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 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 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. 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 7th 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 2 39 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 1 39 0 0 0
Manuela Gostner  Italy 2019 1 39 0 0 0

By country
CountryFirstDriversStartsTop 10Class Win
France 1930 2258410
United Kingdom 1931 161700
United States 1984 4800
Switzerland 1993 4910
Belgium 1954 31211
Italy 1975 3600
Japan 1992 2600
Denmark 2016 2400
Germany 1997 1400
Canada 1934 1300
South Africa 1982 1310
Australia 1935 1200
Venezuela 2001 1200

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

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
  1. "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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