Oksana Kosachenko: a professional in the world of car racing

The name of Oksana Kosachenko - sports commentator, pilot, organizer of car competitions, commercial director of the team Caterham F1 - is well known in men's racing sports. Being the first time as a commentator on the RTR channel, Oksana decided to try her hand at the wheel of a racing car. Later, she formed the agency "Manuscript", engaged in the organization of the stages of RTCC from 2005 to 2009. Thanks to the forces of this organization in the "Formula-1" appeared Vitaly Petrov - the first and so far the only representative from Russia.

Biography of Oksana Kosachenko

Oksana Kosachenko was born on May 1, 1966, a Muscovite. At school the girl studied perfectly, although her hooligan behavior plunged the teachers into bewilderment. Oksana Kosachenko in his youth (photo in the article) could go on a spree on the cornice or knock out a window glass with his head, which did not stop her from graduating from an educational institution with a gold medal. At the age of 15, the girl learned to drive; Somehow as a sign of protest against the closed way of pastime I stole a bus from the pioneer camp. Surprisingly, the blond girl was interested in the internal arrangement of televisions and astrophysics, although in her adult life Oksana Kosachenko saw herself as an astronomer or an operetta artist. Because of the frivolity of the planned creative path was not supported by the family, and in astrophysics the road turned out to be closed by the MSU physical faculty for medical reasons.

On the way to "Formula 1"

Doing was all the same where, so Oksana Kosachenko became a student of the Faculty of Philosophy. This was the first step in the beginning of her unusual and rapid career. A huge success was the acquaintance with the producer of the RTR TV channel I. Dykhovich, who invited Oksana to comment on the car races. The environment in which the yesterday's student turned out charged with her enthusiasm, which compensated for inexperience in this area. After a while the young commentator was invited to test himself at the wheel of a racing car. Oksana Kosachenko (photo above) initially refused, and two weeks later she agreed to plunge into the everyday life described by her from the TV screens and never regretted her decision.

Behind the wheel of a racing car

On her first race, Oksana Kosachenko invited her sister, who is a doctor by profession. I handed her validol with Corvalol and told me to meet with this stress-relieving set at the finish. When Kosachenko finished the race, the sister who could not stand such a spectacle from the "gentleman's set" had nothing left: she ate the Validol, and washed it down with corral.

In 2002-2003, Oksana Kosachenko, whose family is only an automobile sport, participated in the VW POLO Cup in Russia, speaking for the Sport-Garage team; The next three years on the channel 7TV commented Euroseries "Formula-3", as well as LMS and DTM.

The first woman manager in the racing world

Oksana was the first woman manager who quickly and easily entered the male world of Formula 1 and became her own. And this is not surprising, because all his life Kosachenko defied herself, trying to overcome the set bar. In the world of men, Oksana feels familiar, because for them she is a partner, although jokey jokes, not at all for women's ears, are heard quite often.

According to Oksana, motor racing is not for gentle and weak creatures:

• It's not elegant - you get out of the car wet, in overalls, not in shape, with round traces of the helmet. Although photographers want to see you somewhat in a different light - in all female beauty.

• Men's endurance is needed.

• Motorsport becomes a part of your life and nothing else. Perhaps, sometimes you have to sacrifice female happiness.

About Vyborg rocket

Oksana, who was initially skeptical about motorsport, works 16 hours a day, regularly on the road. Her victory is the participation in the "Formula 1" (2010) Vitaly Petrov - a Russian racing driver nicknamed the Vyborg missile. The manager of this promising driver, who at that time was 16 years old, Oksana became in 2001. She sent Petrov to Italy. Since Vitali did not speak any foreign languages and rarely traveled, Oksana had to become an interpreter for him and accompany him to all races.

The budget of participation of one racing driver in motorsports is tens of millions of dollars, and the team - about $ 400 million per year, so Oksana began to look for sponsors. She succeeded: the major St. Petersburg patrons believed in the success of this enterprise and invested in it a huge amount. In the season 2010-2011. He was a member of the Renault team, in 2012 - was a member of the Caterham team. A year later he moved to the Malaysian team. Oksana left the position of his manager in 2013 and became the commercial director of the team Caterham. It was for her previously spoke Vitaly Petrov. Oksana's career continued in London, where she was invited to work at the company "Formula 1".