List of female 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers

[1][2] It was first staged as the Grand Prix of Endurance and Efficiency in 1923,[3] after the automotive journalist Charles Faroux, the ACO general secretary Georges Durand and the industrialist Emile Coquile agreed to hold the race for car manufacturers to test vehicle durability, equipment and reliability.

[8] As of the 2024 24 Hours of Le Mans,[update] there have been 66 female drivers representing 15 countries who have started the race a total of 158 times and have finished on 88 occasions.

Colombia and the Netherlands became the latest countries to be represented when Tatiana Calderón and Beitske Visser made their debuts in 2020.

[10] The highest overall finish by an individual woman at Le Mans was achieved by Siko, who came fourth in the 1932 edition.

The best performing all-female team was the seventh-placed Mme Mareuse duo of Maruese and Siko in the 1930 edition.

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Michèle Mouton (pictured in 2011) won her class in the 1975 24 Hours of Le Mans .
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Odette Siko was one of the first two women to drive in the 24 Hours of Le Mans and competed in four editions overall.
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Joan Richmond was the first Australian woman to compete at Le Mans.
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Lella Lombardi drove in four Le Mans races and finished second in her class at the 1976 race .
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Vanina Ickx finished a career-high seventh place at the 2011 24 Hours of Le Mans .
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Sophia Flörsch was one of the three women to debut at the 2020 24 Hours of Le Mans .
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Sarah Bovy made her 24 Hours of Le Mans debut in 2021 .
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The Moynet LM75 car that Christine Dacremont , Michèle Mouton and Marianne Hoepfner used to win their class at the 1975 24 Hours of Le Mans .
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The Ferrari 488 GTE shared by Rahel Frey , Michelle Gatting and Manuela Gostner at the 2019 24 Hours of Le Mans .