27
Driver profile
The road to 27
Born in Assen in 2003, karting at eight, European champion at sixteen — and now fighting for the Euro GT Cup title in car 27.
Profile
Born
14 March 2003, Assen
Lives
Amsterdam, NL
Car
#27 · GT4
Team
Nordwerk Motorsport
Series
Euro GT Cup
First race
2011, Assen kart club
I don’t race to be the first woman to do something. I race to be the fastest person on the track that day.
Mara Lind grew up a ten-minute drive from the TT Circuit in Assen. Her first kart was borrowed, her first track an empty supermarket car park, and her first stopwatch her father’s phone.
Five seasons of international karting brought an OK-Junior European title in 2016. Cars followed in 2019 — Ginetta Junior, then two years in GT4 — before a test day at Zandvoort turned into a full Euro GT Cup seat with Nordwerk Motorsport.
In 2026 she took a first win at Monza from pole and, with two rounds to go, sits third in the championship. Off track she works with a performance coach, spends three days a week on the simulator and runs a karting programme for girls aged eight to fourteen.
Career in numbers
Fifteen years of racing
Seasons
Races
Wins
Podiums
Titles
Timeline
Milestones
A kart in a car park
Age eight, a borrowed kart and an empty supermarket car park outside Assen.
European karting champion
OK-Junior European champion at sixteen — the first girl to win it in eleven years.
First time in a car
Ginetta Junior, then two seasons of GT4 and a lot of telemetry.
Signed for a GT seat
A test day at Zandvoort turned into a contract and car 27.
Winning at Monza
Pole, fastest lap and a first Euro GT Cup victory.
