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
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 |
1930 – 1933 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
1930 – 1931 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
1931 | 1 | DNF | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1931 | 1 | DNF | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1933, 1935, 1938 | 3 | DNF | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1933 | 1 | DNF | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1934 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1934 – 1935, 1937 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1934 – 1935, 1937 - 1939 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1934 – 1935 | 2 | DNF | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1935 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1935, 1937 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1935 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1935 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1935 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1935 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1937 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1938 | 1 | DNF | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1937 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1937 | 1 | DNF | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1937 – 1939 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
1938 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1938, 1950 | 2 | DNF | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1949 | 1 | DNF | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1950 | 1 | DNF | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1950 – 1951 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1951 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1954 | 1 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1971 – 1976 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
1973 – 1974, 1976 – 1977 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
1974 – 1983 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
1974 – 1975 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
1974 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
1974, 1978 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1975 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1975 – 1978 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
1975 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
1975, 1977 – 1978, 1980 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
1975 – 1977, 1980 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1977 | 1 | DNF | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1978 | 1 | DNF | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1982 – 1983, 1991 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
1984 – 1985 | 2 | DNF | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1989, 1991 | 2 | DNF | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1992 – 1994 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1993 – 1995, 1997 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
1991 | 1 | DNF | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1997 – 1999, 2001 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2001, 2003, 2005, 2008 – 2011 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
2005 – 2007 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2001 – 2002 | 2 | DNF | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2008 | 1 | DNF | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2010, 2013 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2010 | 1 | DNF | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2010, 2019 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2011 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2012–2014 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2016-2018 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2016 | 1 | DNF | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2019 | 1 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2019 | 1 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
By country
All women's teams
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 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Bugatti T 40 | 7 | 2 |
1931 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Bugatti T 40 | DSQ | DSQ |
1931 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | MG C-Type Midget | DNF | DNF |
1934 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Riley Ulster IMP | 13 | 5 |
1935 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | MG PA Midget | 24 | 9 |
1935 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | MG PA Midget | 25 | 10 |
1935 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | MG PA Midget | 26 | 11 |
1935 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Riley Nine MPH Six Racing | DNF | DNF |
1937 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | MG PB Midget | 16 | 4 |
1938 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Amilcar "Pegase Special" G36 | DNF | DNF |
1939 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Simca Huit | DNF | DNF |
1950 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Simca-Gordini TMM | DNF | DNF |
1951 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Ferrari 166 MM Coupé | 15 | 3 |
1974 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Chevron B 23 | 17 | 1 |
1975 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Porsche 911 Carrera RS | 11 | 6 |
1975 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Moynet LM75 | 21 | 1 |
1975 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Renault Alpine A441 | DNF | DNF |
1976 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Lancia Stratos | 20 | 2 |
1977 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Inaltera LM77 | 11 | 4 |
1977 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Lancia Stratos | DNF | DNF |
1978 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | WM P76 / Peugeot | DNF | DNF |
1991 | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Spice SE90C/ Ford | DNF | DNF |
2010 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Ford GT | DNF | DNF |
2019 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | 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