Chiara Bättig

Chiara Bättig (born 21 March 2010) is a Swiss racing driver who competes in the F4 British Championship for Hitech as part of the Red Bull Junior Team.

Born in Lucerne, Bättig began competitive kart racing aged eight, winning three Swiss Championships before graduating to junior formulae in 2025. Having debuted in Saudi Arabia, she has achieved podiums in the Formula Winter Series, the F4 British Championship, and F1 Academy.

Early life Chiara Bättig was born on 21 March 2010 in Lucerne, Switzerland.

Racing career Karting (2018–2025) Bättig began karting at the age of eight, competing until 2025. Racing in mini karts until 2021, she most notably finished second in the 2019 Trofeo Vega, as well as taking part in the 2021 FIA Girls on Track – Rising Stars junior shootout. Moving up to junior karts in 2022, Bättig won the Swiss Karting Championship in OK-J as the highest-placed rookie, as well as representing Switzerland in the Karting Academy Trophy.

After spending 2023 in the Alpine Rac(H)er Karting Programme and winning the Swiss Karting Championship's OK-J class, Bättig remained in junior karts for 2024. In her third season in the category, Bättig won the Swiss Karting Championship in OK-J for the third consecutive year, as well as the Trofeo Vega in X30 Junior, and also represented Switzerland in the Karting Sprint Junior discipline of the FIA Motorsport Games.

Moving to senior karts the following year, Bättig qualified on pole for her debut round at Campillos in the Karting European Championship. Also in 2025, Bättig participated in her only season in the Champions of the Future Academy Program, taking a lone win at Al Forsan as she secured runner-up honors in the OK-N standings.

Formula 4 (2025–present) 2025: Junior formulae debut in Saudi Arabia In late 2025, Bättig made her single-seater debut in the newly-relaunched F4 Saudi Arabian Championship. Starting out the season with eighth- and ninth-place finishes across the two Bahrain rounds, Bättig then took her season-best result of seventh in the first Jeddah round, before scoring two more points finishes across the following two rounds at Jeddah en route to a 12th-place points finish.

2026: Rookie season

The following year, Bättig joined Campos Racing to compete in select rounds of the Formula Winter Series, before moving to Hitech TGR for her first full-time campaign in the F4 British Championship. In the former, Bättig opened up the season with her first podium in single-seaters by finishing second in a wet race three at Estoril. Across the following four rounds, Bättig scored only one other points finish, a tenth place in race three at MotorLand Aragón en route to a 17th-place points finish. During 2026, Bättig made her F1 Academy debut at Silverstone as Hitech's wildcard driver, with support from Wella. After becoming the first wildcard driver in series history to qualify on pole position, Bättig finished second in the main race behind Alisha Palmowski.

Formula One In August 2025, Bättig joined the Red Bull Junior Team, after entering their Driver Search programme during the summer.

Karting record Karting career summary Season Series Team Position 2018 Trofeo Vega — Mini 10th 2019 Swiss Championship — Super Mini Spirit-Racing.ch 18th Trofeo Vega — Mini IAME International Final — X30 Mini 21st 2021 IAME Euro Series — X30 Mini Spirit-Racing.ch 83rd 2022 WSK Super Master Series — OK-J KartBox.ch 95th IAME Warriors Final — X30 Junior NC Swiss Championship — OK-J CIK-FIA Academy Trophy Natascha Kessler 43rd WSK Euro Series — OK-J KR Motorsport 48th 2023 WSK Super Master Series — OK-J IPK Factory Team 34th Andrea Margutti Trophy — X30 Junior 15th WSK Open Series — X30 Junior IPK Factory Team 9th Kidix Driver Performance Champions of the Future — OK-J DPK Racing 45th CIK-FIA European Championship — OK-J NC† WSK Euro Series — OK-J 37th CIK-FIA World Championship — OK-J 79th Swiss Championship — OK-J 2024 WSK Super Master Series — OK-J DPK Racing 35th Champions of the Future — OK-J 66th Swiss Championship — OK-J KartBox.ch IAME Euro Series — X30 Junior 37th WSK Final Cup — OK-NVictoryLane 25th WSK Final Cup — OK 10th IAME Warriors Final — X30 Senior NC FIA Motorsport Games — Junior Team Switzerland DNF 2025 WSK Super Master Series — OK VictoryLane 45th Champions of the Future — OK 29th CIK-FIA European Championship — OK 15th CIK-FIA World Championship — OK 57th Champions of the Future — OK-N Source: As Bättig was a guest driver, she was ineligible for championship points.

Complete CIK-FIA results Complete CIK-FIA World Championship results

Complete CIK-FIA European Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) As Bättig was a guest driver, she was ineligible for championship points.

Racing record Racing career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles Podiums Points Position 2025 F4 Saudi Arabian Championship Red Bull 10 0 0 0 0 22 12th 2026 Formula Winter Series Campos Racing 15 0 0 0 1 19 17th F4 British Championship Hitech 21 0 0 1 1 51* 15th* F1 Academy 2 0 1 0 1 22* 11th* Source:

Complete Formula Winter Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete F4 British Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap; superscript indicates points for positions gained) Season still in progress.

Complete F1 Academy results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of the points finishers) Season still in progress.