Mona Anette Lindgren-Jansson, known as Nettan Lindgren-Jansson (born 13 March 1957, in Grödinge) is a Swedish racing driver. She is best known for her time competing in the British Touring Car Championship, taking a solitary class victory at Thruxton in 1990 at the wheel of a BMW M3.
Racing career Lindgren started racing in 1973 in karting, before moving on to Swedish Formula Ford. In 1980, she competed in the Swedish Sports 2000 Championship. From 1981, she raced in both the Swedish and Finnish Formula 3 Championships and was Lancia Lady Cup Sweden champion in 1985, 1986, 1987 and 1988.
Lindgren competed in the BTCC for three seasons between 1989 and 1991, all in a BMW M3. She gained notoriety in 1991 when on-board TV cameras caught her confronting Jonathan Palmer in his stranded car following a collision between the two at Snetterton.http://www.btcc.net/html/circuit_detail.php?id=7 Snetterton history at btcc.net Lindgren later went on to compete in the Swedish Touring Car Championship.
Racing record
Complete British Touring Car Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position in class) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap in class - 1 point awarded all races)
Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 DC Pts Class 1989 Nettan Lindgren BMW M3 OULNC SILovr:17cls:3 THR DON THR SIL SILovr:18cls:4 BRHovr:13cls:4 SNEovr:23cls:5 BRHovr:19cls:4 BIRRet DON SIL 25th 12 6th 1990 BMW Team Sweden BMW M3 OULovr:8cls:4 DONovr:9cls:4 THR SIL OULRet SILovr:13cls:6 BRHovr:7cls:4 SNE BRHovr:11cls:5 BIRovr:10cls:5 DONovr:10cls:4 THRovr:5cls:1 SILRet 10th 82 5th 1991 BMW Team Sweden BMW M3 SIL19 SNERet DON10 THR SIL BRH13 SIL14 DON1 DON2 OUL BRH1 BRH2 DON THR SIL 24th 1
References
External links Profile at BTCC Pages.