Formula 4 is a junior racing league for up-and-coming drivers. It’s usually where drivers start building skills before moving to bigger, faster series.
The starting grid is the order cars line up in before the race begins. If there are more cars in the grid, it can be harder to race cleanly because there’s more traffic.
In racing, the main competition is between drivers. The focus is on who drives better on track, not on who they are off track.
Car
Formula 4 car
Formula 4 is a junior racing series for up-and-coming drivers. The cars are built to be similar, so it’s more about how good the driver is than who has the biggest budget.
“Rotate the car” is racing shorthand for turning the car into a corner so it changes direction quickly and lines up for the apex. Drivers often use steering input and throttle/brake balance to help the car rotate with the right timing.
Term
power on
“Power on” means pressing the gas to start accelerating out of a turn. Drivers try to do it at the right time so the car grips well and doesn’t get unstable.
Tire wear is how much your tires get used up as you drive. As they wear, they can lose grip, so drivers have to adjust their driving to keep the car under control.
Car
Formula Four race car
Formula Four is a stepping-stone racing series for young drivers. The cars are designed to help drivers learn how to race properly before they move to bigger, faster categories.
Term
mental training
In motorsport, “mental training” refers to deliberate practice of focus, decision-making, and attention control—skills that help a driver react consistently under pressure. It’s often used to improve how quickly drivers process what’s happening around them on track.
In racing, you can’t just jump into the fastest cars right away—you need permission. A “formula license” is that permission to race in single-seat race series, and it usually depends on age and experience.
A “Formula car” is a type of race car with one seat and open wheels. It’s commonly used in junior racing so drivers can learn how to drive and race before moving up to bigger series.
Concept
racing ladder
A “racing ladder” is the path drivers follow to move up in motorsport. You start in smaller junior series, learn the basics, and then step into tougher categories as you improve.
It’s a training program for young race drivers. It helps them improve with coaching and practice, and it can include fitness work and learning how to handle interviews and media.
It means the numbers and measurements they collect from a driver during practice and races. Coaches use that information to figure out what to work on next.
F4 is a lower-level racing series where young drivers learn and prove themselves. It’s one of the early steps on the ladder toward bigger open-wheel championships.
Neck training is exercises to make your neck muscles stronger. That matters in racing because your body gets pushed around by the forces of cornering and braking.
Car
Williams F1 from 2007
This is a Formula 1 race car from the Williams team, from 2007. She tested it when she was 14, and she says a chicane (a deliberate bend) was added on the straight, so she couldn’t go flat-out the whole way.
A chicane is a quick set of turns that forces the driver to slow down. It’s often added to a straight to make the track safer and more interesting to race.
The McLaren Artura Trophy is a more track-oriented version of the Artura. She tested it in Spain and says it was still extremely fun even though it was raining.
Car
LMP3 car
An LMP3 car is a type of race car used in endurance racing. It’s built for longer stints and prototype-style driving, and she’s excited to try it for the first time.
Place
Evergreen
She says she’ll test the LMP3 race car in Evergreen. The exact track name isn’t mentioned here, but it’s the place she’s planning to drive it.
Term
Formula-style cars
“Formula-style cars” means open-wheel race cars that are built for racing first—light, fast, and designed to grip the track. The speaker is using it to talk about the kind of cars where the halo question comes up.
The halo is a safety frame around the driver’s head in Formula 1. It helps protect the driver from debris in crashes. Drivers usually get used to it quickly and it can feel like it disappears from view.
NHRA is the main organization that runs and regulates drag racing in the U.S. If a driver is in the NHRA, they’re racing in that official drag-racing series.
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At just 16, the Swedish Phenom has already carved out a place in motorsports history
from becoming the youngest driver to earn a Formula license to winning both Formula
4 and Porsche competitions in 2025. Growing up on the ice edge, which I have
to ask her about, of Northern Europe with a racing dad and a horse loving mom and a
family that never shies away from big dreams, she turned early laps in a baby seat into
a full throttle career. Today she's not just competing, she's inspiring
a new generation, proving that talent, determination, and a little bit of Scandinavian cool can
take you anywhere. It's my pleasure to welcome Ms. Lexi Danielson. How you doing Lexi?
I'm doing great. How are you doing?
I'm doing good. Doing good. So Lexi, here in the United States, there's a lot of sports.
There's many motorsports, but not so much Formula 1, although it is growing here. Tell
us a little bit about yourself before you tell us what it is that you do.
So my name is Alexi Danielson. I turned 17 this year. I learned Sweden. And I started
racing at the age of seven. So I've been racing for 10 years now, competing. And currently
I'm doing an international series in Formula 4 called CSL. It's Central European Zone.
And this year the starting grid is bigger than ever with like 44 cars ish. So it's great to see
like the grid's growing and more people getting into the sport.
Let me ask you a question. Here in the United States, professional sports is typically it's
male dominated. It's mostly guys. In motorsports, that certainly isn't the case.
How do you see yourself as a competitor in motorsports in Europe? Because there is so much.
It's not really male versus female. It's driver versus driver. How do you compete in that?
And do you feel any type of stress to be the best you can be?
I mean, obviously you always want to be better. But I don't see any difference like being a girl.
Because I see like a car on the track is just a car, not a girl or a boy. So I don't see it that way.
Is there many female racers in the classes that you are driving in?
No, it's mostly boys. Like five ish girls and 44 grids.
Okay, all right. So in our intro, you made a note when we were getting to know you a little
bit better about, and this is something that is completely new to us. Because as I said earlier,
we are in Florida currently. What exactly is the ice edge of Sweden? I mean,
the only place we see ice is in our freezer here in Florida. Where exactly are you?
So an hour from Stockholm is called Uppsala.
That's northern Sweden? About as far north as you can go?
No, no, no, it's like, it's a little bit down from the middle.
Okay, okay. All right. Well, that's okay. We can find that on the map. That'll be a little bit easier.
Let's go to Stockholm.
Okay, all right. Stockholm is a pretty big city. So, okay, all right. We know quite a few people
that are in Sweden and travel there quite a bit. So that have actually been on our show.
So tell me what it's like growing up in the Danielson family. Because of course,
your dad, who I can see sitting next to you, had quite a history in racing. And of course,
you know, your family is definitely interested in other things as well. But you're firmly in the
racing category. So what's it like growing up in that family? So yeah, it's mostly racing in our
family. And as he said, my dad has been a racer and still is, but not as much. But when I was
growing up, he was still doing like the big races. So I used to come with him, like to the races and
stuff. So I basically like grew up on the racetrack, like always surrounded by cars and stuff.
And I guess that also may be a little bit more interesting, like wanting to know more about it.
Okay, all right. So I'm going to put you on the spot. Who's the better driver, you or your dad?
Me.
He doesn't agree.
I bet you're faster than me in the Formula 4 car. But other than that, I think I've got to cover.
Come on. Yeah, you may be faster than most of the truck.
Now, like this, we don't know. If I jump in a car that she races, I'm so heavy that that's a factor.
So I've got the best excuse in case I get beaten anyway.
Okay. And how much inspiration do you draw from your dad? Have you ever watched any videos of his
races? Is he, you know, the dad part aside, is he helping you? Is he guiding teaching
you things that that maybe, you know, other people may have to learn a little bit longer or further
down the road? Yeah, of course, like he did like the same thing I'm doing now. So he has all the
experience. So he can teach me like, how do you call them like, like the small things other people
maybe won't figure out. Yeah. So I think that's great. Yeah, tips and tricks. Yeah, like specifics.
Yeah. Yeah, exactly. Maybe ways to rotate the car better around the apex or how you can get the
power on better or stuff like that. And maybe how to adjust to driving some tire wear stuff that
I've had to learn. And it's much easier if you can learn from other mistakes, right?
So when Lexi, you're in the car all the time. I know we've been messaging back and forth with
your dad, we're following you literally all over the country, countryside,
different countries. I don't know how many frequent flyer miles you have, but there you
must have many, but which is totally different than what happens here. You know, yeah, that happens
here in the United States. But how has your racing developed over just over the last couple of years?
And, you know, for those who aren't familiar with the series that you're racing, again,
because we are in the United States, many people may not be aware. Can you share with us
the development, where you start and where you are now and what the goal is going forward?
Okay, so we're started. I of course started with GoCards. I first tested at GoCard when I was
six and then I started competing at the age of seven. And at the start, actually, the whole
time I did GoCards, we ran the GoCard by ourselves and it would just mean that on the testing and
the competitions. So, yeah, like, now you see nowadays, like, people pay, I don't know how much,
like, to go international, to GoCarding, of course. And like, to go international,
like, on a very professional level, like, we didn't do that. We only go to GoCarding in Sweden.
But then I moved up to single-seaters when I was 13. And it was basically the same there, like,
yeah, we, it was just me and her. It's been all through, she started when she was like six,
67 years old, up until this year. It's only been me and her. And sometimes it's been,
like, a friend just tagged along to help out a little bit, carrying stuff. But other than that,
I've been literally killing myself, trying to drive, the races were in Denmark last year,
for instance. So, we're driving, you know, 14 hours to Denmark and then unloading and doing all
the prep and putting up, you know, the small awnings and the legs have been driving, the race car,
and I'll be prepping the race car, fueling, doing data, doing catering, doing, you know,
all the different things. So it's basically just me and her. So the difference between
those, let's say, nine years, and this year is that now there's professional teams doing everything.
So we just show up. Yeah, yeah. Now, correct me if I'm wrong. You're not old enough to have a
driver's license in Sweden yet, is that correct? No, no, he has a bad feeling. Okay, all right. So
what's it like with your friends, with people in the area or the community that you live with,
that know that you are driving a race car, that you're out doing that and they have a few years
to go before they can even dream about that. What's that like for you? Are you like the cool kid on
the block? Or how's that go? I mean, honestly, I don't really notice a difference. Except like
sometimes they just were curious and asked a lot of questions. But other than that, like,
I'm just like, I'm not looking like in school. You're not, you're not like any other kid. You're
driving a Formula Four race car. You know, you are, you are literally, we heard about you over a
year ago. So we're not hearing about regular kids in Sweden a year in advance. So you certainly
are not like any other kid. So let me, let me switch it on this. When you're not training,
when you're not practicing, when, when, when dad's not there pushing you, what do you like
to do? What's, what's Lexi like outside of the race car? Honestly, like, I just like to chill.
If I'm not training, like, I'm not doing, I don't have anything else to do. Like,
usually watch a movie and chill. Like, okay, I actually rest when I get the chance to rest.
Okay. All right. Well, okay, that sounds like any other kid that needs the chance to rest. So
tell me about juggling. How does that help you? Because you mentioned that in some of your information.
What, how does that help you?
Juggling, like, it's like a mental training, like you're training your brain
to like, control all the bosses, like locating all of the cars on the track.
It's kind of the same thing. And like managing, like, more things at a time.
Okay. All right. I can see that. Okay. So tell me, tell me about the moment that
you went from, I like driving go-karts and, and having fun in this too. I, I really want to do
this. This is, this is the path that I want to take. What, when did that happen? And what were
you thinking when you, when you made that decision?
I guess I wanted to like, do this as a serious thing when I actually noticed I was good at it.
Like, even in carting, like when I noticed I actually was kind of fast and was on the podium,
like every race. Like, you just when you notice like, you're beating all of the boys.
Okay. I was going to ask that question because, because, you know, not, not in a way that's,
that's, that's one side against another, but we hear this all the time, especially from, from
our female guests. They really enjoy beating the boys. Is that, is that still true for you? Or is
it just, hey, it's, it's another racer now?
So yeah, I, before I said, it's just another racer, but like, they get, they get so upset
when they get beaten by a girl. So that's what makes me happy because like, they're upset just
because I beat them and I like have long hair. That's the difference.
Okay. All right. And you earned your, your formula license at 12. So I'm trying to,
I'm trying to understand what that would be like here in the United States. First of all,
what was that like for you? And how big a deal is that, especially in Europe, getting your,
your formula license, especially at that age?
It just means like, you can start much earlier. Like I started driving when I was 12, when I
got the license, like the small Formula, Formula car, which it's a great school car.
And I competed in it. I started competing when I was 13 in a car. So yeah.
Okay. All right. All I see is you're having a whole lot of fun beating people right now. So
I think that's great. Certainly school is involved. I can't stress enough how important
schooling is. Do you have a favorite subject and, and what's your typical week look like
when you're not in the car? Okay. My favorite subject would probably,
I don't really have a favorite subject to be honest. Okay. That's right. Maybe like
Swedish or English or something. Okay. I know for a fact that my least favorite subject is
math and Spanish. Okay. Okay. All right. Well, I will, I will concur with you there. Yes. That's,
those are probably some of mine as well.
What, what is it that motivates you on days where,
like you said, you know, I'd like to just chill or rest or something. What motivates you to,
to do what you do? Like that passion you have for this sport. And it's just like remind yourself
why you do this and like what your goal is. And why do you do it?
Because honestly, I don't know who I am without racing.
Okay. All right. If I can go a little bit off topic here, I think it's really great to hear
someone say, I'm not sure who I am without racing. But I think it's also very important to remember
that racing is what you do. It's not who you are. And it's, it's great that you're so focused on that.
But I'm going to hit you. I want to hit you with something that, that most 17 year olds probably
don't think about just yet. Think about yourself when you start it. And there's,
for this conversation, there's a little girl somewhere at that same age where you started
that's looking up to you, that sees you as their hero as someone that they want to be like.
Do you think about that? And do you, do you feel that you have a responsibility to be the
best version of yourself that you, that you can be?
It felt like I was like, just the little girl who was looking up to someone else.
Like for me, it sounds a little bit annoying that someone is like looking up to me.
If you know what I mean.
Yeah. Yeah. Who are you looking up to? I mean, besides dad who's sitting next to you,
who was it that you were looking up to?
Yeah, it was just my dad.
Okay. Again, a safe answer, but okay. All right.
Tell me about the, the, the Portia Sprint Challenge. What was that experience like?
It was great. It was so much fun.
Okay. And how'd you do?
Yeah, I won.
You won. Okay. All right. You didn't think I was going to let you get by without mentioning that,
right? So, and what age were you when you did that? Was that last year?
Yeah, it was last year. I was 16. Yeah,
Okay. All right. I've got to ask this one as well. We certainly do our research.
Tell me a little bit about the more than equal driver development program.
Yeah. It's a driver development program, as you said. And the goal is to find the first
world champion who is a female in F1. And currently they are like developing the
driver's data in it right now. And I'm in it as well as three others in the F4 category.
And they, what do you say? They have like tests and stuff like that to actually help us develop.
And they really like want us to develop and you want to see us develop.
Like tests on the track and physical testing and they help us with media training and stuff like
that. So they really help us in every category and in everything like that we need to develop.
Now, driving and racing certainly is, you have to be an athlete to do that because it's not just
sitting in a car and turning a wheel. It's very physical. What's your training like?
So I have a physical coach who does training schedules for me. So one day it's upper body,
the next day it's lower body and then I also do cardio and neck training
since the neck is super important too.
Now they have, I'm sure you're, I'm going to say your nutrition is very important as well.
So with, I know dad's sitting there. So again, I'm going to put you on the spot.
What is that food that you can't help but eat that you're not supposed to?
Actually, I don't eat candy anymore.
Yeah, okay.
And I don't drink any of the drinks anymore if I don't really, really need it.
And I do eat crisps and popcorn because it's so yummy.
Okay, all right. Now, do you have a favorite track that you go to quite often or race at?
I mean, there's not really like a track in Sweden that is designed for like
a four at that level. I'm racing it right now. So I have to go like to other countries to test
and it's like different track every time. So I usually like,
now I don't go back to one track every time I'm testing.
Okay, all right. Now I've seen pictures of you in many different cars
and you've actually tested quite a few as well, correct?
Yeah.
Is there one that really sticks out to you more than others and tell us about those cars?
I have two that I've tested and the first one is the F1 car. It's an F1 car, Williams F1
from 2007. It was raced by Nikola Wolfberg and I tested that when I was at the age of 14
in a track in Sweden. But sadly, they put a chicane in the middle of the straight so I couldn't like
have full power the whole straight, but other than that, it was great.
And the second one was the McLaren Artura Trophy last year in Spain. Sadly, it was raining,
but it was still super fun and the group was insane and the car was insane, like everything
was insane and it just looked so cool.
Yeah, yeah. Now, again, because I know Dad's sitting next to you, if you could pick one
to bring home with you, that would be yours. Which one would you pick?
Okay, all right. I hope you have a lot of room there, Dad.
No.
It's so small. It's like the size of my bedroom.
Yeah, we can't get a car in there. When we used to run her race cars,
they would live on the trailer and I would do the preparation before we left the track we were at
so we could just unload it at the next track and it would run, you know.
So Lexi, how's Dad as a crew? I'm sorry, go ahead.
Oh, yes, like the coolest cars ever driven?
Yes.
So I haven't driven this car yet, but in like two weeks or something, I will test like a LMP3 car
for the first time in Evergreen. So yeah, it would be pretty cool, I think, like cool experience.
Yeah, I don't know many people here in the United States that have an opportunity to drive those,
so good for you. If you were to come to America,
what would you like to see here and is there a track or a race that you would like to experience?
I would like to see the Indy 500.
Okay, all right, very popular, you know, especially since I know who won it again.
Like I said, you've raced all over Europe. If you came here and you weren't racing,
what would you like to see?
First of all, I will go to Disneyland for Disney World, and then I will go to Crumble Cookies.
Crumble Cookies, okay, all right, well, they are all over the place, so okay, all right, and I will
tell you that Disney World is a very short drive from where I am right now. So, but as I said,
it's very hot right now, so it's not like being in Sweden, so and it's always very crowded.
Let's talk music. You are 17. What do you like to listen to?
I don't have a specific genre that I listen to, like I put on a song and then I just listen to
whatever comes next, you know? Okay, all right. Now, is there a type of music or a particular song
that gets you fired up to to race? Well, honestly, not really, like I listen to everything.
Okay, right. So, how's dad as a crew chief?
How's dad do as a mechanic?
Thank you. I got a lift there. Yeah, I mean, he did his best.
Again, that's such a dad answer. So, okay, all right, but seriously,
you know, as good as a driver would be a mechanic. That's where I am. I do it because I have to and,
you know, the car runs 75% of the time. Okay.
Lexi, are you more of a, I'm in the car, cockpit driving, or do you see any
advantage to being a little more hands-on, if not now in the future?
Hands-on.
Mechanically, because you have to be able to give information to the crew or whoever it is
on what you feel or what's going on inside the car. Do you think that would be beneficial for you?
Yeah, of course, like, the team needs feedback, and I give them the feedback that they need and
stuff. But like, I'm not a mechanic. Like, I would be able to fix the engine or something.
Yeah, that's okay. That's right. But you can share that information because, you know, many of the
racers that we do talk to, they say, you know, they can feel things, you know, how the car's
handling or if it's, you know, pulling one way or another or if there's something,
something that just isn't right with it. I'm sure you can feel that in the car when you're,
when you're driving it. Do you think that would be a good way to, to be able to communicate that with,
with the, with the crew that says, hey, this is what I'm feeling, so I know exactly what it is that,
that you're talking about and how to, and how to fix it or, or check it out?
Yeah, of course, like, if I feel something, if that's something is wrong with the car,
I will tell them. And I think personally, I'm quite good, like,
feeling if something is wrong with the car, like, or hearing, like, if there's something wrong with
the engine or with the gears or something. Okay. One of the questions that we do get,
especially in the, in the Formula-style cars is, we actually had someone,
we actually posted a picture of you in the car, actually today or yesterday. We didn't say who
you were, but, and we actually got a message from someone asking, how difficult is it to see through,
you know, the halo that you guys sit in? Do you just see past the support in the beginning,
in the front? Or what's that like?
For me, like, I don't think about the halo at all.
Okay, you just, it's basically disappears in front of you.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah. Okay. All right.
And last year, I was driving a car without a halo, and I went driving a car with a halo,
and I don't like, I don't think about the halo.
Okay. Great. So let's get into completely non-race things here. People ask these questions all
the time. They want to know. So are you a day person, morning person, or night person?
Definitely a night person.
Really? Okay. All right. Why not mornings?
Like, I do not function in the mornings. I am not myself in the mornings.
Okay. All right. Here, here. Okay. I won't even bother. I know what'll happen if I probe too
deep into that. So we'll just leave it at that, at that answer right there. So Lexi, who would you
like to meet? I don't have a specific person, but use someone who is a driver, like a professional
driver, like for example, an F1. So I can just like talk to them and like ask questions.
Do they have any tips, tricks, like anything like that?
Okay. All right. So now that your dad stepped away, who would you like to meet in person?
It doesn't have to be a driver.
He can still hear you. That's okay.
Okay. Okay. We'll go past that. I can't think of a specific person that I would like to meet.
That's okay. That's right. So do you have a favorite food?
Yes. I love sushi. Sushi. That was not on my, that was not on my, my card there. I was not going
to pick that whatsoever, but. What? So what is it about sushi that you like? I like the taste.
And I like, like the combination of, for example, salmon and rice. Also like pokeballs,
it's super yummy. Okay. All right. Great.
So what do you have coming up? What, what is next for you? Because I don't know how busy your
schedule is. You know, what, what's next for you? So the LB3 test, I was talking about that's the
next thing for me in two weeks. And after that, I have a test in the F4 car at the track I'm competing
in at. And after the test, I'm going to the same track and doing the competition.
Okay. And where is that? Where is that competition? It's in Czech Republic.
Okay. And the Czech Republic. Okay. All right. Do you, do you have a, a favorite country like,
that you like to travel to?
And like, for vacation or? Yeah, just in general.
I really like Greece, like for vacation and stuff.
Okay. All right. Now, like I said, I, I know we've had a few guests on our show that are,
that are from Sweden, Julie Natus, who you may or may not know, Eda Zetterstrom,
Julie, she's driving a, a top alcohol, all dragster in the NHRA.
She's on, she is on Team Sweden. I think it's Team Sweden.
Eda Zetterstrom has been on a couple of times.
So yes, we're, we seem to be tapping into your country quite often lately. So we are,
we are very happy to, to have you. What is it that you want to, to tell the next generation
of drivers, maybe it, you know, young girls or boys that are, are discovering you for the first
time, that, that has helped you along the way?
I would say to not like, compare yourself to someone else. Like, especially, you know,
like, you're not on the same conditions. Like, if you compare yourself to someone who like,
is a billionaire and drives like every day of the week, of course, they're going to be better.
And also like, trusting your skill and like, trusting your own path, because everyone has
like, different paths and relate to the same place.
So what's the best way for people to find you, to follow you on socials, on the web?
I know you're on Instagram because we see you on there quite a bit. What's the best way to do that?
I would say Instagram is the best way. I also have Facebook and TikTok and we're working on our
websites, but we don't, it's not finished yet. But yeah, I would say the best way would be Instagram.
Okay. And how do they reach you? What's, what's the address for Instagram and, and your other
socials? Uh, just my name or every social, like, Alexa Danielsson, in my word.
Okay. All right.
Nobody gets here without a great team behind them, of course, with their family and of course,
the group of people that support you both on and off the track. Would you like to, to share with them?
Would you like to share? Yeah, any shout outs, any, you want to acknowledge them?
Uh, yeah, first of all, my dad,
because yeah, he just, yeah, he basically the one that did it all. And also, I would like to
thank more than equal because, uh, yeah, I wouldn't like be worrying today without them. I know I
haven't been there with them for like a long time, but the time I have been with them, I have really
seen like my progression and it's, it's really positive. Uh, like really, it's good to see like
they really want to, to see like, how do you say it? Like they really want
to help you and there's no one like against you. Real quick, is it very competitive in, in doing
that in the, the more than equal, um, I, I guess for lack of a better word, the field or is it,
is it everyone kind of working together to improve each other?
Now I would say everyone is working together. Like I don't see the girls who is also
in my competitors. Right, right. So we know what's coming up. Um, I need to give a brief
mention. Um, I know you mentioned your dad, but again, you have a whole family behind you.
You know, mom's behind you. I know you mentioned you have a brother who's
probably not into racing or at least getting beat by you. Um, so we certainly have to give a
shout out to them because, you know, it takes everybody to do this. So, um, is there anything
you'd like to say to them? Yeah, of course. Like they also have been here the whole journey.
So I would like to thank them for their supports and being there.
One last question for you. What does, what does your life look like five years, 10 years from
now? What do you, what do you see yourself doing and becoming?
Hopefully still racing, definitely still racing, I'd say. Um, still like improving on everything and
just like I still like progressing and maybe hopefully five years of being F1
or F2 or F3. I don't know. I have no doubt that you're going to get there. So again,
I know dad's sitting right there because I'm looking at him, whether he helps you get there
or not by working on the car. Okay. You know, again, that's a dad thing, but I have no,
I have no doubt that you're going to get there. Like I said, we've been, we've been following you
for quite a long time. So, and, uh, and hopefully when you do get there, we'll be able to connect
again and, and, and say, Hey, you remember when we did this? But, uh, Lexie, we really appreciate
your time. We know how busy you are. Um, we know we, everyone knows here how busy you are. So, uh,
we do appreciate you taking the time and, uh, Alex, thank you again for, uh, for making this
happen. We do appreciate you as well. And of course, all of your family. Um, and we will certainly be
keeping tabs on what's going on. We do hope to see you at the ND 500. Um, we would love to,
we would love to see you there. And I'll make you the same promise that I made to, uh, a friend
of yours. Um, you guys get there. We will be there to see you. Um, and also, that would be lovely.
Yes. Yes. And, and we have a side bet with, with that person. Um, I think she owes me a race
because she, uh, promised me that she would beat me, which I'm sure she would. So, uh, so we're
going to challenge you to a race one time as well. Um, I'm not sure it would be in a, a
formula car. It might be on a big wheel or something, but, um, you know, we'll, we'll have one of those
as well. So, but Lexie, thank you. Thank you again for, for joining us. We do, we do appreciate it.
And, um, we will be in touch with you again really soon. Yeah. Thank you for your time. Absolutely.
We'll see you.
About this episode
Swedish teenager Lexi Danielson, 17, talks about her decade-long climb from karting to Formula 4, including earning a Formula license at just 12 and racing in the CSL Central European Zone against grids of around 44 cars. She describes growing up “on the racetrack” with a racing dad, learning the small technical details that accelerate progress, and handling the grind of long travel and solo prep. Lexi pushes back on gender narratives—she sees it as driver vs. driver—and shares how juggling trains her focus and track awareness.
Seventeen‑year‑old Swedish powerhouse Alexia “Lexi” Danielson — LXI 61 is taking motorsport by storm, becoming Sweden’s youngest licensed Formula driver while stacking Porsche wins and testing F1 machinery before adulthood.
Her rise is fueled by More Than Equal, one of the world’s most elite development programs shaping the next generation of champions — and she’s quickly becoming its brightest star. Yet even with global momentum behind her, Lexi remains unmistakably real: a grounded, driven girl from Uppsala whose talent and authenticity make her impossible to forget.
This episode captures a future legend in motion — bold, brilliant, accelerating toward history, and still just a 17‑year‑old who loves sushi, movies, and staying up way too late with her favorite playlists.
