Top 100 Arabs 2024

Reema Juffali is Saudi Arabia’s first-ever female racing driver. She has been confi rmed as the ‘Wild Card’ entry for the fi rst round of the 2024 F1 Academy in Jeddah. Juffali is a Jeddah-born professional racing driver and the founder of Theeba Motorsport.

From a young age, Juffali developed a keen interest in cars and began her career with appearances in the TRD 86 Cup and MRF Challenge in 2018, before switching to the UK to contest the F4 British Championship in 2019. She previously joined Douglas Motorsport for the 2021 GB3 Championship. Following this, Juffali founded Theeba Motorsport, and the team achieved victory on debut in the 2022 International GT Open series, making Juffali the first Saudi woman to win an international race.

Juffali has established herself as a role model to female athletes in Saudi Arabia and female racing drivers across the world.