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As one of South Africa’s top female racing drivers, Fabienne Lanz has made a name for herself both locally and internationally, earning numerous accolades and becoming a driving champion. Go to the story

Johannesburg, South Africa – Fabienne Lanz and T4 Series are proud to announce, as part of their global women and inclusivity campaign, the upcoming 3-day girls camp, aimed at inspiring and empowering young girls to pursue their passion for motorsport. The Women in...

Fabienne has rebranded and is super excited to be starting off her independence by racing at Phakisa in Welkom. 4th of February 2023. Phakisa is famously known for Moto GP racing when they started in South Africa. The team Fabienne joined is popularly known as the...

June 15/16th 2018 – Many people outside of Europe dream to race at the prestigious WSK. It has been one big dream of Fabienne to compete in this series as she powers her way through to the top, showing her talents in Motorsport. In preparation to this race, Fabienne...

  Oct 10th - Fabienne travelled to Italy to compete in the Super ROK Finals, driving with the Formula K Junior Team by Serafini Racing, entered into the Vortex Super ROK DVS Category. The DVS category is based on the OK ( Original Karting) concept which has no...

  WKA Race Event at New Castle, Brownsburg , Indiana 15 and 16 July 2017 Racing with Patrick Karting Team, this was a good beginning, branching out to new ventures for Team Target Racing. Heading the team was Fabienne Lanz , racing in the X30 Senior category....

  July 8th 2017 - Starting off the weekend on a high note, and ending it on a low one proved to be a tough weekend with many curve balls in the third round of the Rotax Nationals in DD2 class for Fabienne at iDube raceway. Testing the Formula K, in preparation...

  Sarno, Italy, Nov 7th, 2016-Proudly representing South Africa as part of an eleven strong team, Fabienne had a challenging time at the 2016 Rotax World Finals, and right from the first day it was an uphill struggle as she campaigned in the DD2 class. Naturally...

  Zwartkops Kart Raceway, Saturday, August 20,2016-With tickets for the winners up for grabs to the Rotax World Finals, all the drivers this weekend at the Africa Open were on top form aiming for those special tickets to Italian Finals in October. The Rotax...

21st May 2016-Fabienne was invited by the Fantastic Racing team to join round three of the National Sports Car Challenge, part of the Extreme Festival at Zwartkops raceway last weekend. The Sports car challenge is a one make series made up of Shelby Can-Am prototype...

Apr 23rd 2015-Travelling from the warmer climes of her native South Africa, Fabienne arrived in a cold and damp spring weekend in Salbris, France to contest the opening round of the Rotax European Championship with Team Brand Racing with Formula K in the DD2 class....

Nov 30th 2014 - Team Fabienne Lanz Racing headed to the track at the Rivers, Vereeniging. just a few weeks ago at the last race of the Northern Regions Karting Championship. Fabienne’s team, including her young aspiring junior drivers are usually based at Zwartkops...

Apr 12th 2014-Fabienne in her capacity as a driver and ambassador for her SA2F1 project, joined Lethulwazi Comprehensive School in Vosloorus, Gauteng, to give a speech about her journey in motorsport and interact with the young aspiring fans to support the Kasi 2 Kasi...

25 January, 2014 - Round one of South Africa Regional Championships at Vereeniging Summer thunderstorms are very common in the Highveld area in Gauteng. So having limited practice sessions in the dry as it poured down on Friday’s practice, gave Fabienne a big...

Jan 18th, 2014 -Starting the year off with a bang, Fabienne campaigned in a double header of rounds 7 & 8 in the UAE Rotax Max Championship on 17th - 18th Jan, It turned out another eventful weekend for the Karting Star. Fabienne previously campaigned in one round...

This sprint race was the first time Fabienne raced a Legends type car on a racetrack; the previous race was the Knysna Hill climb in May last year. It was also a first for Legends SA racing to have a female join and to lead the race. The Liqui Moly sponsored Legends...

  Wed, 13 March 2013 - Race Report from NRKC RD 2 of the X30 Kart Championship Vereeniging, Gauteng, South Africa. It was the first time Fabienne drove the Formula K shifter kart at the Vereeniging kart track with the Parilla X30 125cc engine. Unfortunately just...

Saturday,23 February 2013 - Phakisa Raceway, Welkom, South Africa-Fabienne took to the Phakisa Raceway in her first Saloon car Endurance race last weekend in South Africa. She raced with the 'Stephen2Racing' team in their modified 2ltr VW Golf Mk1 which was a real...

09 February 2013-"We only got the racing engine on Thursday night and had to do some modifications to the shifting mechanism to make it fit on the new Formula K kart chassis. So we assembled the engine on Friday morning and at 12:30 I was ready to take on the black...

Sun Nov 18th, Aldo Scribante track, Port Elizabeth- LUK 3hr Endurance race The Endurance race is open to both Saloon cars and Sports cars of various engine sizes and technical set ups.   Fabienne teamed up with Brad Carver in car # a Volkswagen Golf Mk1 with...

Dubai, Nov, 2012 - Fabienne Lanz was part of a 5 driver race team that took overall victory at round 4 of the Dubai Kartdrome Endurance Championship. The 24 Hour event was the final round of the championship; the victory also confirmed the Batelco Team as 2012...

Sun Aug 12th, Idube Kart Track, Pietermaritzburg, Rotax African Open 2012- It was a tall order for Fabienne to reach the front of the 23 kart Rotax DD2 grid in an unfamiliar kart but the fearsome female was relishing the challenge up against tough opponents and double...

  Sat 26th June, Italy-Gruppo Birel 24hr race at Ala Karting Track. Fabienne was invited to race in the Gruppo Birel 24hr race at Ala Karting Track, Italy with KAYAK team. Viewing the Ala Karting layout for the first time on Friday afternoon she took some laps in...

As part of her 2012 International karting campaign Fabienne started her motorsport journey in Dubai on Apr 20th when she made a cameo appearance in the final round of the DAMC Senior max category at Dubai Kartdrome. Fabienne scooped up top honours, as she powered to...

Western Cape, Knysna, Renault Simola Hillclimb 20/ 21 May 2012- Fabienne took part in her first ever Hill Climb event this weekend in the Renault Simola Hillclimb which is part of the Knysna Speed Week with Legends Racing cars. As the only female in the 80 entriy list...

Dubai, 11th-12th May - Only the previous weekend the Batelco team from Bahrain were in fierce competition on a hotNorth Carolinatrack inCharlotte,USA. This weekend the Batelco team were still in baking hot conditions but a lot more humid as they campaigned the 12hr...

  May 5th -7th- Globetrotting kart star Fabienne set off to USA for the American 24hr race at Charlotte Speedway which is situated right in the heart of the Nascar Speedway track. During the practice day the team had the chance to sample the famous Nascar’s so...

Apr 26th-After her trip to the Bahrain Formula One GP, Fabienne flew direct toFrancewithBahrain’s Batelco Team to take part in the 24hr Kart Endurance Race at RKC Track in Cergy Pontois. It was the first time Fabienne had seen the RKC track and the format of the race...

  Al Ain, 14 April 2012- Fabienne took part in the final Rotax DD2 Challenge race at the invitation of the Al Ain Raceway, racing the circuits own demo model Haase kart. Fabienne struggled with an engine misfire and carburettor issues on set up during the...

Dubai, March 10th 2012 - South African Lady racer Fabienne Lanz was part of a 5 driver race team that took overall victory at round 1 of the Dubai Kartdrome Karting Endurance Championship. The 24 Hour event was contested by teams from all over the world with over 100...

Brakpan, South Africa Nov 6th 2011 – Fabienne Lanz took to the drag strip in the ‘Girls on the Strip’ event held at Nitro Raceway, in her racing 125cc racing kart. The ladies were racing in head to head races as an introductory day to drag racing. Fabienne raced down...

125GP Shifter Race; Sat 17 Sept at Vereeniging - Fabienne Lanz has neverbeen one to give up on a chance to test her skills to the limit and when she was offered the chance to race a 125cc shifter kart she grabbed the opportunity with both hands. Friday was the first...

Aug 20th 2011 - Rotax DD2 Challenge , Northern Regions round 5, Vereeniging, South Africa - Fabienne Lanz has been very busy over the past few months as she has fine tuned the set up of her CRG chassis for the DD2 class which has paid dividends by moving her up the...

Sat 9th July - Fabienne showed no mercy and put in a stunning performance despite missing her first heat due to an engine failure. Fabienne was in the top 5 during Friday's testing setting the kart up for a grippy track as the weather was favourably dry and warm and a...

Sat 25th June, Aldo Scribante Raceway- Great race action made up for the icy winds and wet conditions at the Aldo Scribante Raceway, where the Regional Saloon Cars held the 4th round of their Championship. Driving for the second time in the car, first time at the Port...

  Dubai: May 28th 2011: Fabienne Lanz the darling of the Dubai Kartdrome made history as she took the coveted first place chequered flag on behalf of her team Dubai Falcons, breaking the two year grip of the Batelco team who failed to make the podium this time...

21 May 2011: Being thrown in at the deep end Fabienne Lanz had her ultimate challenge, racing cars not karts. Racing on the big track this time in a stock VW Golf, for a new team, on a track never tested before, she proved her ability to adapt and conquer. Both races...

Dubai: April 5th 2011: The first round of the Motorcity 24hrs karting season kicked off at Dubai Kartdrome, where fast female Fabienne Lanz returned for her fourth campaign in the series. As part of her International tour, Fabienne will race in three continents over...

Dubai: Dec 11th 2010: Celebrating her twenty fourth birthday on the same day as the race, Fabienne Lanz unfortunately had little time to enjoy her birthday celebration cake on this, her third visit to compete at Dubai Kartdrome. With one thousand one hundred and fifty...

Oct 22nd 2010 - 24hrs Endurance, Dubai-For the second year in a row Fabienne was invited to race for the 24hr Endurance Kart Race at the Dubai Kartdrome in United Arab Emirates. She repeated her success by qualifying her team in pole position again, clinching it in...

Aug 3rd, 2010 - Johannesburg. The 5th annual GSport gala ceremony  awarded Fabienne Lanz for her sports writing skills, Fabienne was also a runner up to the overall award for 'Woman of the Year 2010'. GSport is an online initiative whose aim is to raise the profile of...

March 27th - 28th 2010, Jesolo, Italy. I was invited to race with the Kayak Sunglasess ladies team in Jesolo, Italy. We had eight girls in the team: Alice Piccola Bordignon; Annalisa Cardani; Angela; Elena Missaglia; Fabienne Lanz; Laura Chizzoni; Sonia Rizzello;...

Dec 2nd 2009; Port Elizabeth, South Africa - Fast lady Fabienne Lanz took the wheel of the Formula VW car today in the first of many tests for open wheel formula racing. Fabienne has spent many years karting at the world level and has raced since she was only 9 years...

Dubai  11th Dec 2009 - It was a wet and windy end  to the race season for Dubai driver Fabienne Lanz as she took part in the final round of the Nivea for Men Endurance Challenge, a 24hrs race which is part of the Sodi World Series. This was the first 24hr race event...

Nov 20th 2009 - Dubai sponsored go-karting driver, Fabienne Lanz ended the year in style as she won the South African Northern Regions Championship held at Vereeniging for the 3rd time in her racing career. This talented young lady racer kept her cool in the final...

Oct 18th 2009 - Bridgestone European Cup Final-Lonato, Italy - In preparation for the Vortex Super ROK Finals on 25th Oct, Fabienne Lanz, the 'Stargate Dubai' sponsored karting driver, entered the Bridgestone European Cup Finals, which were being held at the same...

Dubai, Oct 12 2009 - Stargate Edutainment Centre, Zabeel Park, Dubai, has announced its very own professional go-karting team, created to compete in FIA/CIK International level and National race events, helping to raise awareness of the Emirate through sport. Stargate...

Lonato, Italy - The newly formed  Dubai sponsored Karting Team, managed by XSPORT Motorsports, had a successful performance at the ROK World Championship, held in Lonato, Italy over the weekend. Twenty two countries qualified to participate this year, where each...