Chiara Bättig

Chiara Bättig
Bättig in 2026
Born (2010-03-21) 21 March 2010
Wettswil am Albis, Zürich, Switzerland
Nationality Swiss
F4 British Championship career
Debut season2026
Current teamHitech TGR
Car number0
Starts0
Wins0
Podiums0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finishTBD in 2026
Previous series
Statistics up to date as of 1 January 2026.
Websitechiara-baettig.ch

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

Born in Wettswil am Albis, Bättig began competitive kart racing aged eight, winning three Swiss Championships before graduating to junior formulae in 2025.

Early life

Chiara Bättig was born on 21 March 2010 in Wettswil am Albis, Zürich, Switzerland.[1]

Racing career

Karting (2018–2025)

Bättig began karting at the age of eight,[2] competing until 2025.[3] Racing in mini karts until 2021, Bättig most notably finished second in the 2019 Trofeo Vega,[4] as well as taking part in the 2021 FIA Girls on Track – Rising Stars junior shootout.[5] Moving up to junior karts in 2022,[6] Bättig won the Swiss Karting Championship in OK-J as the highest-placed rookie,[7] as well as representing Switzerland in the Karting Academy Trophy.[8]

After spending 2023 in the Alpine Rac(H)er Karting Programme and winning the Swiss Karting Championship's OK-J class,[9][10] 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.[11][12]

Moving to senior karts the following year, Bättig qualified on pole for season-opening round at Campillos in the Karting European Championship.[13] 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.[14]

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.[15] Starting out the season with eighth- and ninth-place finishes across the two Bahrain rounds,[16][17] Bättig then took her season-best result of seventh in the first Jeddah round,[18] before scoring two more points finishes across the following two rounds at Jeddah en route to a 12th-place points finish.[19][20]

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.[21][22] In the former, Bättig opened up the season with her first podium in single-seaters by finishing second in race three at Estoril.[23]

Formula One

In August 2025, Bättig joined the Red Bull Junior Team,[24] after entering their Driver Search programme during the summer.[25]

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 SeriesOK-J KartBox.ch 95th
IAME Warriors Final — X30 Junior NC
Swiss Championship — OK-J 1st
CIK-FIA Academy Trophy Natascha Kessler 43rd
WSK Euro SeriesOK-J KR Motorsport 48th
2023 WSK Super Master SeriesOK-J IPK Factory Team 34th
Andrea Margutti Trophy — X30 Junior 15th
WSK Open Series — X30 Junior IPK Factory Team 9th
Kidix Driver Performance[a]
Champions of the FutureOK-J DPK Racing 45th
CIK-FIA European ChampionshipOK-J NC†
WSK Euro SeriesOK-J 37th
CIK-FIA World ChampionshipOK-J 79th
Swiss Championship — OK-J 1st
2024 WSK Super Master SeriesOK-J DPK Racing 35th
Champions of the FutureOK-J 66th
Swiss Championship — OK-J KartBox.ch 1st
IAME Euro Series — X30 Junior 37th
WSK Final CupOK-N Victorylane 25th
WSK Final CupOK 10th
IAME Warriors Final — X30 Senior NC
FIA Motorsport GamesJunior Team Switzerland DNF
2025 WSK Super Master SeriesOK Victorylane 45th
Champions of the FutureOK 29th
CIK-FIA European ChampionshipOK 15th
CIK-FIA World ChampionshipOK 57th
Champions of the FutureOK-N 2nd
Source:[26][27][b]

As Bättig was a guest driver, she was ineligible for championship points.

Complete CIK-FIA results

Complete CIK-FIA Karting World Championship results

Year Entrant Class Circuit QH SH F
2023 DPK Racing OK-J Franciacorta 79th DNQ DNPQ
2025 Victorylane OK Kristianstad 58th 57th DNQ
Source:[28][29]

Complete CIK-FIA Karting European Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Points
2023 DPK Racing OK-J VAL
QH
VAL
SH
VAL
F
TRI
QH
TRI
SH
TRI
F
RØD
QH
RØD
SH
RØD
F
CRE
QH

29
CRE
SH

26
CRE
F

19
NC†
2025 Victorylane OK CAM
QH

1
CAM
SH

8
CAM
F
5
POR
QH

27
POR
SH

24
POR
F

24
VIT
QH
64
VIT
SH
67
VIT
F
DNQ
RØD
QH
52
RØD
SH
51
RØD
F
DNQ
15th 64
Source:[30][31]

As Bättig was a guest driver, she was ineligible for championship points.

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2025 F4 Saudi Arabian Championship Red Bull 10 0 0 0 0 20 12th
2026 Formula Winter Series Campos Racing 15 0 0 0 1 19 17th
F4 British Championship Hitech TGR 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD
Source:[26]

Complete F4 Saudi Arabian Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos Points
2025 Red Bull BHR1
1

8
BHR1
2

Ret
BHR2
1

Ret
BHR2
2

9
JED1
1

7
JED1
2

8
JED2
1

11
JED2
2

9
JED3
1

9
JED3
2

Ret
12th 20
Source:[32]

Complete Formula Winter Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Pos Points
2026 Campos Racing EST
1

16
EST
2

17
EST
3

2
POR
1

21
POR
2

26
POR
3

21
CRT
1

16
CRT
2

21
CRT
3

25
ARA
1

16
ARA
2

12
ARA
3

10
CAT
1

21
CAT
2

11
CAT
3

14
17th 19
Source:[33]

Complete F4 British Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap; superscript indicates points for positions gained)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Pos Points
2026 Hitech TGR DPN
1

DPN
2

DPN
3

BHI
1

BHI
2

BHI
3

SNE
1

SNE
2

SNE
3

SILGP
1

SILGP
2

SILGP
3

ZAN
1

ZAN
2

ZAN
3

THR
1

THR
2

THR
3

DPGP
1

DPGP
2

DPGP
3

CRO
1

CRO
2

CRO
3

SILN
1

SILN
2

SILN
3

BHGP
1

BHGP
2

BHGP
3

TBD 0
Source:

Notes

  1. ^ Bättig competed for IPK Factory Team in round one and for Kidix Driver Performance in round three.
  2. ^ Additional references are stated in § Karting (2018–2025).

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