Romana Zrnec
Romana with the Renault 5Romana Zrnec is a Slovenian driver most famous for winning the Croatia Delta Rally outright in 1986. Her car was a Renault 11 and her co-driver was Spela Kozar. This was one of...
View ArticlePatrizia Sciascia
Patrizia in 2004Patrizia Sciascia was the Italian Ladies' Rally Champion in 2005. She has driven in five WRC rounds: all five San Remo rallies between 1996 and 2000. Her best finish was 32nd, third in...
View ArticleAntonella Mandelli
Antonella Mandelli was the 1981 European Ladies’ Champion. She was part of the Aseptogyl team early in her career, although she was more associated with the Jolly Club squad. Antonella was born in the...
View ArticlePatricia McOstrich
Embed from Getty ImagesPatricia, leftPatricia McOstrich was a regular at Brooklands between 1930 and 1939. She was an all-rounder who drove in trials, rallies and races. She was born Gladys Patricia...
View ArticleDora Bavio
Dora Bavio raced touring cars in Argentina in the 1960s and 1970s. She began racing in a Renault Gordini, and favoured French cars throughout her short career. The Gordini, her first racing car, was a...
View ArticleEmma Falcon
Emma Falcón is a Spanish driver from the Canary Islands. She has been rallying since 2011. Her first rallies were in the Canaries, driving a VW Polo with Eloy Rivero. Her best result was eleventh, in...
View ArticleGloria Castresana Waid
Gloria Castresana Waid is a Spanish driver who was active in the 1960s, in both rallying and circuit racing. She began competing after her marriage to Jim Waid, in 1963. She had only had her own car...
View ArticleThe Ladies' Automobile Club
Millicent, the Duchess of Sutherland, with her daughterThe Ladies’ Automobile Club was Great Britain’s first dedicated motor club for women. It was not exclusively a motorsport association, but it was...
View ArticleJenny van Hilten
Jenny van Hilten is most famous for racing a Group B-spec Ford RS200 in Europe in the late 1980s. She is from Luxembourg, and did most of her racing in the Netherlands.Jenny and her husband Bram bought...
View ArticleEleanor Allard
Eleanor Allard competed in trials, sprints and hillclimbs from the 1930s onwards, with some success, but she is best known for rallying during the early 1950s. Married to Sydney Allard, she had access...
View ArticleMarisa Panagopulo
Marisa in 2012Marisa Panagopulo is an Argentine driver, active since the 1990s. Marisa’s early forays into motorsport were in karting and midget racing. She did race karts extensively from the age of...
View ArticleAngelique Germann
Angelique and her team in 2016Angelique Germann is a German driver who was racing in national-level Formula 3 in Europe. She was one of the front-runners in the CEZ series in 2017, after winning the...
View ArticleFemale Drivers in TC2000 in Colombia
Miriam Gil and Maria Paula MartinezColombia has a thriving saloon racing scene. Its premier touring car championship is TC2000 (Turismo Carretera). This is a multi-class championship with two sections...
View ArticleAshley Freiberg
Ashley (centre) on the Sebring podiumAshley Freiberg has competed in the prestigious Daytona 24 Hours and Sebring 12 Hour races. She is a racewinner in the IMSA GT Challenge series and the Continental...
View ArticleManuela Gostner
Manuela Gostner raced in the 2017 European GT4 Championship, driving a Maserati. She is best known for driving a Ferrari. Unusually, she was almost 30 when she started competing.She is the elder sister...
View ArticleSarah Moore
Sarah with the John Cooper MiniSarah Moore made history in 2009 by winning the Ginetta Junior championship outright. She was the under-17 series’s first female champion. She has since gone on to race...
View ArticleJessica Hawkins
Jessica (centre) on the winner's podium in 2017Jessica Hawkins was second in the John Cooper Mini Challenge in 2017. She was a multiple race-winner in her first really successful season, finally...
View ArticleLeilani Munter
Leilani Münter has raced in stock cars and the Indy Pro Series (Indy Lights). She is unusual in that she combines a career in motorsport with environmental and animal rights work. Most of her racing...
View ArticleTamara Molinaro
Tamara Molinaro won the 2017 European Ladies’ Rally Championship, driving an Opel Adam.She was interested in rallying from a very early age, and apparently drove rally cars as early as 2008, when she...
View ArticleMelinda Price
Melinda in 2017Melinda Price is an Australian saloon car racer. She has completed five Bathurst 24 Hour races and jointly holds the record for the highest all-female team finish. She was 12th in the...
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