This is a list of female drivers in the WRC, including the most successful of all, Michele Mouton.
List of female drivers[]
Driver | First season | Final season | WRC rallies | WRC wins | Championships |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Louise Aitken-Walker | 1979 | 1991 | 22 | - | - |
Nancy Al-Majali | 2011 | 2011 | 1 | - | - |
Lee-Anne Barns | 2005 | 2005 | 1 | - | - |
Natalie Barratt | 1998 | 2006 | 44 | - | - |
Christine Beckers | 1977 | 1977 | 1 | - | - |
Charlotte Berton | 2012 | 2012 | 1 | - | - |
Rena Blome | 1981 | 1982 | 4 | - | - |
Francine Bogg | 1991 | 1991 | 1 | - | - |
Jo Cadman | 1999 | 1999 | 1 | - | - |
Anna Cambiaghi | 1977 | 1979 | 4 | - | - |
Sylvie Cancellieri | 2007 | 2007 | 1 | - | - |
Marta Candian | 1999 | 2001 | 7 | - | - |
Elisabetta Cavenaghi | 1998 | 1998 | 1 | - | - |
Burcu Çetinkaya | 2006 | 2010 | 14 | - | - |
Louise Cook | 2012 | 2012 | 5 | - | - |
Martine Cordesse | 1976 | 1978 | 2 | - | - |
Christine Dacremont | 1973 | 1979 | 8 | - | - |
Charlotte Dalmasso | 2013 | Active | 2 | - | - |
Jenny Davies | 1998 | 1998 | 1 | - | - |
Priscille de Belloy | 1994 | 1999 | 6 | - | - |
Sabrina de Castelli | 2008 | 2008 | 1 | - | - |
Paola de Martini | 1988 | 1990 | 15 | - | - |
Janina Depping | 1997 | 2011 | 7 | - | - |
Jacqueline Dines | 1989 | 2001 | 12 | - | - |
Christine Driano | 1990 | 1993 | 11 | - | - |
Zihara Esteban | 2014 | Active | 1 | - | - |
Viviane Evina | 1990 | 1992 | 3 | - | - |
Emma Falcón | 2013 | 2013 | 1 | - | - |
Chantal Galli | 1988 | 1988 | 1 | - | - |
Emma Gilmour | 2002 | 2012 | 22 | - | - |
Louise Goodman | 1999 | 1999 | 1 | - | - |
Jane Gunningham | 1994 | 1997 | 2 | - | - |
Gilly Handley | 1999 | 1999 | 1 | - | - |
Sue Hedley | 1998 | 1998 | 1 | - | - |
Melissa Heijink | 1997 | 1997 | 1 | - | - |
Margot Henn | 1983 | 1983 | 1 | - | - |
Jennie-Lee Hermansson | 1999 | 2007 | 2 | - | - |
Ruth Hillier | 1983 | 1983 | 1 | - | - |
Marianne Hoepfner | 1982 | 1981 | 2 | - | - |
Eeva Heinonen | 1973 | 1974 | 3 | - | - |
Isolde Holderied | 1992 | 1999 | 24 | - | - |
Yvonne Hultgren | 1991 | 1991 | 1 | - | - |
Gabi Husar | 1986 | 1986 | 1 | - | - |
Denise Jacques | 1988 | 1988 | 5 | - | - |
Laure Jaussaud | 2014 | Active | 2 | - | - |
Trine Jensen | 1973 | 1976 | 7 | - | - |
Eija Jurvanen | 1989 | 1994 | 11 | - | - |
Ramona Karlsson | 2008 | 2012 | 5 | - | - |
Toni Kelly | 2007 | 2009 | 2 | - | - |
Deborah Kibble | 2008 | 2012 | 5 | - | - |
Becky Kirvan | 2011 | 2011 | 1 | - | - |
Wenche Knudtzen | 1973 | 1983 | 9 | - | - |
Susanne Kottulinsky | 1982 | 1987 | 10 | - | - |
Minna Lindroos | 1998 | 2001 | 5 | - | - |
Lotta Lundqvist | 1985 | 1989 | 4 | - | - |
Penny Mallory | 1991 | 2000 | 6 | - | - |
Micky Martinelli | 1980 | 1980 | 1 | - | - |
Emma McKinstry | 2007 | 2007 | 1 | - | - |
Pat Moss-Carlsson | 1973 | 1974 | 3 | - | - |
Michèle Mouton | 1974 | 1986 | 49 | 4 | - |
Kirsty Nelson | 2006 | 2008 | 3 | - | - |
Kozue Oi | 2000 | 2007 | 6 | - | - |
Marketta Oksala | 1973 | 1978 | 10 | - | - |
Sylvia Österberg | 1973 | 1973 | 1 | - | - |
Lisa Parish | 1997 | 2000 | 3 | - | - |
Francesca Patrese | 1998 | 1998 | 1 | - | - |
Monika Petzold | 1993 | 1994 | 2 | - | - |
Serena Pittoni | 1973 | 1973 | 1 | - | - |
Fabrizia Pons | 1978 | 1978 | 1 | - | - |
Nicole Quimet | 1979 | 1979 | 1 | - | - |
Jill Robinson | 1973 | 1977 | 6 | - | - |
Roberta Rossi | 1995 | 1995 | 2 | - | - |
Gisella Rovegno | 1999 | 2001 | 5 | - | - |
Patrizia Sciascia | 1996 | 2000 | 5 | - | - |
Sabrina Shaw | 1998 | 2000 | 3 | - | - |
Minna Sillankorva | 1982 | 1996 | 18 | - | - |
Stephanie Simmonite | 1994 | 1997 | 3 | - | - |
Judy Simpson | 1978 | 1979 | 2 | - | - |
Vanessa Slee-Evans | 1992 | 1999 | 6 | - | - |
Lorna Smith | 2004 | 2007 | 3 | - | - |
Rosemary Smith | 1973 | 1974 | 3 | - | - |
Christina-Myrto Stathaki | 2000 | 2007 | 6 | - | - |
Ekaterina Stratieva | 2010 | 2010 | 1 | - | - |
Maike Suhr | 2006 | 2006 | 1 | - | - |
Molly Taylor | 2011 | Active | 9 | - | - |
Michelle van Tongeren | 1999 | 2002 | 4 | - | - |
Claudine Trautmann | 1973 | 1975 | 2 | - | - |
Anne Vuorio | 1986 | 1990 | 3 | - | - |
Pernilla Walfridsson | 1997 | 2000 | 14 | - | - |
Eve Wallenwein | 2013 | Active | 2 | - | - |
Edith Weiss | 2001 | 2011 | 7 | - | - |
Tina Wiegand | 2013 | Active | 2 | - | - |
Sara Williams | 2014 | Active | 1 | - | - |
Nada Zeidan | 2010 | 2010 | 1 | - | - |
Luisa Zumelli | 1991 | 1998 | 5 | - | - |
Women on a WRC podium[]
Rally | Name | Position | Finished |
---|---|---|---|
42. Rallye Monte Carlo 1973 | Michele Espinosi-Petit | Co-driver | 1st |
25. Press-on-Regardless Rally 1973 | Carol Smiskol | Co-driver | 3rd |
25. Acropolis Rally 1978 | Yvonne Mehta | Co-driver | 3rd |
24. Tour de Corse - Rallye de France 1980 | Josépha Laloz | Co-driver | 3rd |
3. Rally Codasur 1981 | Yvonne Mehta | Co-driver | 2nd |
16. Rallye de Portugal - Vinho do Porto 1982 | Michele Mouton Fabrizia Pons |
Driver Co-driver |
1st |
29. Acropolis Rally 1982 | Michele Mouton Fabrizia Pons |
Driver Co-driver |
1st |
4. Marlboro Rallye do Brasil 1982 | Michele Mouton Fabrizia Pons |
Driver Co-driver |
1st |
31. Lombard RAC Rally 1982 | Michele Mouton Fabrizia Pons |
Driver Co-driver |
2nd |
34. International Swedish Rally 1984 | Michele Mouton Fabrizia Pons |
Driver Co-driver |
2nd |
56. Rallye Monte Carlo 1988 | Marie-Christie Lallement | Co-driver | 3rd |
38. International Swedish Rally 1988 | Tina Thörner | Co-driver | 3rd |
59. Rallye Monte Carlo 1991 | Anne-Chantal Pauwels | Co-driver | 3rd |
63. Rallye Monte Carlo 1995 | Catherine Francois | Co-driver | 2nd |
39. Tour de Corse - Rallye de France 1995 | Catherine Francois | Co-driver | 2nd |
65. Rallye Monte Carlo 1997 | Fabrizia Pons | Co-driver | 1st |
50. International Swedish Rally 2001 | Tina Thörner | Co-driver | 2nd |
33. Cyprus Rally 2005 | Ilka Minor | Co-driver | 2nd |
18. Telstra Rally Australia 2005 | Ilka Minor | Co-driver | 3rd |
3. Corona Rally Mexico 2006 | Ilka Minor | Co-driver | 3rd |
19. Telstra Rally Australia 2006 | Ilka Minor | Co-driver | 3rd |
36. Propecia Rally New Zealand 2006 | Ilka Minor | Co-driver | 3rd |
62. Wales Rally GB 2006 | Ilka Minor | Co-driver | 2nd |
67. Wales Rally GB 2011 | Ilka Minor | Co-driver | 3rd |
9. Rally Italia Sardegna 2012 | Ilka Minor | Co-driver | 2nd |
90. Rallye Monte Carlo 2022 | Isabelle Galmiche | Co-driver | 1st |