This is a list of female motor racing drivers who have entered a 24 Hours of Le Mans race. 57 women have started this race with the most recent being Keiko Ihara in 2014. No women competed in 2015, the first year since 2004 to have no female participation. In December 2015 it was announced that Danish driver Christina Nielsen will compete in the 2016 European Le Mans Series season with the Formula Racing team, alongside fellow Danish drivers Mikkel Mac and Johnny Laursen.[1] The team's 2015 LM GTE title guarantees a grid slot at Le Mans. Inès Taittinger will also race in 2016, for Pegasus Racing.
38 women have finished the race. The best result was achieved by Odette Siko who finished 4th overall and 1st 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 race and 24 Hours 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, also Christine Dacremont was a WRC driver. Only five 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 and Lilian Bryner; only Bryner had made the top ten in the three races.
Drivers
As 2015, 57 women have raced with 127 entries (average 2.27). Anne-Charlotte Verney has entered ten times.
Name |
Country |
Years |
Starts |
Best Finish |
Ov Wins |
Ov Top 10 |
Class Wins |
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 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Kay Petre |
Canada |
1934 – 1935, 1937 |
3 |
13 |
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 |
Yvone 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 |
2 |
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 |
17 |
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 |
21 |
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 |
1 |
DNF |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Andrea Robertson |
United States |
2011 |
1 |
26 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Keiko Ihara |
Japan |
2012–2014 |
3 |
15 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
By country
Country |
First |
Drivers |
Starts |
Top 10 |
Class Win |
France |
1930 |
21 |
57 |
4 |
10 |
United Kingdom |
1931 |
16 |
17 |
0 |
0 |
United States |
1984 |
4 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
Switzerland |
1993 |
4 |
8 |
1 |
0 |
Belgium |
1954 |
3 |
12 |
1 |
1 |
Italy |
1975 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
Japan |
1992 |
2 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
Germany |
1997 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
Canada |
1934 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
South Africa |
1982 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
Australia |
1935 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
Venezuela |
2001 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
All women's teams
23 all women's teams has entered to a Le Mans race. Only 12 have finished the race scoring 2 class win in 1974 and 1975.
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
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References
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