Meet Shriya Lohia, India's first female Formula 4 racer

Shriya Lohia is just 16 years old and she is already making history in the world of motorsport

She is India's first female Formula 4 racer and the first woman to score points for India's F4 Championship

Born in Himachal Pradesh's Sundar Nagar, Lohia's love for the track sparked when first stepped into a go-kart at the age of nine

She marked her debut in 2018 at the Rotax Max India Karting Championship with Birel ART in India, finishing fourth in the Micro Max category

In 2023, Lohia made history by becoming the first-ever and youngest female to race and score points in the inaugural Indian Formula 4 Championship

With unwavering determination in the male-dominated sport, she won the JK Tyre National Karting Championship at 11 and was honoured with the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar in 2022

Lohia currently races for the Hyderabad Blackbirds in the F4 Indian Championship