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Inès Taittinger
Inès at Le MansInès Taittinger is best known for her appearance at Le Mans in 2016. She mostly races sportscars in her native France. She made her debut in 2009, driving a Ligier prototype in the VdeV...
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Suzy Dietrich
Suzy with her MG TCSuzy Dietrich raced sportscars in and around the USA in the 1950s and 1960s. In the later part of her career, she took part in major races such as the Daytona 24 Hours.Suzy began...
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Ada Pace
Ada Pace was an Italian rally driver and touring car ace of the 1950s and 1960s. She went by the nom de course of “Sayonara”. Ada was from Turin, which would be her home base throughout her career, and...
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Women Drivers in the 12 Hours of Reims
Isabelle Haskell and Annie Bousquet with their Porsche in 1956The 12 Hours of Reims was a major sportscar race that ran, on and off, between 1953 and 1967. It was held at the Reims-Gueux circuit in...
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Gabriel Konig
Gabriel with her Modsports MGGabriel Konig (not Gabrielle) was a much-travelled Irish driver who competed off and on from 1962. She was most successful in MG Midgets and a Chevrolet Camaro, winning 18...
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Tomiko Yoshikawa
Tomiko in 1993Tomiko Yoshikawa raced sportscars in both Europe and Japan in the 1990s, including at Le Mans. She also competed in single-seaters up to Formula 3 level in Japan, from 1980 onwards. She...
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Roxie Lott
Roxie raced a Toyota-engined Ralt RT3 like this one in 1984, in pink!Roxie Lott was an American driver who was probably most famous for her efforts in the British Formula 3 Championship in 1984.She was...
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Monique Proulx
Monique with the BMW 2002Monique Proulx was a Québécois driver who raced mostly in Canada in the 1970s. She was born in 1947, and had a rather shaky start in life, contracting polio at the age of...
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Female Single-Seater Drivers Around the World: Canada
Ashley TawsFemale drivers have been a feature of the Canadian single-seater scene since the 1970s. Formula Ford has been particularly popular.Amy Castell – began racing Formula Ford 1600 in Canada in...
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Sophia Flörsch
Sophia Flörsch is a German driver who began racing in the UK in 2015. She is one of the most talked-about and highly-rated female drivers of the past few years.Her senior debut followed a six-year...
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Ivy Cummings
Ivy and friend at Gaillon, 1921Ivy Cummings is most famous for being the youngest person ever to lap Brooklands, aged twelve, in 1913. She became a successful racing driver as an adult, and...
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Renee Gracie
Renee in 2016Renee Gracie currently races in V8 Supercars in Australia.She was quite sporty from an early age. In common with many other speedqueens, she was initially drawn towards horses. She only...
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Jacquie Bond-Smith
Jacquie in the Marcos in 1967Jacquie Bond-Smith started in club motorsport in her father's car, a “Wavendon Wombat” special, in 1960. She was then known as Jacquie Cook. The Wombat was an 1172cc...
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The Women's Automobile and Sports Association
A WASA car badge, belonging to motorcyclist Marjorie CottleThe Women’s Automobile and Sports Association was one of the foremost women’s motor clubs in Britain between the world wars, and the one with...
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Joan La Costa
Joan LaCosta was a flamboyant French driver (apparently), mostly noted as a daredevil and speed triallist in the USA in the 1920s. Her usual car seems to have been a Miller special. Joan’s origins are...
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Cora Schumacher
Cora in 2005Cora Schumacher has raced in a number of one-make series in Germany. At one point, she was the highest-paid female racing driver in the world.Cora came into motorsport quite late. She...
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Mary Handley-Page
Mary in a Sunbeam RapierMary Handley-Page was one of a group of British female drivers who were part of works teams for British manufacturers in the 1950s and 1960s.Her family was involved in...
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Christine Cole (Gibson)
Christine Cole, who also raced as Christine Gibson, was an Australian touring car veteran, whose career spanned three decades. She took part in nine Bathurst 500/1000 races between 1968 and 1984. Her...
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Suzane Carvalho
Suzane Carvalho is a former winner of the South American Formula Three Championship (B class), in 1992. She got quite a late start in motorsport, only taking it up in 1989 when she was 26. Previously,...
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Fabrizia Pons
Fabrizia Pons is Italian, and is best known as Michele Mouton’s navigator during the most successful part of her career, sitting beside her for all four of her rally wins. She is also a driver in her...
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