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.
NameCountryYearsStartsBest FinishOv WinsOv Top 10Class Wins
1930193344021
1930 – 193127010
19311DNF000
19311DNF000
1933, 1935, 19383DNF000
19331DNF000
1934113000
1934 – 1935, 1937313000
1934 – 1935, 1937 - 1939512000
1934 – 19352DNF000
1935124000
1935, 1937214000
1935125000
1935125000
1935126000
1935126000
1937116000
19381DNF000
1937116000
19371DNF000
1937 – 1939312001
1938113000
1938, 19502DNF000
19491DNF000
19501DNF000
1950 – 1951215000
1951115000
1954139000
19711976612001
19731974, 1976 – 1977411001
1974 – 1983106011
1974 – 1975211001
1974117001
1974, 1978213000
1975111000
1975 – 1978420001
1975121001
1975, 1977 – 1978, 1980421001
1975 – 1977, 1980411000
19771DNF000
19781DNF000
1982 – 1983, 199137010
198419852DNF000
1989, 19912DNF000
19921994315 000
19931995, 199749010
19911DNF000
1997 – 1999, 2001413000
2001, 2003, 2005, 2008201177010
2005 – 2007319000
2001 – 20022DNF000
20081DNF000
2010, 2013211000
20101DNF000
2010, 2019239000
2011126000
2012–2014314000
2016-2018331000
20161DNF000
2019139000
2019139000

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.
YearTeamDriversCarFinishClass
1930 Mme Mareuse Marguerite Mareuse
Odette Siko
Bugatti T 4072
1931 Mme Mareuse Marguerite Mareuse
Odette Siko
Bugatti T 40DSQDSQ
1931 Hon. Mrs. Chetwynd Joan Chetwynd
H.H. Stistend
MG C-Type MidgetDNFDNF
1934 Miss D. Champney Dorothy Champney
Kay Petre
Riley Ulster IMP135
1935 Captain G. E. T. Eyston Gordon Simpson
Joan Richmond
MG PA Midget249
1935 Captain G. E. T. Eyston Doreen Evans
Barbara Skinner
MG PA Midget2510
1935 Captain G. E. T. Eyston Margaret Allen
Collen Eaton
MG PA Midget2611
1935 Riley Motor Company Elsie Wisdom
Kay Petre
Riley Nine MPH Six RacingDNFDNF
1937 G. E. T. Eyston Dorothy Stanley-Turner
Joan Riddell
MG PB Midget164
1938 Mmes Roux et Rouault Fernande Roux
Germaine Rouault
Amilcar "Pegase Special" G36DNFDNF
1939 Mme. A. Itier Anne-Cecile Rose-Itier
Suzanne Largeot
Simca HuitDNFDNF
1950 Rouault et Gordine Germaine Rouault
Regine Gordine
Simca-Gordini TMMDNFDNF
1951 Luigi Chinetti Betty Haig
Yvonne Simon
Ferrari 166 MM Coupé153
1974 "Christine" - Ecurie Seiko Christine Beckers
Marie Laurent
Yvette Fontaine
Chevron B 23171
1975 Anne-Charlotte Verney Anne-Charlotte Verney
Yvette Fontaine
Corinne Tarnaud
Porsche 911 Carrera RS116
1975 Société Esso Christine Dacremont
Michèle Mouton
Marianne Hoepfner
Moynet LM75211
1975 Elf Switzerland Marie-Claude Beaumont
Lella Lombardi
Renault Alpine A441DNFDNF
1976 Aseptogyl Christine Dacremont
Lella Lombardi
Lancia Stratos202
1977 Inaltera Christine Beckers
Lella Lombardi
Inaltera LM77114
1977 Team Esso Aseptogyl Christine Dacremont
Marianne Hoepfner
Lancia StratosDNFDNF
1978 WM A.E.R.E.M. / Team Esso Aseptogyl Christine Dacremont
Marianne Hoepfner
WM P76 / PeugeotDNFDNF
1991 Euro Racing
A.O. Racing
Lyn St. James
Desiré Wilson
Cathy Muller
Spice SE90C/ FordDNFDNF
2010 Matech Competition Natacha Gachnang
Cyndie Allemann
Rahel Frey
Ford GTDNFDNF
2019 Kessel Racing Rahel Frey
Michelle Gatting
Manuela Gostner
Ferrari 488 GTE399

Records