Sheleagh Aldersmith

Sheleagh before the 1963 Monte

Sheleagh Aldersmith was a British driver and navigator in the 1960s. She competed in the Monte Carlo Rally many times between 1960 and 1970.

The first success she had at the wheel seems to have been a win in the Cowley & Wilson Trophy in 1957, a navigational event with driving tests and a quiz element organised by the Buckingham and District Motor Club. This had followed a second place in their "Spring Sprints" navigational rally. Her car is not recorded.

Some time between then and 1960, she started competing in stage rallies. A 1962 Worthing Herald news article from 1962 has her as "rally driving for the past two years".

Her first international event was in 1960. She teamed up with the multiple French champion, Claudine Trautmann (then Vanson) for the RAC Rally, driving a Citroen ID19. This was despite There was some confusion over whether they had actually started, but they made progress in Scotland until rolled, having stopped to help Claudine's future husband, Rene Trautmann. Sheleagh continued as a driver of the team's chase car. At the time, some said this was her second RAC Rally. 

As co-driver to Rosemary Seers in 1961, she entered an Triumph Herald in the Tulip Rally, held in the Netherlands. They were 73d overall, seventh in class, from 113 finishers.  Rosemary then switched to an MG Midget for the car-destroying Liege-Sofia-Liege Rally, which had eight finishers. The Seers/Aldersmith car was not among them. It had lost its exhaust system on the Resia Pass going into Italy, then gradually lost power until it expired at Sofia. The lack of an exhaust meant the the car's floor pan got very hot, particularly under the co-driver's feet. Both Sheleagh and Rosemary burnt through the soles of their shoes and had to jump out of the car at time controls. To add insult to injury, they received a speeding ticket in Yugoslavia.

They also drove an MG together on the 1961 RAC Rally and the 1962 Monte, although they did not finish either event. The Midget's gearbox broke on the RAC Rally.

In April, she came to the rescue of Irish driver Pat Barr, who found herself without a navigator for the Circuit of Ireland. Sheleagh answered an advert in the motoring press and cancelled another rally in England the help Pat out. They drove a Mini, but finished over the time limit and were not classified.

She did her first international rally as a driver in 1962, taking on the Tulip Rally, driving an Austin Seven wiht David Howick. She seemed equally happy working with male and female team-mates and was aiming for the mixed team award this time. On the way, she took her friend, Mrs Stromwall, as an additional, unofficial navigator; Mrs Stromwall wanted to visit her daughter in Bruges. Sheleagh was 88th overall.

Teaming up with Pat Barr again, but switching seats, she tackled the Tulip Rally again in 1963. This followed an ignominious exit from that year's Monte, when her road car broke down as she tried to get to the airport on her way to Ostend, the radiator bursting on co-driver Jean Aley's driveway. Later, she tried the Spa-Sofia-Liege event again, driving a Mini for the first time. She and co-driver Michael Nesbitt, a racing mechanic who owned the car, did not finish. The Mini's suspension, brakes and clutch were defeated by poor Yugoslavian roads near Titograd, now Podgorica in modern Montenegro.

Another Monte in 1964 began in Minsk, where she spent some time visiting local hospitals to compare conditions with the UK. She used the a Mini from the same garage as the one she shared with Michael Nesbitt, but had Elizabeth Jones as her co-driver this time. They got as far as the Alps without too much trouble, despite snow and bad Czech fuel, but the Mini was ailing and they went over the time limit trying to finish a special stage on an icy road.

Switching seats with Nesbitt again, she entered the Spa-Sofia-Liege again, but it continued to beat the, the car's radiator giving out this time. 

Another navigating job that year was helping Bill West on his first international rally, that year's RAC Rally. His Mini was a production model, as opposed to the Nerus-engined Hares Garage car Sheleagh was used to. They finished, in spite of changeable weather, including blizzards and fog in Scotland and northern England. The car's suspension had problems and the fan belt came off twice.

1965 was a quieter year. Sheleagh and Pat Walton had another go at the Tulip Rally in a Mini, but did not finish. This was a new car for her; she had elected not to enter the Monte to allow time for it to be prepared.

1966 was also relatively quiet. Sheleagh had been down to co-drive for a garage owner, John Barnes, but a bout of sciatica meant she had to drop out. It was also suggested that the Mini they were hoping to use had too many spotlights to be legal as well.

Another co-driving job came in in May, when she sat beside ED Jenkins for the Austrian Alpine Rally in a Mini. Their finishing position is unknown. 

The Mini was her chosen car in 1967 as well: she and Carolyn Tyler entered the Monte Carlo Rally, described as Sheleagh's sixth attempt. The car was hers, and she and Carolyn had tried it out on the Isle of Wight in October 1966, in a local rally. They won the Coupe des Dames. Unfortunately, they were non-finishers in the Monte itself.

She was set to drive in the RAC Rally with Susan Porch, until it was cancelled due to foot and mouth disease. Susan just wanted to get to the finish, in order to be eligible for the 1968 Monte. 

As a navigator, she entered two more rallies in 1967, in two separate Minis. She partnered Australian Lyndon McLeod for the Tulip Rally and Christopher Coburn for the Alpine Rally, although neither team finished.

Her partnership with Christopher Coburn continued for another two seasons, always with her in the navigator's seat. In 1968, they drove a Mini on the Monte, her seventh edition and his first. Their rally ended stuck in a bramble bush, going over the time limit in order to free themselves.

Their final event together was Sheleagh's last international rally. It was the 1969 Monte, driving a Vauxhall Viva. The alternator became faulty shortly after the start and they did not finish.

A hospital doctor and consultant in physical medicine, she was usually referred to as “Dr. S Aldersmith”, and has been described as "formidable". That said, she told the Worthing Herald in 1962 that her parents would not allow her to learn to drive, and she had to wait until she had qualified until she began "eight years ago". She had been practising medicine since at least 1954, when she worked in Nottingham. This was after she contracted polio in 1952, which must have necessitated time off work and sporting activity. She later lived in the south of England, at Rustington. She was sometimes a member of the circuit medical team at Goodwood, Silverstone and Brands Hatch, and the first woman to serve as a medical officer at the British Grand Prix.

As well as motorsport, she took an interest in flying and gliding and was one of the donors towards the 1954 World Championship Appeal Fund.

She died in 2002, aged 78. Her given name appears to have been "Sheila" on her birth certificate, but she used the spelling "Sheleagh" to refer to herself.

(Image copyright Worthing Herald)

Marie-Odile Desvignes

Marie-Odile Desvignes was a rally driver and one of the original members of the all-female Team Aseptogyl as well as one of its longest-serving. 

She began her rally career with the team in 1971, alongside her twin sister, Anne-Marie, as a complete novice. Aseptogyl founder Bob Neyret selected the sisters not only due to their experience with Alpine mountain roads, achieved through their jobs in ski resorts, but also because blonde identical twins were a handy media draw. Anne-Marie was only part of the team for a very short time, but Marie-Odile proved herself to be one of Aseptogyl’s most effective members.

For major rallies, she usually acted as a co-driver for Claudine Trautmann, until she retired in 1975, but she was also a decent driver in her own right.

Her first year in the navigator’s seat was spent next to Claudine Trautmann at the wheel of either an Alpine-Renault A110 or for rougher events, a Renault 16. The two Frenchwomen were particularly skilled on very difficult, car-breaker rallies and finished third on that year’s Bandama event, held in the Ivory Coast.

Throughout her career, she was often partnered by Francoise Conconi. Christine Rouff and Brigitte Carrier also sat beside Marie-Odile in 1971 and 1972, in the Chataigne, Bayonne and Rallye de l’Ouest events, plus more on the French calendar. One of Marie-Odile’s biggest events of 1971 was the Criterium des Cevennes, which she entered with Francoise. Marie-Pierre Palayer sat beside Claudine.

She also had a short but successful partnership with Annick Girard, another of the original Aseptogyl team. They were eighth in the Antibes Rally and fifth in the National section of the Alpine Rally. 

Marie-Odile and Francoise were entered into the 1972 Paris-St. Raphael Rally and were third in the National standings. The same year, they won the Coupe des Dames in the Criterium des Cevennes. Marie-Odile did her first Neige et Glace Rally as a driver, having co-driven for Claudine Trautmann the previous year in one of their earliest events together, finishing twelfth. She encountered more snow on the Lyon-Charbonnieres event and seems to have finished, although the result is not forthcoming.

Although she is mainly associated with Aseptogyl, Marie-Odile did drive for other teams and in other cars. She did some French rallies in an Alfa Romeo 2000 and finished the 1973 Rally Mistral in 54th place. She also sampled a Porsche 911 for the 1973 Tour de France, assisted by Brigitte Carrier.

In her Aseptogyl Alpine, she entered the Ronde Giraglia in Italy.

1973 to 1975 were mostly spent in the navigator’s seat. As Claudine Trautmann wound down her career, Marie-Odile shared co-driving duties for Christine Dacremont with Francoise. She usually took on the rougher events, as before. She and Claudine were fourth overall in the 1974 World Cup Rally, which took a very circuitous route via the Sahara desert between London and Munich. Only 19 out of 70 cars finished, and Claudine’s Peugeot 504 was the second of three Aseptogyl entries. Co-driving in a non-Aseptogyl 1800 Alpine-Renault, she helped Michel Alibelli to a win in the 1974 Bayonne-Cote Basque Rally.

After 1975, she seems to take a step back from motorsport. One of her latest events seems to have been the 1975 Rallye Côte-Côte, driving a Peugeot 504 with Yveline Vanoni. A reference on the French “Forum Auto” is made to a serious accident on the Rallye Antibes, which may have something to do with it.

She was part of a later iteration of the Aseptogyl team in 1976, driving an Autobianchi A112. She entered the Monte Carlo Rally with Jacqueline Perrin on the maps, although they did not finish. 

Much later, in the 2010s, she came out of retirement to do some historic rallies in an Alpine A110. 

She died in October 2023.

(Image from the “Team Aseptogyl” Facebook page)

Claudine Trautmann (also Vanson-Bouchet; born Claudine Bouchet)

Claudine was a multiple French champion, active from the 1950s to the 1970s. She won the French national title nine times, between 1960 and 1968, with the Citroen and Lancia teams. During this time, her participation in non-French events was mostly as co-driver to her second husband, René Trautmann.

She was not from a motorsport background, but a generally sporting one. Skiing was her sport of choice before taking up rallying. She was working in her father’s clock business when she entered her first rally, driving her own Simca Aronde. This was at the suggestion of a friend, who worked as a Simca dealer, who had noticed Claudine’s flair for driving. She was a surprising fourth overall, and first in the Touring class. This was no local club rally either, but the Mont Blanc International Rally. In order to even enter, she had had to engage the services of Lise Renaud, an experienced navigator with the correct license. An entry in the Rally of Beaujolais followed, which led to a drive in the Tour de Corse, encouraged by René Cotton. Sadly, the Aronde lost a wheel early on.

Still in the Simca, she continued to enter French rallies in 1958, winning Coupes des Dames in the Mont Blanc. Limousin and Lavande rallies. During her travels, she met Patrick Vanson, another French driver, and the pair married. This cut short Claudine’s driving opportunities somewhat, but she returned to the stages in 1959, her marriage in no way curtailing her ambition. This year, she entered her first Monte Carlo Rally, although she did not finish. After Coupes des Dames in the Mont Blanc, Limousin and Printemps rallies, she was second in the French ladies’ championship, after Annie Soisbault.

1960 saw her take another step on the road to international rally glory. Another meeting with René Cotton led to a seat with the Île de France Citroen team, after coming third in class in the Austrian Alpine Rally. Coupes des Dames followed in the Mont Blanc, Cévennes and Armagnac rallies, but her best result was probably an eighth place overall in the Liège-Rome-Liège marathon rally, driving a Citroen ID19 with Renée Wagner. Earlier in the year, still in the Simca, she had finished her first Monte Carlo Rally, in 38th place. At the end of the year, she was French ladies’ champion for the first time.

The association with Citroen continued for another three years. In 1961, she drove alongside Ginette Derolland, and came to the end of the Monte once more. Her second outing in the other major French rally, the Tour de Corse, gave her a Coupe des Dames this time, and she added more ladies’ trophies for French rallies to her collection. Her best result was a fourth overall in the Rallye Neige et Glace. Away from the stages, she competed in the last running of the Mille Miglia, and won the Coupe des Dames, in an ID19 with Renée Wagner. With Mlle Kissel, she won the Coupe des Dames in the Touring class of the Tour de France, finishing sixth overall in class.

Claudine carried on driving the Citroen ID19 in 1962, gaining more and more experience. The Liège-Sofia-Liège rally gave her another Coupe des Dames, but no top ten. A string of fastest lady awards in French rallies ensured that she kept her Ladies’ title. 1963 was a more exciting year, with two top-ten finishes in major international rallies: sixth in Corsica and third in Catalunya. She also won the Coupe des Dames in the Spa-Sofia-Liège and several big French rallies, including a seventh Mont Blanc ladies’ award.

Away from the stages, she was also very busy. She had befriended Marie-Claude Beaumont, who would become her regular navigator for a while, then go on to much bigger things, on the circuits as well as the stages. She had also become close to her fellow Citroen driver, René Trautmann, and practically ended her marriage to Patrick Vanson, although the couple would not divorce until later.

It was all-change in mid-1964. Claudine and René both moved to the Lancia works team. Initially, they were both taken on as drivers. After another finish on the Monte in a Citroen DS19, Claudine set about defending her French title, and increasing her international tally. This year, she debuted at San Remo, in a Lancia Flavia. She also finished strongly in French rallies, with a class second on the Alpine Rally and a class third on the Neige et Glace event, one of her favourites. This year saw her first win: the Paris-St. Raphaël ladies’ rally.  

The following year, the pace of Claudine’s career changed. Although she was still a fixture on the French rally scene, her involvement in international events decreased, as a driver at least. She began navigating for René on a regular basis, still with Lancia. They scored their first win that year, on the Alpine Rally.

This arrangement continued until 1969. During this time, Claudine still performed well in French rallies, winning four more Paris-St. Raphaël events and repeating her débutante finish in the Mont Blanc Rally in 1968 with a fourth place. She was also third in the Forez Rally that year, and had been fifth in the Rallye Pétrole the year before. However, for major events, she travelled with René and acted as his navigator. In 1967, they got married. By 1969, she was in semi-retirement, and did very little driving, apart from a few road races. This was the first year for nine years that she did not win the French Ladies’ title.

Her international career began again with a drive for Citroen, in the World Cup Rally. She managed to get a good deal of the way from London to Mexico City, and although her car broke down in Colombia, 1000 kilometres from the finish, she was classified 24th.

At about the same time, a new enterprise in French rallying brought her back into the fold. Robert Neyret was putting together his Team Aseptogyl, an all-female rally-driving force in pink, toothpaste-sponsored Alpine-Renaults, and persuaded Claudine to take part. Eventually, she would manage the day-to-day running of the team, alongside René in a business capacity. However, to begin with, she was one of the drivers, and even joined in with the promotional activities, matching colourful outfits and all. “Les girls” of Team Aseptogyl competed around France from 1971 onwards. Claudine drove in that year’s Tour de France, with Marie-Odile Desvignes. Her best result was a fifth place, in Bayonne. She also navigated occasionally for Neyret himself.

Claudine and Marie-Odile Desvignes, Morocco, 1972

She only really excelled again in international events after 1971, when she was third in the Bandama Rally in a Renault 16. Desert events seemed to be her favourite, despite her background on the Tarmac of the French stages. She was sixth in the 1972 Moroccan Rally in a Renault 16 TS, after failing to get to the end of the Monte in an Alpine-Renault A110. The following year, she was eighth in the Bandama and tenth in that year’s Moroccan event, driving a Peugeot 504 run by Team Aseptogyl. Her co-driver that season was Marie-Pierre Palayer.

One of her last major events was the 1974 World Cup Rally, which ran from London to Munich via the Sahara desert, in which she was fourth, driving a Peugeot 504. It was another Aseptogyl entry, and her navigator was Marie-Odile Desvignes. Back at one of her more fruitful stamping grounds, she was eighth in Morocco in 1975, the year she retired into team management. She was 44.

(Images from forum-auto.com)

The Paris—St. Raphaël Rally

Madame Lietard

This rally was the premier female-only motorsport event for most of the twentieth century. In its heyday in the 1950s and 1960s, it attracted works entries from the major manufacturers, and was contested and won by notable drivers like Claudine Trautmann, Marianne Hoepfner and Christine Beckers.

It was started in 1929 by the Count Edmé de Rohan-Chabot, and functioned much the same as contemporary rallies, with speed trials, navigational sections and driving tests. Its route ran between Paris and St. Raphaël in southern France, although there were changes over the forty or so years that it existed, on and off. The last rally was run in 1974, following a decline after the Count’s death in 1972.

Its early phase, prior to WWII, saw entries from drivers of the calibre of Lucy O’Reilly Schell, Amy Johnson, Betty Haig and Yvonne Simon. In 1932, a young Bugatti driver named Renée Friederich was killed on a hillclimb section. For most of the rest of its lifetime, the Rally thankfully avoided such tragedies. In 1969, Cathy Pitt was killed in a head-on crash on a road section, and Marguerite Accarie died in similar circumstances during the final special stage of the 1970 Rallye. Otherwise, the event remained free of such controversy.

Later, after the war, the next evolution of the event attracted the likes of Gilberte Thirion, Annie Soisbault and Lucette Pointet. Anny-Charlotte Verney, Pat Moss, Marie-Claude Beaumont and Michèle Mouton all competed, between then and its demise in 1974. In its last two years of existence, it counted towards the European Rally Championship.

The rally was briefly revived, once, in 1983. It ran in the area around St. Raphaël, and consisted of 16 special stages, over 2060km. The event was supported by Citroen, who were preparing to launch the Citroen Total Trophy for female drivers in 1984. It was dominated by Citroen Visas. The winner, Colette Perrier, drove one, as did the two drivers below her. The rally was not run again for the Trophy proper.

In 2000, the rally was revived as the Rallye des Princesses, a navigational test for female drivers in classic cars. It still attracts the attention of drivers such as Patricia Bertapelle and Vanina Ickx, but it is not the competitive international rally it once was.

Below is a list of outright winners of the original Rally, with class winners and top-three finishers where possible. Tracking down results for this event is very tricky, and the list is probably not complete. Gaps in results lists seem to suggest that the event did not run every year, although this is not necessarily the case. Frustratingly, navigators’ names and car models are often omitted from reports.

1929

1.       Germaine Lietard (Salmson)

2.       Lucy O’Reilly Schell (Talbot)

3.       Janine Vivier (Citroen)

50cc class: Estelle Lang (Rosengart)

1100cc class: Germaine Lietard, Marcelle Leblanc (Rally), Albertine Derancourt (Salmson)

1500cc class: Madame Heu (Citroen)

2000cc class: Lucy O'Reilly Schell

3000cc class: Madame Kiss (Whippet)

3000cc+ class: Maria la Caze de Noronha (Oakland)

1930

1. Germaine Lietard (Salmson)

4-5hp class: Estelle Lang (Rosengart)

6-8hp class: Germaine Lietard

10hp class: Simone Gonnot (Citroen)

11-12hp class: "Madame Maillard" (Talbot)

13-17hp class: Renée Friederich (Bugatti)

18+hp class: "Mlle Rouanne" (Guyot)

1931

1.       Estelle Lang (Rosengart)

6-8hp class: Marcelle Leblanc (Peugeot)

9-10 hp class: Jeanne Conche (Mathis)

11-12hp class: Lucienne Radisse (Renault)

13-17hp class: "Mlle Ravel" (Amilcar)

17+hp class: Louise Lamberjack (Fiat)

Coupe de Vitesse: Renée Friederich (Bugatti)

1932

1.       Lucy O'Reilly Schell (Bugatti)

2.       Marcelle Michaud (Voisin)

3.       Germaine Lietard (Salmson)

5hp class: Simone des Forest (Rosengart)

6-8hp class: Claire Descollas (Amilcar)

9-10hp class: "Madame Obre"/"Madame Gaillard" (Salmson)

11-12hp class: Hellé-Nice (Bugatti T35)/Simone Duhamel (Ballot)

13-16hp class: Odette France (Renault)

17+hp class: Lucy O'Reilly Schell (Bugatti)

1933

1.       Marcelle Leblanc (Peugeot)

2.       Marcelle Girard (Delage)

3.       Marie-Jeanne Marinovitch (Voisin)

Coupe de Vitesse: Louise Lamberjack (Peugeot 301)

Braking and Acceleration tests: Louise Lamberjack (Peugeot 301)

Manufacturer’s Prize: Peugeot

6-8hp: Louise Lamberjack (Peugeot 301)

9-10hp: Odette Siko (Alfa Romeo)

11-12hp: “Mme Dubuc Taine” (Hotchkiss)

13-16hp: “Mme Panera” (Amilcar)

17+hp: Marie Stalter (Lorraine)

1934

"Madame Dubuc-Taine" (Hotchkiss) was named as the winner for a penalty-free finish and leading the efficiency and speed test standings.

Penalty points standings:

1.       “Madame Nenot” (Delahaye 138)

2.       Simone Gonnot (Delahaye 138)

6hp: Pamela Moy (MG)

8hp: Fernande Hustinx (Peugeot 301)

10hp: Enid Riddell (MG)

12hp: "Madame Dubuc-Taine" (Hotchkiss)

16hp: Gedon (Lorraine)

16hp+: “Madame Nenot” (Delahaye 138)

1935

1.       Olga Thibault (Peugeot 201)

2.       Germaine Rouault (Delahaye Sport)

3.       Lucy O’Reilly Schell (Delahaye Sport)

1936

1.       Germaine Rouault (Delahaye 135S)

2. Claire Descollas (Lancia)

3. "Madame Dubuc-Taine" (La Licorne)

<1100cc class: Pamela Moy (MG)

1100-1500cc class: Jackie Astbury (Singer)

1500-1800cc class: Madame Lievin (La Licorne)

1800-2200cc class: Madame Godfroy (Renault)

2200-3000cc class: Fernande Roux (Amilcar)

>3000cc class: Louise Lamberjack (Hotchkiss)

Coupe du President: Lucy O'Reilly Schell (Delahaye), winner of 500m speed trial at Montlhery and Pougues hillclimb.

1937

1.       Germaine Rouault (car not recorded, probably a Delahaye as she drove one elsewhere that year)

2.       Yvonne Simon (Hotchkiss Grand Sport)

3.       Simone des Forest (car not recorded)

1938

1. Betty Haig (MG PB) – Category A winner

2. Mrs AC (Phoebe) Lace (Talbot)

3. Claire Descollas (Lancia)

Suzanne Largeot (Simca) – Category B winner (4th overall)

1939

1.       Yvonne Simon (Hotchkiss Grand Sport)

2.       Germaine Rouault (Delahaye 135) – win in the Saint-Eutrope hillclimb section

3.       Betty Haig (MG)

Jarmila Kronbauerova (Jawa) - Class B and 750cc class win

Countess Pamela Moy (BMW) - 2200cc class win

Germaine Rouault (Delahaye 135) - over 3000cc class win

Betty Stresa (Simca-Fiat) - Concours d'Elegance win

1940

Hiatus for WWII. The event may have started again in 1947, although no results are known at present, or for any other dates prior to 1951.

1951

1.       Lucienne Alziary de Roquefort (Panhard Dyna)

2.       Yvonne Simon (Ferrari)

3.       Betty Haig (MG)

1952

1.       Yvonne Simon (Renault 1063)

2.       Lucienne Alziary de Roquefort (Panhard Dyna)

3.       Madeleine Pochon (Renault)

1953

Yvonne Simon (Renault 1063) – overall winner

Paola della Chiesa (Lancia Aurelia) – class win

Sports and Touring cars had their own classes.

Overall standings:

1. Yvonne Simon (Renault 1063)

2. Alexandra Hammersley (Lancia Aurelia)

3. Jane Bagarry/”Mlle de Warren” (Renault 1063).

1954

1.       Yvonne Simon (Panhard Monopole) – also won the 500-750cc class

2.       Lucienne Alziary de Roquefort (Dyna Panhard)

3.       Gilberte Thirion (Porsche 356)

“Madame Cazon”/Gilberte Stempert  (Dyna-Panhard DB850) -  750-1000cc class win

“Madame Achard”/”Madame Desoche” (Peugeot 203) – 1000-1300cc class win

Gilberte Thirion (Porsche 356) – 1300-2000cc class win

Betty Haig (Austin Healey) – 2000-3000cc class win
Jane Brandford (Triumph) - car control test win

1955

1.       Marie-Antoinette Chauvin/Maguy Richelme (Renault 1063)

2.       Jane Bagarry (Renault 1063)

3.       Sabine Hertslet/Rosemarie Schleheck (Porsche)

1956

No rally held?

1957
1. Yvonne Simon (Panhard Monopole)

1958

No rally held?

1959

1.       Annie Soisbault/Renée Wagner (Triumph TR3)

2.       Nicole Pizot/Lucette Pointet (DB Panhard)

3.       Regine Langlois”/”Madame Gesmier” (car not recorded)

1961

1.       Gabrielle Renault/J. Pivoit (Renault Dauphine Gordini)

2.       A Nioncelle/Ginette Desrolland (Renault Dauphine Gordini)

3.       Alexandra Kissel/Nadine Kissel (Panhard)

1963

1.       Lucette Pointet/”Madame Dutel” (Citroen DS 19)

2.       Gabrielle Renault/”Madame Bivois” (Renault)

3.       Simone Petit/”Mlle Mondolini” (Renault)

1964

1.       Claudine Trautmann (Lancia Flavia Coupe)

1966

1.       Claudine Trautmann/Colette (Lancia Flavia Zagato)

1967

1.       Claudine Trautmann/Catherine Piot (Lancia Fulvia Coupe Rallye HF)

1968

1.       Claudine Trautmann/Catherine Piot (Lancia Fulvia Coupe Rallye HF)

1969

1.       Claudine Trautmann/Hanrioud (Lancia Fulvia Coupe Rallye HF)

2.       Marie-Pierre Palayer/E Perrier (BMW 2002)

3.       Marie-Claude Beaumont/"Jonchere" (Chevrolet Camaro)

4.       Gabrielle Renault/"Cora" (Alpine-Renault)

5.       Paulette Delcros/Francoise Prud'hommes (Alpine Renault)

National Rallye: Marianne Hoepfner (Alpine-Renault)

1970

1.   Marie-Pierre Palayer/E Perrier (Porsche)

2.   Lucette Pointet/Lucette Veron (Ford Capri)

3.   Pat Moss-Carlson/Liz Nystrom (Lancia Fulvia HF)

1971

1. Marie-Claude Beaumont/Marie-Madeleine Fouquet (Chevrolet Camaro)
2. Marianne Hoepfner/J Roussely (Alpine Renault)
3. Claudine Trautmann/Marie-Odile Desvignes (Alpine Renault)
4. Marie-Pierre Palayer/E Perrier (Porsche 911 S)
5. Michele Vallet/M Rodt (Alfa Romeo

National Rallye: Annick Girard/Francoise Conconi (Alpine Renault)

Production Touring: Marie-Claude Beaumont (Chevrolet Camaro)

Special Touring: Michele Vallet (Alfa Romeo)

GT: Marie-Pierre Palayer (Porsche)

Special GT: Marianne Hoepfner (Alpine Renault)

1972

1. Marianne Hoepfner/Christine Fourton (Alpine Renault A110)
2. Christine Beckers/Cica Lurani (Alpine 1800)
3. Christine Dacremont/Bossert (Alpine 1600S)

Class win: Michele Vallet/Mme Penot (Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV) 6th overall
National class:
1. "Charlotte"/Henriot (Alpine 1600S)
2. "Durand"/"Belbello" (Alpine 1600S)
3. Marie-Odile Desvignes/Francoise Conconi (Alpine 1600S)

1973

1.       Marianne Hoepfner/Yveline Vannoni (Alpine Renault A110)

2.       “Charlotte”/Marie-José Hommel (Alpine Renault A110)

3.       Marie-Pierre Palayer/M-F Helly (Alpine Renault A110)

1974

1.       Christine Beckers/”Biche” (Michele Espinosi-Petit) (Lancia Stratos)

2.       Anny-Charlotte Verney/”Legou” (Porsche 911 Carrera RS)

3.       Donatella Tominz/Gabriella Mamolo (Fiat Abarth 124 Rally)

Group 1: Corinne Tarnaud (Alfa Romeo 2000)

Group 2: Monique Bourdon (Opel Kadett)

Group 3: Michele Mouton (Alpine-Renault)

Group 4: Anny-Charlotte Verney (Porsche)

1983

1. Dominique Perrier/"Drouilleau" (Citroen Visa)
2. Florence L'Huillier/"Camandona" (Citroen Visa)
3. Sylvie Seignobeaux/Brigitte Ayme (Citroen Visa)

This list has been compiled using data posted by members of the TNF and Forum Auto forums. Also thanks to Colin Butchers.

http://www.forum-auto.com/

http://forums.autosport.com/index.php?showforum=10

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