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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.
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
Michèle Mouton won her class in 1975 Le Mans
Vanina Ickx reached the 7th place in 2011 Le Mans
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
Dacremon, Mouton and Hoepfner 1975 Le Mans class-winning Moynet LM 75
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
Races by year
1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s
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References