Mathilda Wiberg: World champion title in her early 20s

Mathilda Wiberg comes from Stockholm and was born in 2005 into a family that is deeply rooted in racing. Last season, her brother Hilmer was also her toughest rival for the world championship, but only finished second behind his sister in 2025. Her father Andreas Wiberg also used to be a racing driver and began to encourage his children's enthusiasm for racing at an early age. She contested her first official race in 2016 at the age of 13 in the GT15 class, the internationally recognised junior competition for entry into professional powerboat racing.

Catching up to the World Championship

Her victory in the UIM F2 World Championship was the result of a nervy fightback: after a difficult start to the season in Italy, she fought her way back to the top with a victory in Lithuania and benefited from her consistency in the final in Portugal, while her rivals retired with technical faults. With the fastest race lap and a commanding lead, Mathilda Wiberg secured the world championship title and was subsequently voted UIM Driver of the Year.

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Responsibility beyond the race track

Parallel to her racing activities, she also pursues several projects outside of her own motorboat career. Mathilda Wiberg is in her second year of studying Nautical Science at Linné University in Kalmar with the aim of later working as a captain in the merchant navy. She also brings this professionalism to her position as co-team manager of the Aoki Racing Team in the fledgling E1 Series electric boat racing series. Here she coordinates strategic processes on race day and analyses technical details such as buoy positioning and the current swell. In the E1 Pilot Academy, she also passes on the experience she has gained since 2016 to the next generation as a trainer.

Perspectives of a new generation

Despite her management roles, Mathilda Wiberg remains active as a driver, which helps her to better understand the challenges faced by the two drivers from Team Aoki Michelle Alobaidan and Danny Clos. She is a symbol of the increasing professionalisation of racing and, at the age of 21, still has the majority of her career ahead of her. Alongside other female pilots of her generation, she is paving the way for a future in which women in powerboat racing will be the new normal at the top of the world.

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