Catie Munnings

Munnings was born on 15 November 1997.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fiaerc.com/driver/catie-munnings/|title=Catie Munnings|publisher=FIA European Rally Championship|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019215727/https://www.fiaerc.com/driver/catie-munnings/|archive-date=19 October 2017|url-status=live|access-date=18 October 2017|df=dmy-all}} She is the daughter of the rally driver and instructor Chris Munnings and his wife Tracey.{{cite news|last=Myers|first=Rebecca|title=Munnings driven to succeed by father's need for speed; Teenager wins European rally title in her first season behind wheel, writes Rebecca Myers|url=http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?p=GPS&sw=w&u=wikipedia&v=2.1&id=GALE%7CA468934524&it=r&asid=1718c4a6d695a2235698df4077a743e2|work=The Sunday Times|date=6 November 2016|accessdate=18 October 2017|page=13|via=Academic OneFile|url-access=subscription |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019163355/http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?p=GPS&sw=w&u=wikipedia&v=2.1&id=GALE%7CA468934524&it=r&asid=1718c4a6d695a2235698df4077a743e2|archive-date=19 October 2017|df=dmy-all}}{{cite news|last=Smith|first=Alan|title=Headcorn A-level girl is ladies champion at the European Rally event in Belgium|url=http://www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/news/from-a-levels-to-rally-car-98927/|work=KentOnline|date=13 July 2016|accessdate=18 October 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019165120/http://www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/news/from-a-levels-to-rally-car-98927/|archive-date=19 October 2017|df=dmy-all}}{{cite news|last=Edwards|first=Luke|title=Catie Munnings interview: Why I had to give up CBeebies for rally driving|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/2019/10/16/catie-munnings-interview-had-give-cbeebies-rally-driving/|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=16 October 2019|accessdate=23 February 2020}} From the age of seven Munnings was educated at the all-girls school Kent College, Pembury, and took three A level examinations.{{Cite news|last=Herman|first=Martyn|url=https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-rallying-britain-munnings/rallying-via-farm-field-and-volcano-munnings-primed-for-wrc-debut-idUKKCN1QW08I|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190316054223/https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-rallying-britain-munnings/rallying-via-farm-field-and-volcano-munnings-primed-for-wrc-debut-idUKKCN1QW08I|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 March 2019|title=Rallying–Via farm field and volcano, Munnings primed for WRC debut|date=15 March 2019|access-date=23 February 2020|work=Reuters|editor-last=Osmond|editor-first=Ed}} She acted as deputy head girl, an academic, and a performing arts and music scholar. Munning grew up riding quads and old cars around her parents' farm. At the age of 17, she began driving on the test track with Peugeot.{{Cite web |date=2019-03-19 |title=Catie Munnings, Juju Noda, Tatiana Calderón and Tamara Molinaro women interviewed |url=https://www.redbull.com/int-en/fastest-young-women-in-motorsports |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=Red Bull |language=en}} Munnings competed in national athletics tournaments and was talent-spotted as a dancer.{{cite web|url=http://alist.vanityfair.co.uk/spotlight-catie-munnings-rory-ross-rally-driver-17065/|title=Spotlight: Catie Munnings|date=2 June 2017|work=Vanity Fair|accessdate=18 October 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170715182051/http://alist.vanityfair.co.uk/spotlight-catie-munnings-rory-ross-rally-driver-17065/|archive-date=15 July 2017|df=dmy-all}} She combined her academic studies with her rally career, and declined a place at university. Munnings works with former racing driver Susie Wolff on her Dare to be Different campaign which encourages more girls to take up a career in motor racing, and the IAM RoadSmart charity.{{cite web|last=Stuart|first=Greg|title=Meet one of Britain's youngest rally champions|url=https://www.redbull.com/gb-en/catie-munnings-interview|work=Red Bull|date=8 March 2017|accessdate=18 October 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019163841/https://www.redbull.com/gb-en/catie-munnings-interview|archive-date=19 October 2017|df=dmy-all}} She has named the 1982 World Rally Championship runner-up Michèle Mouton as the person she idolises the most. Munnings currently lives with her family at their farm in Headcorn in Kent. When not competing in rally, she works at her parents' corporate events company.

Munnings, whose original ambition was to become a vet, had her interests geared towards rallying from a young age by regularly visiting her father's workplace. She was able to execute a perfect handbrake turn by thirteen and provided driving lessons to her friends on a specially constructed circuit built by her father on the family farm. To qualify for an international licence which allowed her to partake in the European Rally Championship (ERC), Munnings entered six club rally events held in Wales and Norfolk. Her father acted as instructor and co-driver.{{cite news|last=Weaver|first=Paul|title=Catie Munnings is burning up the road as women's rally champion at 18|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/oct/22/rallying-motor-sport|work=The Guardian|date=22 October 2016|accessdate=18 October 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019163617/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/oct/22/rallying-motor-sport|archive-date=19 October 2017|df=dmy-all}} Munnings received media training from Eurosport and was coached by former rally driver Urmo Aava.

Munnings made her ERC début at the Ypres Rally behind the wheel of a Peugeot 208 VTi R2 for Saintéloc Junior Team. It was at this rally that she began her partnership with the lawyer Anne Stein who was her co-driver. Munnings got one of her wheels on sodden grass and barrel rolled her car which damaged an electricity pylon. She finished 65th out of 67 drivers overall and was the only woman to complete the rally. Munnings's second (and final) rally of the 2016 season in Liepāja saw her again score points by reaching the end of the event. She had accumulated enough points to win the FIA European Rally Championship Ladies' Trophy.{{Cite web|url=https://www.iamroadsmart.com/media-and-policy/newsroom/2017/02/27/rally-star-catie-munnings-completes-iam-roadsmart-s-road-safety-ambassador-line-up-for-2017-and-beyond|title=Rally star Catie Munnings completes IAM RoadSmart's road safety ambassador line-up for 2017 and beyond|date=27 February 2017|publisher=IAM Road Smart|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019215928/https://www.iamroadsmart.com/media-and-policy/newsroom/2017/02/27/rally-star-catie-munnings-completes-iam-roadsmart-s-road-safety-ambassador-line-up-for-2017-and-beyond|archive-date=19 October 2017|url-status=live|access-date=19 October 2017|df=dmy-all}}{{cite web|last=Peñas|first=Sergio|title=Catie Munnings, campeona de Europa con tan sólo 19 años|url=http://www.latulasport.es/index.php/section-blog/59-mundial/erc/7820-u|work=Latula Sport|language=es|date=20 December 2016|accessdate=18 October 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019163521/http://www.latulasport.es/index.php/section-blog/59-mundial/erc/7820-u|archive-date=19 October 2017|df=dmy-all}} In late 2016, Munnings was one of four athletes shortlisted for the Sunday Times Young Sportswoman of the Year.{{Cite news|url=http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/14949691.Olympic_gymnast_Amy_Tinkler_in_the_running_for_prestigious_women_in_sports_award/|title=Olympic gymnast Amy Tinkler in the running for prestigious women in sports award|last=White|first=Andrew|date=6 December 2016|work=The Northern Echo|access-date=19 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019163049/http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/14949691.Olympic_gymnast_Amy_Tinkler_in_the_running_for_prestigious_women_in_sports_award/|archive-date=19 October 2017|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}} At the awards ceremony on 8 December, she lost the award to swimmer Siobhan-Marie O'Connor.{{Cite web|url=http://www.skysports.com/more-sports/other-sports/news/29177/10689490/sky-scholar-and-swimmer-siobhan-marie-oconnor-wins-young-swoty-award|title=Sky Scholar and swimmer Siobhan-Marie O'Connor overjoyed at Young SWOTY crown|last=Ashenden|first=Mark|date=24 March 2017|website=Sky Sports|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019215635/http://www.skysports.com/more-sports/other-sports/news/29177/10689490/sky-scholar-and-swimmer-siobhan-marie-oconnor-wins-young-swoty-award|archive-date=19 October 2017|url-status=live|access-date=19 October 2017|df=dmy-all}}

Named a 2017 Peugeot UK Brand ambassador, Women of the Future, Sean Edwards Foundation Ambassador and IAM Roadsmart car ambassador, Munnings remained with Saintéloc for the 2017 season, but as part of the Peugeot Rally Academy where she was partnered with José Antonio Suárez and Pepe López. Munnings said before the new season that she wanted to put into practice the things she had learned from the previous year.{{Cite web|url=https://it.motorsport.com/erc/news/catie-munnings-alle-azzorre-ma-il-futuro-e-ancora-incerto-881478/|title=Catie Munnings alle Azzorre, ma il futuro è ancora incerto|last=Corghi|first=Francesco|date=10 March 2017|website=motorsport.com|language=it|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019163644/https://it.motorsport.com/erc/news/catie-munnings-alle-azzorre-ma-il-futuro-e-ancora-incerto-881478/|archive-date=19 October 2017|url-status=live|access-date=19 October 2017|df=dmy-all}} Her first competitive run of the year came at the Rallye Açores where she retired on the fifth stage because of an accident.{{Cite web|url=http://www.rallyssimo.it/2017/04/26/catie-munnings-la-208-fantastica-sogno-mondiale-adoro-litalia/|title=Catie Munnings: "La 208 è fantastica, sogno il Mondiale e adoro l'Italia!"|last=Sambruna|first=Alessio|date=26 April 2017|website=Rallyssimo|language=it|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019163629/http://www.rallyssimo.it/2017/04/26/catie-munnings-la-208-fantastica-sogno-mondiale-adoro-litalia/|archive-date=19 October 2017|url-status=live|access-date=19 October 2017|df=dmy-all}} After securing a 68th overall finish in the 2017 Rally Islas Canarias, Munnings retired in the next rally she entered in, 2017 Rajd Rzeszowski, due to an accident.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ewrc-results.com/profile/117457-Catie-Munnings/|title=Catie Munnings|website=eWRC-Results.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019215806/https://www.ewrc-results.com/profile/117457-Catie-Munnings/|archive-date=19 October 2017|url-status=live|access-date=19 October 2017|df=dmy-all}}

Her fourth event of the season in the 2017 Barum Rally Zlín saw her take stage class victories in spite of changing a broken wheel earlier on because of understeering on a narrow low-speed corner and hitting a kerb.{{Cite web|url=http://www.eurosport.com/erc/my-erc-barum-czech-rally-zlin.-by-catie-munnings_sto6313207/story.shtml|title=My ERC Barum Czech Rally Zlín|last=Munnings|first=Catie|date=1 September 2017|website=Eurosport|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019215623/http://www.eurosport.com/erc/my-erc-barum-czech-rally-zlin.-by-catie-munnings_sto6313207/story.shtml|archive-date=19 October 2017|url-status=live|access-date=19 October 2017|df=dmy-all}} Munnings's participation in the Rally di Roma Capitale was in doubt because of budget problems, but she confirmed her entry shortly before the event started.{{Cite web|url=https://it.motorsport.com/erc/news/catie-munnings-a-roma-per-un-soffio-953014/|title=Catie Munnings a Roma per un soffio|last=Corghi|first=Francesco|date=15 September 2017|website=motorsport.com|language=it|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019163832/https://it.motorsport.com/erc/news/catie-munnings-a-roma-per-un-soffio-953014/|archive-date=19 October 2017|url-status=live|access-date=19 October 2017|df=dmy-all}} She took wins in the city stages and night stages in the Ladies' Trophy rankings but the tricky conditions led her to slip off the road and get stuck in the ditch for ten minutes, leaving her in second position in the Ladies' Trophy rankings.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecheckeredflag.co.uk/2017/09/bouffier-seals-last-gasp-rally-di-roma-erc-win/|title=Bouffier Seals Last Gasp Rally di Roma ERC Win|last=Lindsay|first=Alasadir|date=17 September 2017|website=The Checkered Flag|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019215732/https://www.thecheckeredflag.co.uk/2017/09/bouffier-seals-last-gasp-rally-di-roma-erc-win/|archive-date=19 October 2017|url-status=live|access-date=19 October 2017|df=dmy-all}} Munnings placed second in the Ladies' Trophy championship overall and ranked 14th in the Junior Under 27 standings.

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For the 2018 season, she returned to compete for Saintéloc Junior Team in the Junior Under 27 Championship for the second year in a row and also contested for the Ladies' Trophy.{{Cite news|url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/motor-sport-news/20180228/283265983305559|title=Munnings chases Ladies' Trophy|date=28 February 2018|work=Motorsport News|access-date=13 September 2018|page=13|via=PressReader|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913185219/https://www.pressreader.com/uk/motor-sport-news/20180228/283265983305559|archive-date=13 September 2018|url-status=live}} Munnings began the season by coming second in the Ladies' Trophy and fifth in the Under 27 standings at the Rallye Azores.{{cite press release|title=Lukyanuk scores emphatic ERC Azores Rallye victory in style|date=24 March 2018|publisher=Azores Rallye|url=http://www.azoresrallye.com/noticias/lukyanuk-scores-emphatic-erc-azores-airlines-rallye-victory-in-style/|access-date=13 September 2018|author=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913185213/http://www.azoresrallye.com/noticias/lukyanuk-scores-emphatic-erc-azores-airlines-rallye-victory-in-style/|archive-date=13 September 2018|url-status=live}} She had a total of four victories in the Ladies' Trophy, which she took in the season's final four rounds to place second in that championship. Her results caused her to finish eighth in the Junior Under 27 Championship with four fifth-place finishes.

In the 2019 championship Munnings continued to compete in the ERC3 category, with her new co-driver Veronica Engan.{{cite web|url=https://www.redbull.com/gb-en/catie-munnings-interview|title=How Catie Munnings' unconventional upbringing helped her racing career|last=McCarthy|first=Ali|date=19 March 2019|website=Red Bull|accessdate=6 August 2019}} Munnings received backing from the energy drinks company Red Bull UK for the upcoming season.{{Cite web|url=https://www.autosport.com/erc/news/140923/erc-driver-munnings-earns-red-bull-uk-backing|title=ERC's Munnings first woman in motorsport to get Red Bull UK backing|last=Benyon|first=Jack|date=8 January 2019|website=Autosport|access-date=23 February 2020}} She was the winner of the ERC Ladies' category at Rally Liepāja 2019.

In February 2020 she drove a specially prepared Bentley Continental in the GP Ice Race at Zell am See in Austria which culminated by teaming up with skier Sven Rauber for a demonstration of skijoring, where a skier is towed, at speed, behind a car.{{Cite web|url=https://www.goodwood.com/grr/road/news/2020/1/bentley-is-going-ice-racing-in-a-continental-gt/|title=Bentley is going ice racing in a Continental GT|last=Murray|first=Bob|date=29 January 2020|publisher=Goodwood Road & Racing|access-date=23 February 2020}}

In 2021, Munnings is competing in the new all-electric off-road racing championship Extreme E for Andretti United alongside teammate Timmy Hansen. In qualifying for the season-opening Desert X-Prix, she took over from Hansen with a right-rear puncture, but was able to bring the car home in 4th place on three wheels. They then went on to finish 2nd in the final race, behind Rosberg X Racing.{{cite web|url=https://www.extreme-e.com/en/news/227_Dazzling-desert-duel-as-Extreme-E-gets-off-to-a-spectacular-start.html|title=Dazzling desert duel as Extreme E gets off to a spectacular start|website=Extreme E|language=en|date=3 April 2021|access-date=29 May 2021}}

Munnings was the original host of the CBeebies television programme Catie's Amazing Machines in 2018,{{Cite web | url = https://tbivision.com/2018/07/04/bbc-childrens-in-house-unveils-slate-of-new-and-returning-shows/ | date = 4 July 2018 | publisher = Television Publisher International | accessdate = 19 October 2018 | title = BBC Children's in-house unveils slate of new and returning shows | first = Andy | last = Fry | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181019205607/https://tbivision.com/2018/07/04/bbc-childrens-in-house-unveils-slate-of-new-and-returning-shows/ | archive-date = 19 October 2018 | url-status = live }} in which she controlled large and fast vehicles. She opted not to return for its second series to concentrate on her driving career.

She has since returned in Secrets of the Supercars on Dave.{{Cite web|url=https://dave.uktv.co.uk/shows/secrets-of-the-supercars/|title = Secrets of the Supercars | Dave Channel}}

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• {{Official website|http://www.catiemunnings.com/}}
• [https://www.ewrc-results.com/profile/117457-catie-munnings]'s e-wrc profile
• [https://www.redbull.com/gb-en/athlete/catie-munnings Athlete profile of Catie Munning] on Redbull.com

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