Burcu Çetinkaya | |
Birth Date: | 19 March 1981 |
Birth Place: | Istanbul, Turkey |
Nationality: | Turkish |
Years: | 2006–present |
Teams: | Ford, Peugeot, Red Bull Škoda, Twister Corse |
Races: | 14 |
Championships: | 0 |
Wins: | 0 |
Podiums: | 0 |
Stagewins: | 0 |
Points: | 0 |
First Race: | 2006 Rally of Turkey |
Burcu Çetinkaya (born 19 March 1981) is a Turkish rally driver and television presenter.[1] [2]
She was educated in Robert College between 1992 and 1999. During this time, she played basketball. After two years spent at Babson College in Boston, USA, she returned to Turkey to continue her education in economics at the Koç University and graduated in 2005.[3]
In 2003, she earned the gold medal in the parallel giant slalom and giant slalom events at the Turkish Women's Snowboard Championships.[3]
She debuted in auto racing with Hittite Rally in 2005. The same year, she won the Istanbul Ladies Rally Championship as a VW Polo Ladies Cup pilot. At 2006 Rally of Turkey she participated in her first World Rally Championship event.
She was the winner of the Castrol Fiesta Sporting Trophy in 2008.[4]
In 2012, she became the runner-up in the Qatar National Rally Championship.[5] In 2015, she married Fatih Mehmet Bucak. They have one son. They divorced in 2019.[6] [7]