List of female 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers
This is a list of female motor racing drivers who have entered a 24 Hours of Le Mans race. 61 women have started this race with the most recent being Rahel Frey, Michelle Gatting and Manuela Gostner in 2019. No women competed in 2015 which was the first year since 2004 to have no female participation.
42 women have finished the race. The best result was from Odette Siko who finished fourth overall and first in the 2 litre class in 1932. Ten women have class wins; Marie-Claude Charmasson is the only with two wins in her category. Lella Lombardi is the only woman who raced in a Formula One and NASCAR race as well as 24 Hours of Le Mans. Desiré Wilson never qualified for a World Championship Formula One race. Lyn St. James also raced in Indianapolis 500. Michèle Mouton is the only woman with a WRC win, although also Christine Dacremont was a WRC driver. Beitske Visser is a driver in the all-female W Series. Only six women have started the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the 24 Hours of Daytona and the 12 Hours of Sebring: St. James, Wilson, Milka Duno, Claudia Hürtgen, Lilian Bryner, and Christina Nielsen; only Bryner made the top ten in the three races.
Drivers
As 2019, 61 women have raced with 131 entries. Anne-Charlotte Verney has entered ten times.
Name | Country | Years | Starts | Best Finish | Ov Wins | Ov Top 10 | Class Wins |
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Odette Siko | France | 1930 – 1933 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Marguerite Mareuse | France | 1930 – 1931 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Joan Chetwynd | United Kingdom | 1931 | 1 | DNF | 0 | 0 | 0 |
H.H. Stisted | United Kingdom | 1931 | 1 | DNF | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Elsie Wisdom | United Kingdom | 1933, 1935, 1938 | 3 | DNF | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Marie Desprez | France | 1933 | 1 | DNF | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dorothy Champney | United Kingdom | 1934 | 1 | 13[1] | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kay Petre | Canada | 1934 – 1935, 1937 | 3 | 13[1] | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Anne-Cecile Rose-Itier | France | 1934 – 1935, 1937 - 1939 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gwenda Stewart | United Kingdom | 1934 – 1935 | 2 | DNF | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gordon Simpson | United Kingdom | 1935 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Joan Richmond | Australia | 1935, 1937 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Doreen Evans | United Kingdom | 1935 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Barbara Skinner | United Kingdom | 1935 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Collen Eaton | United Kingdom | 1935 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Margaret Allen | United Kingdom | 1935 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dorothy Stanley-Turner | United Kingdom | 1937 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fernande Roux | France | 1938 | 1 | DNF | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Joan Riddell | United Kingdom | 1937 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Marjorie Eccles | United Kingdom | 1937 | 1 | DNF | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Suzanne Largeot | France | 1937 – 1939 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Marjorie Fawcett | United Kingdom | 1938 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Germaine Rouault | France | 1938, 1950 | 2 | DNF | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Viviane Elder | France | 1949 | 1 | DNF | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Regine Gordine | France | 1950 | 1 | DNF | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Yvonne Simon | France | 1950 – 1951 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Betty Haig | United Kingdom | 1951 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gilberte Thirion | Belgium | 1954 | 1 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Marie-Claude Beaumont | France | 1971 – 1976 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Christine Beckers | Belgium | 1973 – 1974, 1976 – 1977 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Anne-Charlotte Verney | France | 1974 – 1983 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Yvette Fontaine | Belgium | 1974 – 1975 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Marie Laurent | France | 1974 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Martine Rénier | France | 1974, 1978 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Corinne Tarnaud | France | 1975 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Christine Dacremont | France | 1975 – 1978 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Michèle Mouton | France | 1975 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Marianne Hoepfner | France | 1975, 1977 – 1978, 1980 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Lella Lombardi | Italy | 1975 – 1977, 1980 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Anna Cambiaghi | Italy | 1977 | 1 | DNF | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Juliette Slaughter | United Kingdom | 1978 | 1 | DNF | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Desiré Wilson | South Africa | 1982 – 1983, 1991 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Margie Smith-Haas | United States | 1984 – 1985 | 2 | DNF | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lyn St. James | United States | 1989, 1991 | 2 | DNF | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tomiko Yoshikawa | Japan | 1992 – 1994 | 3 | 15 (NC) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lilian Bryner | Switzerland | 1993 – 1995, 1997 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Cathy Muller | France | 1991 | 1 | DNF | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Claudia Hürtgen | Germany | 1997 – 1999, 2001 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vanina Ickx | Belgium | 2001, 2003, 2005, 2008 – 2011 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Liz Halliday | United States | 2005 – 2007 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Milka Duno | Venezuela | 2001 – 2002 | 2 | DNF | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Amanda Stretton | United Kingdom | 2008 | 1 | DNF | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natacha Gachnang | Switzerland | 2010, 2013 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cyndie Allemann | Switzerland | 2010 | 1 | DNF | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rahel Frey | Switzerland | 2010, 2019-2020 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Andrea Robertson | United States | 2011 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Keiko Ihara | Japan | 2012–2014 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Christina Nielsen | Denmark | 2016–2018 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Inès Taittinger | France | 2016 | 1 | DNF | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Michelle Gatting | Denmark | 2019-2020 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Manuela Gostner | Italy | 2019-2020 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tatiana Calderón | Colombia | 2020 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sophia Flörsch | Germany | 2020 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Beitske Visser | Netherlands | 2020 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
By country
All women's teams
24 all women's teams have entered a Le Mans race. 13 have finished the race scoring 2 class wins in 1974 and 1975.
Year | Team | Drivers | Car | Finish | Class |
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1930 | Mme Mareuse | Marguerite Mareuse Odette Siko |
Bugatti T 40 | 7 | 2 |
1931 | Mme Mareuse | Marguerite Mareuse Odette Siko |
Bugatti T 40 | DSQ | DSQ |
1931 | Hon. Mrs. Chetwynd | Joan Chetwynd H.H. Stistend |
MG C-Type Midget | DNF | DNF |
1934 | Miss D. Champney | Dorothy Champney Kay Petre |
Riley Ulster IMP | 13 | 5 |
1935 | Captain G. E. T. Eyston | Gordon Simpson Joan Richmond |
MG PA Midget | 24 | 9 |
1935 | Captain G. E. T. Eyston | Doreen Evans Barbara Skinner |
MG PA Midget | 25 | 10 |
1935 | Captain G. E. T. Eyston | Margaret Allen Collen Eaton |
MG PA Midget | 26 | 11 |
1935 | Riley Motor Company | Elsie Wisdom Kay Petre |
Riley Nine MPH Six Racing | DNF | DNF |
1937 | G. E. T. Eyston | Dorothy Stanley-Turner Joan Riddell |
MG PB Midget | 16 | 4 |
1938 | Mmes Roux et Rouault | Fernande Roux Germaine Rouault |
Amilcar "Pegase Special" G36 | DNF | DNF |
1939 | Mme. A. Itier | Anne-Cecile Rose-Itier Suzanne Largeot |
Simca Huit | DNF | DNF |
1950 | Rouault et Gordine | Germaine Rouault Regine Gordine |
Simca-Gordini TMM | DNF | DNF |
1951 | Luigi Chinetti | Betty Haig Yvonne Simon |
Ferrari 166 MM Coupé | 15 | 3 |
1974 | "Christine" – Ecurie Seiko | Christine Beckers Marie Laurent Yvette Fontaine |
Chevron B 23 | 17 | 1 |
1975 | Anne-Charlotte Verney | Anne-Charlotte Verney Yvette Fontaine Corinne Tarnaud |
Porsche 911 Carrera RS | 11 | 6 |
1975 | Société Esso | Christine Dacremont Michèle Mouton Marianne Hoepfner |
Moynet LM75 | 21 | 1 |
1975 | Elf Switzerland | Marie-Claude Beaumont Lella Lombardi |
Renault Alpine A441 | DNF | DNF |
1976 | Aseptogyl | Christine Dacremont Lella Lombardi |
Lancia Stratos | 20 | 2 |
1977 | Inaltera | Christine Beckers Lella Lombardi |
Inaltera LM77 | 11 | 4 |
1977 | Team Esso Aseptogyl | Christine Dacremont Marianne Hoepfner |
Lancia Stratos | DNF | DNF |
1978 | WM A.E.R.E.M. / Team Esso Aseptogyl | Christine Dacremont Marianne Hoepfner |
WM P76 / Peugeot | DNF | DNF |
1991 | Euro Racing A.O. Racing |
Lyn St. James Desiré Wilson Cathy Muller |
Spice SE90C/ Ford | DNF | DNF |
2010 | Matech Competition | Natacha Gachnang Cyndie Allemann Rahel Frey |
Ford GT | DNF | DNF |
2019 | Kessel Racing[2] | Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting Manuela Gostner |
Ferrari 488 GTE | 39 | 9 |
2020 | Iron Lynx | Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting Manuela Gostner |
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | 34 | 9 |
2020 | Richard Mille Racing Team | Tatiana Calderón Sophia Flörsch Beitske Visser |
Oreca 07 | 13 | 9 |
Records
- Most Starts: Anne-Charlotte Verney, 10
- Best Finish: Odette Siko, 4th in 1932
- Most female drivers in the start: 1935, with 10
- Most all-woman teams: 1935, with 4
See also
References
- "Riley family (per. 1890–1969), bicycle and motor car manufacturers | Oxford Dictionary of National Biography". www.oxforddnb.com. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/107240. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
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