men and another way for women.
03:34But the problem with that argument is that when a woman puts on a helmet and enters the track,
03:39The discussion is no longer about who drives as a man or as a woman.
03:42And Tatiana has been competing under those rules for over 20 years. The most recent chapter came on the 20th.
03:48September 2026, in Curbelo, Brazil.
03:51Tatiana started fourth in the second race of the seventh round of NASCAR Brazil. She steadily moved up the field until she reached...
03:57forehead.
03:58And after defending his lead in the final laps, he crossed the finish line just 0.7 seconds ahead of
04:03Felipe Marino Obst.
04:04After six races, managing to turn the season around completely and get that first victory starting from the
04:1215th place.
04:13I managed to climb up to fourth in the first race. I started third in the last race and managed to take the
04:21to be at the top and lead.
04:22With that victory, she became the first woman to win a race in NASCAR Brazil in the overall standings.
04:28I've managed to compete in very tough championships, to be the first woman to compete in several, but I wanted to be the first
04:35woman to win in several of them and I think it starts as a new era.
04:39Because while some still make a joke out of this stereotype, she has spent more than two decades doing exactly that.
04:45On the contrary, competing.
04:47From a high-performance sports car in Bogotá to a Formula 1 car in Mexico, from Le Mansas to Indicar and now winning in
04:52NASCAR Brazil.
04:58From a high-performance sports car in Bogotá to a Formula 1 car.
