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

Michèle Mouton won her class in the 1975 Le Mans
Vanina Ickx reached seventh place in the 2011 Le Mans

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
Odette Siko  France 19301933 4 4 0 2 1
Marguerite Mareuse  France 19301931 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 19341935, 1937 3 13[1] 0 0 0
Anne-Cecile Rose-Itier  France 19341935, 1937 - 1939 5 12 0 0 0
Gwenda Stewart  United Kingdom 19341935 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 19371939 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 19501951 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 19711976 6 12 0 0 1
Christine Beckers  Belgium 19731974, 19761977 4 11 0 0 1
Anne-Charlotte Verney  France 19741983 10 6 0 1 1
Yvette Fontaine  Belgium 19741975 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 19751978 4 20 0 0 1
Michèle Mouton  France 1975 1 21 0 0 1
Marianne Hoepfner  France 1975, 19771978, 1980 4 21 0 0 1
Lella Lombardi  Italy 19751977, 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 19821983, 1991 3 7 0 1 0
Margie Smith-Haas  United States 19841985 2 DNF 0 0 0
Lyn St. James  United States 1989, 1991 2 DNF 0 0 0
Tomiko Yoshikawa  Japan 19921994 3 15 (NC) 0 0 0
Lilian Bryner   Switzerland 19931995, 1997 4 9 0 1 0
Cathy Muller  France 1991 1 DNF 0 0 0
Claudia Hürtgen  Germany 19971999, 2001 4 13 0 0 0
Vanina Ickx  Belgium 2001, 2003, 2005, 20082011 7 7 0 1 0
Liz Halliday  United States 20052007 3 19 0 0 0
Milka Duno  Venezuela 20012002 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 20122014 3 14 0 0 0
Christina Nielsen  Denmark 20162018 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

CountryFirstDriversStartsTop 10Class Win
France 1930 2258410
United Kingdom 1931 161700
Switzerland 1993 41010
United States 1984 4800
Belgium 1954 31211
Italy 1975 3700
Japan 1992 2600
Denmark 2016 2500
Germany 1997 2500
Canada 1934 1300
South Africa 1982 1310
Australia 1935 1200
Venezuela 2001 1200
Colombia 2020 1100
Netherlands 2020 1100

All women's teams

Dacremon, Mouton and Hoepfner 1975 Le Mans class-winning Moynet LM 75

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
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

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