Noda, the daughter of three-time Formula 1 grand prix starter and ex-IndyCar racer Hideki, has been on the path to stardom from a young age.
Having started karting at the age of four, she tested a F4 car for the first time when she was just nine years old. Aged 11, she was a race winner in Formula 3 machinery, in the Formula Under-17 Challenge Cup series organised by and run exclusively at Okayama International Circuit.
In the process, Noda produced no shortage of headlines, earning herself something of a ‘child prodigy’ reputation – with some observers even suggesting she could even become the first female driver to land a race seat in F1 since Giovanna Amati three decades ago.
Juju and Hideki Noda with Lucas di Grassi at the Tokyo Motor Show in 2017
But despite an early grounding in motorsport that even some current grand prix racers might envy, two seasons of racing in the Danish F4 championship haven’t exactly lived up to her early career promise, arguably…
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