Today is Women’s Day and we pay tribute to the most successful and well-known female rally driver of all time, as well as arguably the most successful female in motor racing; Michele Mouton.
Michele Mouton was born June 23 1951 in Grasse, on the French Cote d’Azur.
She became the first (and so far the only) woman to win a round of the World Rally Championship, the Rally Sanremo in 1981.
The following year, driving for Audi she went on to finish a close second overall in the WRC after wins in Portugal, Brazil and Acropolis!
Mouton also competed in the Le Mans classic endurance race.
In 1984, she became the first woman to win the Pikes Peak International Hillclimb race in the United States. She won again in 1985, breaking the record of the race in an Audi S1 rally car.
The French woman is also a key figure in the organisation of the famous Race of Champions.
In 2010, she was appointed Manager of the FIA World Rally Championship.
Bravo Michele!
Michele Mouton was born June 23 1951 in Grasse, on the French Cote d’Azur.
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| Michele Mouton (Photo: WRI2) |
She became the first (and so far the only) woman to win a round of the World Rally Championship, the Rally Sanremo in 1981.
The following year, driving for Audi she went on to finish a close second overall in the WRC after wins in Portugal, Brazil and Acropolis!
Mouton also competed in the Le Mans classic endurance race.
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| (Photo: WRI2) |
In 1984, she became the first woman to win the Pikes Peak International Hillclimb race in the United States. She won again in 1985, breaking the record of the race in an Audi S1 rally car.
The French woman is also a key figure in the organisation of the famous Race of Champions.
In 2010, she was appointed Manager of the FIA World Rally Championship.
Bravo Michele!