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	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

Country	First	Drivers	Starts	Top 10	Class Win
France	1930	22	58	4	10
United Kingdom	1931	16	17	0	0
Switzerland	1993	4	10	1	0
United States	1984	4	8	0	0
Belgium	1954	3	12	1	1
Italy	1975	3	7	0	0
Japan	1992	2	6	0	0
Denmark	2016	2	5	0	0
Germany	1997	2	5	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
Colombia	2020	1	1	0	0
Netherlands	2020	1	1	0	0

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

• List of female Formula One drivers
• List of female Indy 500 drivers
• List of female NASCAR drivers
• List of female racing drivers

References

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