Christine Thomas

If they was anything that Christine Thomas wanted to be when she grew up, it was to become a race car driver. She was born in Stuttgart, Germany, the youngest of 3 siblings, and to middle class parents. As with being a cheetah, she was naturally fast on her feet, heading into track and field events at a very young age. She loved track and field, even boasting on how she will be on the Olympic stage at one point of her career. To be frank, her ego was justified, being invited to the Junior Olympics several during her young teenage years. It was very possible that Christine would've become a track star instead of the promising driver we see here today. During another great showing at a regional competition, which scouts had finally begun taking notice of the German cheetah, her father had brought her to a F1 race in Belgium to celebrate. Spa. This one race dangerously hooked her to the world of motorsport. Within 6 months she was leisurely racing go karts. Her poised and punishing style of driving was quickly noticed and she was sponsored in no time. Ever since F1 great Manfred Stoppelbein retired, scouts around the world have been looking for the next one, purposely hyping up young prospects as they surged through the junior furmulas. Christine Thomas was one of those drivers. While most would sputter out before they even reached furmula 3, and others would not have the greatest careers to carry on the German torch, aside from Goldschmidt's win in 2016. The German media have learned from their past mistakes. Christine Thomas joined furmula 2 in 2017, at age 19 and had reasonable results. Her maiden season had her finish 8th in points, which seemed to be enough for the young cheetah to be signed by Hamad Force as a junior driver, her first ever "big" team so to speak. In her first season with the new team, she saw herself in a sudden battle for the championship against Petri Saukkonen early on, competing with him every step of the way for the first three rounds. While she eventually dropped off badly for the rest of the season, finishing 7th, people had saw her potential in compete with the very best. And now with Petri becoming a true F1 superstar in 2019, the hype for Christine has only gotten louder.