Sara Price

 

Sara Price races for the Chip Ganassi team in Extreme E. She has won multiple titles in motocross.

Her motocross career began when she was eight, in about 2000. By 2010, she was competing professionally, winning medals at the X Games and a string of women’s titles.

She switched from two wheels to four in about 2012, winning a championship in Terracross in 2015, an extreme rallycross series for SxS (UTV) vehicles and quads. Her vehicle was a Polaris UTV which she worked on herself. She also travelled to Morocco for the Rallye Aicha des Gazelles, a female-only navigational rally raid. She was seventh in the UTV and Quad class and won the First Participation Challenge rookie award.

Her next challenge was Trophy Trucks. She began in the Stadium Supertruck series founded by Robby Gordon and was its first female participant when she took to the track in Ontario. Soon, that was upgraded to the first woman to lead laps. The series is active in the USA, Canada and Australia and Sara travelled to the other side of the world for the final round. She was second. Her best American result was a fourth place at Costa Mesa in California.

This was in addition to another Terracross win, the first of two in 2016 and 2017.

She continued to race Trophy Trucks in 2017, but this year, she branched out into longer Baja events. Her first event was the Laughlin Desert Classic and she was second overall. At the end of the season, she returned to the stadiums at Storm Stadium.

Her other big development in 2017 was winning the female section of the Hoonigans Wanted Driver Search, run by Ken Block’s Hoonigan organisation. She got to compete in both asphalt and off-road hillclimbs, including a run in a Fiat 124 in the Mount Washington Climb to the Clouds.

She took another step in her off-road journey by making her debut in the 2018 SCORE International championship, a series of Baja races held in the desert of Mexico. Her vehicle was her Trophy Truck, which she ran in the Spec TT class. She was eighth in the class championship, with a fifth place in that year’s Baja 500 and a second in the Desert Challenge, the third round of the championship. 

After learning the courses successfully in 2018, she won the 2019 TT class championship.

In 2020, the coronavirus crisis limited some motorsport activity, although Sara managed to do some Baja events in both a UTV and a Trophy Truck. She also competed in Australia again in her Stadium Trophy Truck.

When Extreme E made public its decision to have male-female teams in all cars in 2021, Sara was the first driver to be announced for the championship. Her partner at Chip Ganassi Racing was Kyle LeDuc. They were one of the most stable partnerships, with both drivers completing all five rounds. The Chip Ganassi car was a standard Odyssey electric SUV with custom Hummer bodywork.

The team did not take the easy way through from the start. Kyle LeDuc was docked a point from their first-round total for causing a collision with Claudia Hurtgen’s ABT Cupra car during the Desert X Prix, leaving them eighth and last. Their best event was the Island X Prix in Sardinia, where Sara and Kyle were fourth, having qualified fifth. Sara, the more reliable driver, was seventh in the championship.

The Price/LeDuc pairing was retained by Ganassi for the 2022 season, although LeDuc was replaced for the final round in Uruguay by RJ Anderson. Sara won her first X Prix in Italy, although it was her only podium. She helped her team to fourth in the 2022 championship. This was her final season in Extreme E, as both drivers were replaced. LeDuc died of cancer in 2023.

She returned to baja events in the USA for 2023, winning rallies in California and Mexico as well as the Mint 400. Later, she moved into rally raids in a Can-Am, in preparation for a run in the 2024 Dakar. She won her class in the Sonora Rally in Mexico and was second in the Rallye du Maroc. Her car for the Dakar was a Can-Am run by South Racing. She was fourth in the SSV class with navigator Jeremy Gray, winning one stage.

In a sideways move, she took part in Alejandro Agag's electric powerboat racing series, E1 Grand Prix, in 2025.

(Image courtesy of Extreme E)

Natalie Decker

Natalie Decker made history in 2018 by becoming the first woman driver to start the Daytona ARCA race from pole. She was fifth overall.

This was the start of her second season in ARCA with the Venturini team, who ran her in seven races in 2017, driving a Toyota. Her best finish was seventh, at Elkhart Lake, and she also finished in the top ten at Pocono, the race before.

She did almost the full ARCA championship in 2018, nine top-ten finishes from 20 races, including two fifths at Daytona and Elko. She only missed the Michigan round after undergoing surgery for a hernia.

Her first attempt at a major race was in 2016. She tried to qualify for a Camping World Trucks race at Martinsville in 2016, after being supported by the Alan Kulwicki driver development programme. She did not qualify. She was part of a three-woman Decker family team, with her older cousins Claire and Paige. The two sisters just managed to qualify.

She returned to the Trucks series in 2019, driving for David Gilliland. Her first race ended in a crash. By her third, at Las Vegas, she was into the top twenty for the first time with a thirteenth place.

At the end of 2018, she was announced as one of 60 drivers on the longlist for the women-only W Series Formula 3 championship, despite having no single-seater experience. She made the initial cut and went on to test an actual F3 car in Spain, although she was not selected for the races themselves..

It was back to Trucks for the 2019 season proper. 2019 was not a vintage year for Natalie or her N29 team; eight crashes dented her chances somewhat. Her best finish was a thirteenth place at Las Vegas.

She crashed out of her K&N Pro Series East guest appearance, but her first of two ARCA races gave her a sixth. This was at Daytona at the start of the year.

Daytona was her lucky track again in 2020. She entered the Gander Outdoors Truck series and qualified 30th for the first round at the Florida track, but she fought her way to fifth. Unfortunately, the rest of her thirteen-race season did not go to plan. Her next-best finish was a 20th place at the Daytona road course. Having admitted in 2019 that she was affected by juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, her illness kept her away from the track for part of the year and meant she was not racing at 100%.

2021 brought some new challenges. She moved up to the NASCAR Xfinity Series for five rounds, usually in Chris Our's Chevrolet. It was a difficult season and her best finish was in her last race at Martinsville, where she was 25th.

Away from stock cars, she had more success with Trans Am, which she had tried in 2020. She raced an Audi R8 LMS at Watkins Glen and Circuit of the Americas, picking up two second places and a fourth.

Her Trans Am career continued in 2022 with her debut win in the Audi. The Charlotte victory was her only outing in the series. Her stock car activities were limited, sometimes by illness, but she continued to appear in the Xfinity Series. Although she did not qualify at Daytona or Talladega and her car was taken over by Chad Finchum at Dover, she did qualify for three races. These were at Martinsville, Nashville and Atlanta, with the best of these being Atlanta, where she was 27th.

There was limited racing for her in 2023, but two of her events were more outings in the Xfinity Series. She was 34th at Charlotte, driving for Bobby Dotter's team, but did not finish at Daytona after crashing out fairlt early. She was driving for Emerling-Gase Motorsports this time. Dotter gave her another drive at Homestead, but she did not qualify. 

Emerling had already run her once at Daytona. She did the season-opening ARCA race and was fourteenth overall. 

Her 2024 season was a short one, consisting of two Xfinity races, at Daytona and Charlotte. She was 18th at Daytona and 29th at Charlotte. She had different sponsors and car owners each time. Part-way through the year, she announced her pregnancy and took a break from competition.

After her maternity leave, she did one more Xfinity race in 2025, the mid-season Daytona round. She finished on the lead lap, 22nd overall.

She was part of the NASCAR Drive for Diversity programme in 2015 and has competed in late models and local truck and stock car events since 2013.

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Female Drivers in Truck Racing

Minna Kuoppala in 1995

Women drivers have enjoyed some success in truck racing, both in Europe, especially France, and in the Brazilian Formula Truck series. Aliyyah Koloc now has her own profile. Heather Baillie, Divina Galica, Ellen Lohr and Stephanie Halm have all also competed in truck racing, in Europe.

Marcia Arcade – Brazilian driver who was the first woman to race in Formula Truck, in 1998. Her truck was a Scania, and she was not initially among the front-runners. She contested six races in 1998 and 1999. In 2001, she entered three more races, in a Ford truck, but again, did not challenge for wins. She was nicknamed “Furaçao”, or “Hurricane”.

Reinhilde Braun – German driver who raced in the European championships in the mid-1990s. Her first major season was 1994, and she was fifth in the Truck class. In 1995, driving a Mercedes, she finished eighth in the championship. In 1996, she ran her own racing team, with Sisu trucks and Minna Kuoppala as driver, with some success. Further details about Reinhilde’s career are proving hard to find. She may have also been involved in the haulage trade.

Jennifer Janiec – French driver who raced trucks in Europe between 2009 and 2011. In 2009 and 2010, she finished tenth in the French truck racing championship. In 2011, she took part in the European championship round at the Nürburgring, in a MAN. Her best finish was 16^th. Her first European outing was one of her first major truck races, in 2008. She was 17^th overall at Barcelona. In 2012, she was down as a reserve driver for the Le Mans truck race, but it is unclear whether she got to drive. She had raced at the event the year before. Previously, she raced single-seaters and small sportscars in France, including four seasons of Formula Renault, from 2007. After a long time out of the driving seat, she returned to the French and European championships in 2019, driving a Man. She raced at Paul Ricard in the French series and the Nurburgring in the European. In 2020, she made a guest appearance in the French championship at Nogaro, finishing seventh and tenth. This expanded to seven races from the twelve-race 2021 season, narrowly missing out on a top-ten finish at Albi. She improved as a driver in 2022 and did almost the whole season. Her best finishes were seventh places at Charade and the Nurburgring and she was twelfth in the championship. Another full season in 2023 gave her thirteenth place, with a best finish of seventh at Charade. This was one of several top tens she achieved during the year. In 2024, she concentrated on the French championship, finishing 18th overall. Her best race finish was eleventh at Paul Ricard. Most of her 2025 season was spent in the French championship again. Her best circuit was Paul Armagnac, where she was twelfth. She is from a family of truck racers, and her brother, Jean-Pierre, remains active in the sport.

Minna Kuoppala – Finnish driver active in truck racing in the 1990s. She raced in the European championships between 1994 and 1998. Her first season gave her eighth in the SuperTruck class. In 1995, she was ninth in the Super-Truck class. In 1996, she drove for Reinhilde Braun’s Mercedes team, finishing sixth in the Truck class.  After a lull in competition, she was seventh in the Truck class in 1998. In 1993, she had won her class in the British championship, and was fourth in class B in the European series. Her trucks were usually Finnish-built Sisus. Earlier in her career, she raced single-seaters in Finland. In 1989, she was fifth in the Finnish Formula Ford 1600 championship. Even earlier, she competed in karting, against Mika Häkkinen and Taru Rinne.

Celine Miral - races trucks in France. She began racing in 2022, driving a Renault and a DAF in the French championship for the Bejuit team. She was 29th in the championship after a part-season and her best finish was fifteenth at Le Castellet. She had been involved in truck racing for a while as part of the Bejuit team, which is staffed by engineering students, but only took the wheel herself at the age of 45. Her first experience of driving the truck at speed was during the Paul Ricard qualifying. She did another part-season in 2023, driving the DAF, and was 31st overall. She raced a DAF again in 2024 and was 31st again after a part-season. 2025 was another part-season for her; she raced at Le Mans only.

Laurine Orsini – races trucks in France. 2015 was her debut season, driving for her family’s team (both her father and brother are ex-truck racers). Her truck is a Mercedes Axor. Coming into the French championship with no prior motorsport experience, she was not one of the front-runners, and finished in 16^th place, with four points. Previously, she competed in eventing on her horse. She did another season in the French championship in 2016, in the same truck. Her final position was fourteenth, having scored points in two of her three races. She planned to race in 2020, but had to pull out due to problems stemming from the coronavirus epidemic. In 2021, she did the Nogaro round of the French series, finishing three of her four races.

Aline Rambeau – French driver who raced trucks in the 2000s. In 2005, she took part in the European championship, in the Supertruck class, driving a MAN race truck. She was relatively competitive, and a regular visitor to the top ten. The best moment of her season was a win in the 24 Hours of Le Mans Camions. Her final championship position is not currently forthcoming. Her first season of truck racing seems to have been in 2002, when she also raced a MAN in the Coupe de France, and was third in the championship. As well as racing trucks on circuits, she also took part in rally raids, in the Truck class. She entered the 2004 Dakar in a Mercedes, and also did some other cross-country rallies. Her co-driver was Jo Adua.  

Débora Rodrigues - truck racer from Brazil. She has been competing in Formula Truck since 1998, and in recent years, has driven in rounds of  the Brazilian and South American championships. So far, she is the only woman to do so. Her best championship finish has been sixth, in 2006. She was tenth in the 2011 South American series. In recent years, her best race finish has been fifth, at Cascavel in 2012. In 2013, she managed another tenth in the South American championship, after running in both the Brazilian and SudAm series. Her race truck is always a Volkswagen. Away from truck racing, she is a TV presenter and former model. She also branched out into cars in 2013, entering two rounds of the Mitsubishi Lancer Cup. She returned to trucks in 2014, in a MAN, and raced in both championships. Her best finish in Formula Truck was a seventh place, in Buenos Aires. She was 16th in the championship. In 2015, she was twelfth in Formula Truck, driving a MAN. She mostly finished in the lower half of the top ten. This improved to ninth in 2016, with a best finish of fourth, at Campo Grande. She had a dramatic crash during her 2016 season and does not appear to have raced in 2017. In 2018 she raced in Copa Truck, finishing twelfth. She was third in the 2019 championship after picking up three third places. After a comeback in 2024, she did the full 2025 Copa Truck season, finishing 18th in the championship. Her best finish was seventh at Potenza and she was also tenth at Interlagos.

Lenka Vlachova – Czech driver who did a season of European truck racing in 2000. Her truck was a Sisu, run by Martin Koloc’s team. Although she was not one of the front-runners in the championship, she managed to score a few points, and was fourteenth in the final standings. Lenka may have done some truck racing in the Czech Republic previously, but further information is proving hard to track down.

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Maria Cristina Rosito

Maria Cristina in 2011

Brazil’s Maria Cristina Rosito is probably best known for her exploits in Formula 3 in the 2000s. She has raced in multiple motorsport disciplines since the 1980s, in South America, and has been one of the foremost female drivers both there, and in the world, for much of that.

She was born in 1966,  and even before she began her motorsport career, competition was a big part of her life. As a junior, she swam competitively and raced motorcycles and bicycles, before turning  to karting in 1981. She won multiple local and Brazilian junior championships in all of these disciplines, sometimes alongside her sister, Maria do Carmo. Maria was also a junior women’s motorcycling star, but retired in 1978. They were both supported by their father, Raffaele Rosito, who raced cars himself.

After some years spent switching between cycling, motorbikes and karting, depending on finances, she seems to have moved into senior circuit racing in 1983, shortly before her 17th birthday. She drove saloon cars in long-distance events, usually around Rio Grande do Sul, her home region, but sometimes further afield. Her car was a Fiat 147. That year, she was third in the Tarumã 500km, and also drove in the 12 Hours of Interlagos, both in the São Paulo district. In 1984, she continued to race the Fiat, taking part in the Itali Cup for Italian cars.

In 1985, she made her first attempts at single-seater racing, interspersed with some karting. She entered the Brazilian Formula Ford championship. One of her competitors appears to have been Gil de Ferran, but her results are proving hard to track down. She also drove in two rounds of the South American Formula Two championship, presumably in Brazil, but did not score any points.

A couple of quiet seasons followed. Knowing Maria Cristina’s early racing history, it is not unfeasible that she returned to motorcycle racing or karting, perhaps while gathering funds. However, she re-emerged in 1988, carrying on where she had left off. Her Fiat had been exchanged for a Volkswagen Passat for the Brazilian Drivers and Manufacturers’ Championship. This move paid off; she won her first big race this year, the Tarumã 500km, driving alongside Paulo Hoher. The duo were also second in the 3 Hours of Guapore, fifth in the 3 Hours of Tarumã, and eighth in the Guapore 500km. In the Regional series, they won a race at Tarumã, and were second in another.

Her success in touring cars was supported by success in single-seaters, too: she won the Gaúcho Formula Ford championship, for drivers from Rio Grande do Sul. One of her most noteworthy achievements this year was winning two races in one day, at different tracks, in different categories.

Between 1989 and 1991, she seems to have concentrated on touring cars, maintaining her partnership with Paulo Hoher. In 1989, they won the regional championship, before Maria Cristina moved on to the Drivers’ and Manufacturers’ Championship in 1990, still in the Passat. She raced at least once with Neco Torres. Her 1991 co-driver for this series is unknown, and actual results from this period are not forthcoming.

By 1993, she was back in a single-seater, racing a Formula Chevrolet at Guapore, where she was seventh, ahead of Bruno Junqueira. She may also have raced in this category in 1992. Her activities for most of the mid-1990s are uncertain, and she may have taken some time out of motorsport completely, as some articles mention one or two breaks from competition. In 1995, she is mentioned as having taken part in Formula Hyundai Femenina in Argentina, a women-only saloon racing series. However, no results for this championship have come to light. In 1997, she returned to the Gaúcho Drivers and Manufacturers’ Championship with Airton Diehl, although her race results are, again, proving elusive.

Suzane Carvalho and Maria Cristina, racing in Formula Chevrolet

After some possible time on the sidelines, she appears on entry lists once more in 1999. She won two races of another women-only series, the Campeonato Women Corsa. This championship was organised by Maria Helena Fittipaldi, during her tenure as a senior official for AMPACOM, the Brazilian women racing drivers’ association. The final result of the championship has been unfortunately lost, although it is known that there was some controversy around how identically-prepared the 1.6 GM Corsas used in the races were.

The following year, 2000, Maria Cristina got back into a single-seater, this time a Formula 3 machine. She entered the South American Formula 3 championship, running in the Light category, and was eighth overall. She also drove in two rounds of the main Formula 3 championship, at her favoured track of Tarumã, with the Avallone team. She was fourteenth and fifteenth in her two races. As well as her modest F3 achievements, she showed she still had the strength for endurance racing, by winning the 12 Hours of Tarumã in a VW Spyder. She was part of a four-driver team with Decius Dornelles, Paulo Sérgio Pereira and Bertuol.

There was no Formula 3 for her in 2001, but, showing her usual willingness to race almost anything, she entered the Campeonato Brasileiro Ford Fiesta Feminino, a women-only one-make series for Ford Fiestas. It was, again, organised and fronted by Maria Helena Fittipaldi and AMPACOM, and had tighter technical rules than its predecessor. Many of the 1999 Corsa racers came back, and Maria Cristina was among the fastest straight away. She won the championship.

In 2002, she stuck with saloon competition, and entered the Brascar Championship. She was competing as a single driver, and is known to have finished eighth in the Curitiba race. However, even the details of her car seem to have been forgotten. Her 2003 Brascar season is better-documented: she drove a Volkswagen Spyder in the Sports Prototype class, with Marcus Peres. They finished strongly throughout the championship, and were runners-up at the end of the season. They won at least two races, at Londrina and Curitiba.

After a break of three seasons, she returned to Formula 3 in 2004. As in 2000, she entered both the Light and main classes of the Sud-Am championship, but this time, only did two races in each. She was driving for the Dragão Motorsport team and competed in the two Tarumã races, finishing the first one in ninth place. She did not finish the second. This was just enough to get her sixth place in the Light category.

After this adventure, Maria Cristina’s career seems to enter another quiet period. For the next couple of years, she did some sportscar racing, including a run in the 2007 Gaúcho Endurance championship, driving for Nelson Piquet’s Piquet Sport team. In 2010, she did at least one round of the Gaúcho Endurance championship, at Velopark, driving a Ford Fusion. Her team-mate was Andersom Toso. In between, she competed in drag racing, winning at least some class awards in 2008 and 2009.

She returned to full-time competition in 2011, this time, in truck racing. She drove for the DF Ford team in Formula Truck Brazil, alongside team-mate Danilo Dirani. Unfortunately, she was not among the front-runners, and finished the season 21st overall.

She went back to sportscars for one guest appearance in 2012, driving a Ginetta G50 for Manelão Competições in the Brazilian Endurance Championship. The following year, she did some guest runs in Sprint Race in Brazil. 

This seemed to have been her last competitive outing, at the age of 46, but she came back again in 2015, to do some racing in the Brazilian Sprint Race series. 

She had more of a full-time return in 2017, this time racing trucks. She and Uruguayan Carolina Canepa formed the Woman's Racing Team for Formula Truck. Maria Cristina was fourth in the championship, with a best finish of third, at Londrina.

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"Les Autres", 1980 - present day

Anne Baverey

During the revival of Speedqueens, I came across a number of drivers who did not fit well into the categories I had chosen for the site. Some of them had competed in several different disciplines, making it hard to place them in one. Others raced in slightly obscure disciplines, or in those I had decided not to cover fully.

In time, some of these entries may be moved to "better homes". Below is a list of jills-of-all-trades, non-US stockcar racers, speed eventers and entrants in events like the Tour de France, where it was unclear what their normal category was.

This page has been divided from its former location. “Les Autres” from between 1950 and 1980 can be found on the original page, here. For drivers competing in Africa, go here. Indian drivers, here. Truck racers now have their own post. Amanda Hennessy's profile can now be found here, Sarah Bovy, here, Francesca Linossi here, Lucile Cypriano here, Abbie Eaton here, Sarah Moore here, Jessica Hawkins here, Amna al-Qubaisi here, Marie Baus-Coppens here, Kattlyn Magno here, Cindy Gudet here, Isabella Robusto here, Helga Heinrich here, Courtney Prince here and Naomi Schiff also has her own post. 

Tina Annemüller – raced in the Opel Astra OPC Cup section of the VLN in 2015. She was thirteenth in class, alongside her team-mates, Tatjana Hanser and Thomas Rehlinger. She also took part in the RCN series, in the same car. Tina is more usually involved with rallying, mostly as a successful co-driver. It was in this way that she got into motorsport in 2010, after working for a number of rally teams in the catering department. She has also driven herself a few times, driving a Renault Twingo in the ADAC Rallye Wartburg in 2012, and a Citroen DS3 in the Wartburg and Sachsen rallies in 2013. In 2016, she switched to the co-driver's seat and sat alongside German and Austrian drivers, including Michael Kogler. 

Monika Arvidsson - Swedish driver who races small sportscars in Europe. She began racing a Mallock Clubman car in 2016, when she was only fifteen years old. Her first season ended in a second place in the SPVM Clubman championship. In 2017, she went one better and won the championship outright. A season in the Swedish Radical Cup followed, although she did not take part in all the rounds. Her best result was a third at Kinnekulle and she was usually in the top five. In 2018, she raced the Radical and the Clubman again, and travelled to the UK to race in the BARC Clubman championship in May. A double-headed attack on the British and Swedish Clubman championships in 2019 was derailed by a lack of funding, but she was still fifth in the Swedish series with one second and one third place. She has since bought a Formula Ford 2000 car which she has raced in Sweden, with the intention of doing a full season in 2022.

Florencia Barboza – Uruguayan driver who competes in both touring cars and single-seaters in her home country. She first made her mark on the scene in 2011, racing in both the Turismo Libre series, in a VW Gol, and Formula Vee. She was twelfth in Formula Vee, with one podium finish. 2012 continued in the same vein, with Florencia doing quite well in Formula Vee, scoring a third place at El Pinar and a sixth place overall. She also raced the Gol in Turismo Libre. In 2013, she concentrated on saloon racing, taking part in the Chevrolet Sonic Racing Cup, in which she managed two top-five positions. She returned to the Sonic Cup in 2014, and was part of its “Copa Damas”, which had its own dedicated all-female final race. After a long break, she reappeared in 2019, racing a VW Beetle in the SuperEscarabejos series in Uruguay. She was 22nd in this one-make championship. 

Lyssia Baudet - karter and racer from Belgium. Her first entry in a car appears to be the Fun Cup 25 Hour race in 2019, which she finished in 66th place with her three team-mates. In 2022, she tried different disciplines, including rallying.  She was selected as a supported female driver by the Belgian motorsport association earlier in the year and this helped her get a seat in a Renault Clio Rally5 for two Belgian events, the Condroz-Huy and Hautes-Fagnes rallies. She was 54th in the latter. She also entered the Auto Slalom competition at the FIA Motorsport Games in October, finishing 15th with Dylan Czaplicki. She won the Belgian Rally Championship's Lady Cup in 2023 and was fourth in the Clio Trophy. Her best result was a fourteenth place in the Ardennes Rally. In 2024, she was one of the shortlisted drivers for the WRC Beyond Rally women's development programme. This meant that she got to drive a Ford Fiesta Rally3 in the Central European Rally, finishing 40th after rejoining under SuperRally rules. In addition to this, she competed extensively in northern Europe, in the Clio and an Opel eCorsa, which she used in the ADAC Opel e-Rally Cup. She was the 2024 Belgian Ladies' champion and was also signed up for the WRC Young Driver team for a 2025 part-season in the WRC. This turned out to be one outing in the Rally of Sweden. She and Lea Sam-Caw-Freve drove a Ford Fiesta and finished 37th overall. Lyssia was beaten to the fully-supported season by Claire Schoenborn of Germany.

Anne Baverey - Frenchwoman who tried her hand at various disciplines between the late 1970s and early 1990s. She rallied, raced in Formula Three and F3000, and attempted to qualify an Argo for Le Mans in 1990. The attempt, assisted by Ian Khan and Michael Dow and using a works JM19C, was unsuccessful. In the 1980s, Anne took up hillclimbing and soon became competitive. In 1985, she took part in historic hillclimbing and came eleventh in the championship. Using a BMW-engined Duqueine F3 car, she did very well in French climbs in 1986. She is still known in some French motorsport circles as “Le reine de la Montagne”.

Lilit Belovska – rally and circuit driver from Bulgaria. In 2010, she took part in the Bulgarian rally championship in an Opel Corsa, but sadly, did not finish any of her rallies. The same year, she entered some rounds of the Bulgarian touring car championship, with a best finish of ninth in class, at Drakon. In 2011, she raced in the Bulgarian circuit championships, in the Corsa. Her best finish was eleventh, at Veliko Tarnovo.

Ilona Bertapelle – began her racing career in 2014, in the Peugeot 208 Cup. Although her early performances were praised, she was not among the front-runners. Later in the year, she signed up for the Andros Trophy Trophée Féminin, which ran through until 2015. Her best result in her Camotos sprint-car was fifth, at Isola 2000. She was tenth in the championship. During the 2015 summer season, she raced in the Peugeot 208 Cup in France. She took part in the 208 Cup again in 2016, for No Limit Racing. In 2018, she returned to racing a Peugeot in 208 Racing Cup. After a break, she returned to the circuits in 2023, winning the TCA Light championship in France. She then competed in French rallycross in 2024, driving a Renault Clio. Her mother is Patricia Bertapelle; the two competed in the 2019 Rallye des Princesses in an Austin Healey Mk1. Back on track in 2023, she won the French TCA Light championship, with 14 race victories. Her car was a Peugeot 208. The following year, she returned to rallycross and the French Twingo Cup for women, which she won in 2025.

Marion Beule - winner of the 1986 Ford Fiesta Ladies Cup. She was second in 1985 and third in 1984, after using the series to get started in senior motorsport, in 1983. After that, she raced in the VLN, and then moved into single-seaters, spending two seasons competing in Formula Opel Lotus in 1988 and 1989. She was unplaced both times. In 1990, she and her brother Achim, who had previously driven together in karting and Formula Opel Lotus, entered the Ford Fiesta Mixed Cup together. They won a few races, and Marion was fourth in the Ladies’ standings. She retired in 1991.

Carolyn Boniface - American driver who competed in France in the 1980s. Her first season of rallycross was in 1987, driving a BMW 325i. She was competitive straight away and finished seventh in the French championship, with the Ladies’ title as a consolation. Her best overall finish was second at Pau. She also became the first US driver to compete in the European Rallycross Championship when she did the French round that year. Before and after that, she competed in rallies in France, usually driving a Ford Escort or Sierra. Her best rally finish between 1985 and 1990 was eleventh in the 1989 Rallye Alsace-Vosges. She did one WRC rally: the 1989 Sanremo event. Her job at Ford France led to her competition career being in Europe.

Leticia Bufoni - Brazilian former Olympic and professional skateboarder who switched to motorsport in 2023. She began in the 2023-24 Nitrocross rallycross championship in the USA, driving a Can-Am Maverick SxS vehicle. Her best finish was fifth, at Utah, and she was fifth in the SxS championship. At the beginning of 2024, she announced that she would be competing in the Porsche Cup Brazil. In her first season, she managed a couple of top-five finishes. Returning in 2025, she had an inconsistent season with a few problems, but continued to finish well. she was sixth in the championship.

Diana Carter (Polivka) - Canadian driver active between 1960 and 1967. She won the very first race she entered, driving a Volvo.  She often raced Volvo cars, and used a 122 to win the CRDA 2500cc+ Touring Class Championship in 1963, a first for a female driver. She also used a Sunbeam Alpine in Canadian Production races in 1964, sometimes sponsored by  Canadian Track & Traffic Magazine, for which she worked. As well as saloons, she sometimes raced a Formula Vee, and she apparently won a Ladies’ race at Nassau, although the results are not forthcoming. Alongside her circuit racing, she was also a rally driver, supported by the Volvo factory and the media for which she wrote. She entered the Canadian Shell 4000 Rally four times, between 1963 and 1966, and won the Coupe des Dames in the first three. After 1967, she concentrated on motorsport administration and her work in the motoring press.

Sonia Cha – winner of the Copa Corsa womens’ championship in Argentina, in 1999. She began her career in the Argentine ladies’ championships in the 1990s, before moving into the Tursimo Carretera (TC) series after her Copa Corsa win. From 1999 onwards, she shared a Chevrolet with Rene Zannatta in the TC series. In 2001, she did one race in the Kia Cup, before switching to rallying in 2002. That season’s car was a SEAT Ibiza, which she used in the Argentine Championship.

Jacqueline Dantec - successful driver in French hillclimbs in the 1970s and 1980s, usually in saloon cars, including an Opel Commodore. She also sometimes competed in circuit races, and did some rounds of the French Touring Car Championship. In 1978, she drove in the first two rounds, with a best of eleventh at Montlhéry. Her car was a 3500cc BMW 530. She may well have raced in the FTCC between 1979 and 1981, but the records are not readily available. However, she did reappear in 1982, in a BMW 528i. She completed just over half of the championship, with a best result of tenth, again at Montlhéry. She was 22nd in the championship.

Florence Duez (L’Huillier) - mainly raced sports and GT cars in France and Europe, and was most active in 1998/99. She has driven Lotus Elises, Ferrari 355s and BMW Z3s. She drove the Elise in the 1998 Zolder 24 Hours, although she did not finish. Her best finish was probably fourth, with a class win, in the 1996 Spa 24 Hours. She was driving a BMW in an all-female team consisting of her, Yolanda Surer and Kate Rafanelli. It was her second attempt at the Belgian classic. She performed well as part of another womens’ team in 1999, winning two class awards at the Nürburgring 24 Hours and finishing seventh. The car was a Carlsson BMW M3 and her team-mates were Ellen Lohr, Jutta Kleinschmidt and Claudia Hürtgen. She also did a few rallies, some of them in a SEAT Ibiza kit car, with her husband, Marc Duez, as her team-mate. Previously, she was a rally driver in the 1980s, driving a Citroen Visa.

Glory (Glorymar) Fernandez - Puerto Rican racer who competed in the 2013 Lotus Ladies’ Cup. She was ninth overall, with a best finish of second, at the Hungaroring. She began her motorsport career in autotest-type events in the USA, and has been active in club racing in the USA and the Dominican Republic since then. Her car is usually a Honda Civic. Between 2006 and 2009, she scored several good class positions in US and Dominican national and regional race series, in the Civic. Detailed information about the exact series and classes is proving hard to pin down. In 2014, she returned to the shortened Ladies' Cup. Although she managed one podium, a third at the Red Bull Ring, her two DNFs, and one subsequent non-start, dropped her to ninth in the championship. In 2017, she went to the USA and drove in three rounds of the Pirelli World Challenge, in a Honda Civic. Her best finish was tenth, at Virginia. She competed successfully in autocross and Autosolo in 2019.

Jasmin Fiedler - races a GP2 car in the BOSS Series. Her first outings in the car were at Brno in 2020. That year, she also won Division 2 of the SCC sportscar championship, driving a Honda-engined PRC. She won two of her four races. This was her second year in the series and she was runner-up in 2019. She races alongside her husband Andreas Fiedler for their Fiedler Racing team. They both took part in the Carbonia Cup in 2021, with Jasmin winning at least one race. In 2024, she competed in the Sports Car Challenge in Europe, driving a Honda-engined Tatuus prototype. For 2025, she continued with it, competing in the GT Cup in Europe and in a historic event at the Nurburgring.

Sarah Franklin - active in British motorsport since 2004. She was originally set to make her debut in Formula Woman, but dropped out, in order to start her career on her own terms. She first raced in Formula Ford in 2004, as well as some sportscar racing, in a Ginetta G20. The Ginetta was her car of choice for some years after that. In 2007 and 2008, she did part-seasons in the Ginetta Championshipand the Club Ginetta series, as well as a couple of guest spots in the Porsche Carrera Cup. 2009 saw her try saloon racing, in Britcar, with an MG ZR. She carried on this path in 2010, in the Zing Trofeo Abarth, where she really started to show some results. Her best finish was fifth, and she was tenth in the championship. She kept it small the following year, in the Smart ForTwo Cup. This year, she won her first race, driving a Brabus Smart. In 2012, she went one better, and won her first championship, the B class of the Production Touring Car Trophy, in a Fiat 500 Abarth. She won 17 races that year. 2013 was very quiet, but she came back in 2014, and took part in the Clio Cup Road Series. She was third in the championship, with three third places. In 2016, she was third in the Clio Cup again, with one win. She moved into the Race Car class of the Clio Cup in 2017, and was sixth. Sarah is not a professional driver, and works as a solicitor. She had to sit out the 2018 and 2019 seasons due to a wrist injury, but remained involved through the BWRDC.

Noélie Gerus - has driven in French hillclimbs and rallies since 2002, winning her class on many occasions and the "Challenge Espoir" championship in 2004. She was also French ladies’ champion that year. Her cars include a Tatuus Formula Renault, Dallara F3 and a Peugeot 106.

Vivienne Geuzebroek – Dutch driver who competes in rallies and circuit racing. She started on the circuits in 2010, after getting her licence in 2009. Her first car was a BMW E30, which she used in the DNRT championship, as well as a BMW E36 318. In 2011 and 2012, she raced in the B18 category of the DNRT, and was third overall in 2012, a result she repeated in 2013. She returned to the championship in 2014, but was not quite as successful. She was third in the 2015 championship. Her rally career developed at the same time as her circuit activities. At first, she co-drove in rallysprints, before taking the wheel herself in 2014. She has driven the BMW and a Nissan Micra in the RallyPro Circuit Shortrally.  She carried on in rallies in 2016, in the Micra. Her best finish was eleventh, in the Zeebodem Short Rally. She was third in the 2017 Dutch Ladies' Rally Championship, in the Micra. In 2018, she continued to rally the Micra in shorter stage events, earning a best finish of twelfth in the  Zeebodem Short Rally. Driving a BMW 125, she won the Dutch ladies' rally championship in 2019, with a best finish of twelfth in the JUMBO Short Rally. She did one rally in 2020, the Vechtdal Rally, finishing 51st in the BMW. In 2021, she returned to circuit racing in the DNRT endurance championship, as part of an all-female team, although she did make further rally appearances in the BMW in rallies. The endurance racing continued in 2022 and 2023, and the team was eighth in the Assen 24 Hours in 2023. In 2024, she raced in the BMW Racing Cup in the Netherlands, including some endurance rounds. She was back out at Zolder with an all-woman team including Beitske Visser, and did some historic rallying in 2025.

Ernesta Globyte – Lithuanian driver active across the Baltic region. She made her first appearance in the Baltic Touring Car Championship in 2009, driving a BMW M3 in the Open class. She was instantly competitive, coming third in her first race, and winning the Open class championship. In 2010, she raced a BMW 318, and was not as effective, with a seventh at Pärnu as her best result. She was sixth in the Open class. In 2011, she switched over to sportscars, racing a Radical in the Radical Nevada championship, before making a part-time return to touring cars in 2012, driving a BMW GSR in some rounds of the Lithuanian championship, without much success. The situation was similar in 2013. The following year, she acquired a Ginetta G50, and was competitive once more, in the Baltic Open championship. Her best overall result was second, at Pärnu. She was also part of an all-female team for the Palanga 1000km, with Indrė Senkutė and Agnė Vičkačkaitė-Lauciuvienė. They drove a Renault Clio as the Sostena Renault team, but did not finish. As well as an all-female driving squad, their service crew were also all female. In 2015, she drove a Ginetta G50 in the Baltic Touring Car Championship, winning one race at Biekerniki, in Latvia. She was third in the 2016 Baltic championship, in the Ginetta, after a series of seconds and thirds. She also drove a BMW in the 4-Hour enduro at Parnu, and was seventeenth with the Samsonasracing.com team. In 2017, she raced a Radical on the circuits, and helped Mantas Jurgaitis to a rally win as his co-driver. She returned to Baltic Touring Cars in 2018, driving a TCR-spec VW Golf and winning the TCR class. She also co-drove a BMW in two Lithuanian rallies for Rokas Stepanovicius. As well as more co-driving, she raced a Golf and an Audi RS3 in the 24H TCE Series, driving at Spa and Catalunya for GSR Motorsport. She drove the Golf in the Baltic championship. In 2020, she was fourth in the two-round Baltic championship, with one second place at Parnu. She raced a Golf in the Hockenheim rounds of the 24H TCE Series, which were both twelve-hour events. She and her team-mates were fourth and third in the TCR class. In 2022, she returned to the Golf and the 24H series, finishing third in the TCR class at Spa. She raced in the Barcelona 24 Hours in 2023, but did not finish. In 2024, she did the Portuguese round of the 24H Series, finishing third in the GT4 class and fourteenth overall in a Ginetta G56. Her team-mates were all Lithuanian. 

Laurene Godey - mainly a rally co-driver, although she has done both circuit racing and ice racing. She won two races in the Invitation class of the 2019-20 Andros Trophy, driving an electric Andros car. Since then, she has made more appearances in the Invitation series. She also did two races in the 2019 French GT championship, driving a Porsche 718 Cayman with Sebastien Loeb. They were 16th and 13th at Paul Ricard. Laurene is in a romantic relationship with Sebastien. She has co-driven in some rallies for him since 2019 and they won two events together in 2023. In 2024, she drove a Porsche in two 24H Series races at Mugello, as team-mate rather than co-driver to Sebastien. She and her co-drivers were twelfth and ninth in class. She co-drove for Sebastien again in 2025, winning the Rallye du Chablais in an Alpine A110.

Leslie González – Mexican driver who has competed in several different disciplines. She began as a single-seater racer, and took part in the Mexican Formula 3 championship from at least 1997, until 2001. During her final season in F3, she was ninth overall. In 2003, she moved into saloon-based competition, and spent several seasons racing on and off in the Mexican Clio Cup. 2004 was her best year, and she was ninth. In 2005, she also tried out the Mexican NASCAR series. After a break from competition, Leslie returned to the track in 2015, racing a truck in the Freightliner Campeonato Tractocamiones (Truck Championship). She was ninth overall, and second female driver after Gisela Ponce. 

Jade Handi - took part in the 2011 Dubai 24 Hours, driving a Renault Clio for Springbox. Alongside Amandine Foulard, Corentine Quiniou and Cyndie Allemann, she was tenth in class A2. As well as the Dubai endurance event, she has driven an Isuzu in the French 24-Hour All-Terrain rally, and other rally raids, in France, since 2010. In 2009, she competed in the Rallye Aïcha des Gazelles, as co-driver to Syndiely Wade. Before that, she raced trials bikes and quads. She is better-known in France as a television presenter.

 

Jackie Heinricher – American driver who raced in the Red Bull Global Rallycross Championship in 2015, in the Lites class. She drove the Hyundai Veloster Lites car for Rhys Millen’s team. Her best result was a seventh place, at Daytona. 2015 is her first year of rallycross. In 2014, she raced in the Ferrari Challenge USA, finishing 19^th overall. Her GRC drive in 2015 was combined with another run in the Ferrari Challenge, in a Ferrari 458, although she did not manage to finish at Daytona. She has also raced a Lola Formula 3 car at club level. In 2016, she did a part-season in the Blancpain Lamborghini Super Trofeo. She raced a Lamborghini again in 2017, coming seventh in the American Super Trofeo. One of her team-mates was Pippa Mann. Injury kept her from competing for much of 2018 and precluded a planned comeback in an all-female team for the 2019 Daytona 24 Hours, driving an Acura NSX. She is now the team's manager instead, although it lost its sponsorship and ran in 2020 as a mixed or male team.

Gwendolyn Hertzberger - Dutch driver who has raced single-seaters and touring cars. She began in 2004, in Holland, in saloon racing, before testing for several Formula Renault teams. She moved to Italy to further her career in 2005, and took part in a few Formula Ford races, as well as attending race training. She moved straight up to Northern European Formula Renault in 2006 and struggled, ending the year in 20th. She was 28th in 2007, and changed series in 2008. She took part in a couple of Formula Master races in Italy, scoring one pole position, then went back to the Low Countries to race a Marcos Mantis in the Belgian GT championship and Dutch Supercars. She was fourth in class in the Zolder 24 Hours. In 2009, she returned to karting. Since then, she has done some test driving, and motor journalism. 

Yasmeen Koloc - Czech driver who races in Formula 4 and the Eset Cup in Eastern Europe. 2020 was her first season; she had previously played tennis competitively but had to retire due to a wrist injury. She started the year in Formula 4 but had quite a bad crash at Grobnik in her first race, despite being fast in testing. She swappd the Eset Formula championship for Endurance championship, driving a Renault Clio. Her best finish was fourth, at Slovakiaring. Her twin sister is truck racer Aliyyah Koloc and both are members of the Buggyra Academy with an eye on the Dakar. She entered the Dakar for Buggyra in 2022, but had to pull out due to not recovering from an injury sustained in the French GT championship, where she raced a Mercedes-AMG GT4.

Martina Kwan - US-based driver from Hong Kong who usually drives Porsches in club championships. She won two of the Porsche Owners’ Club’s titles in 2017, driving a 997 which she calls “Firehorse”. As well as circuit racing, she has won awards for time trials. In 2019, she started competing in the Saleen Cup with Hanna Zellers, beginning at Portland. The Cup is a one-make series for Saleen S1 sportscars. She did not take up racing until she was 50.

Catherine Liegeois – has raced in Belgium since at least 2000, when she drove a Honda Integra in the Spa 24 Hours, with Alexandre Leens and Michel Wilders. They did not finish. In more recent years, she has been a regular in the Fun Cup 25 Hours, also held at Spa, driving a VW Beetle. In 2002, she was part of a team including the Belgian Education and Employment minister, Marie Arena. In 2014, she was part of the “Allur Girls” team put together by Frederic Bouvy, with Caroline Leens, Charlotte Martens and Marie Michiels. They were 60^th overall. 

Rossina Longardi - raced in touring cars and single-seaters in Uruguay between 2011 and 2016. Her first races in 2011 were alongside her boyfriend Marcelo Pessina, and his family provided the Volkswagen Gol she used in 2012. She teamed up with Maria Stephanie Devoto for at least one race in the Turismo Libre series, and finished 15th at AUVO. She used the same car in the Supertouring A1 Championship at El Pinar, but did not finish. In 2014 and 2016, she entered the Uruguay Formula 4 championship, doing a couple of races each time. She was in her mid-thirties, but competing against teenagers. Her best results were a tenth and eleventh place in 2016, at El Pinar.

Emelie Mattsson – raced in the Renault Junior Cup in Sweden, in a Clio, between 2010 and 2012, following several seasons of karting. Her best overall finish was sixth, in 2011. Although she managed more top-five positions in 2012, her finishing record dropped her to seventh place. After apparently not competing during 2013, she returned in 2014 as a rally driver. She drove a MkII Volkswagen Golf in Swedish regional and national rallies. Her best finish was 19^th, in the Härjedalsbrickan event. She also won her class. She was also 20^th in the Offerdalingen rally, another snow event. In 2015, she won a club rally championship outright, in the Golf. She was fifth in a regional or club championship in 2016, in the same car. 

Marzia Mezzanotte - raced single-seaters and sportscars in Italy, in the early 2000s. In 2001, she did two rounds of the Italian Formula Renault 2.0 championship, at Monza. This came after some races in Formula Campus, and some testing in the Netherlands. In 2002, she moved into sportscar racing. Driving a Lucchini-Alfa Romeo, she was sixth at Monza, and qualified third at Magione before pulling out, in the Italian Prototype championship. The same year, she drove in the Vallelunga 6 Hours with Angelo Lancelotti and Fabio Spatafora. They were 20th, in a Chevrolet Corvette. Later, she was linked to a drive in the Maserati Trofeo, which she does not appear to have been able to take up.

Nicoletta Misto - took part in one-make racing in Italy in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Normally, this was the Renault 5 Cup, in which she was twelfth in 1981. Previously, she was 22nd in the 1979 championship. She may also have raced in 1980. Much later, she also finished third in an all-female rally in 1999, the Racing Show Alpi del Mare, driving a Mazda MX-5.

Erika Monforte - Italian driver who entered her first races in 2006, driving a Citroen Saxo. That year, she won Italy's Formula Driver ladies' championship. Later, in 2009, she drove in the Fiat 500 Abarth Trofeo, and was eighth overall. In between, she took extensive training in rallying, and participated in the 2008 San Marino Rally. Her car was an Opel Astra, and she was 81st. In 2011, she returned to Fiats, and was ninth in the final standings. In 2012, she took part in some GTSprint events in a Porsche 997 GT3. She and Simone Monforte (her brother) were fourteenth and fifteenth at Mugello. After a break, she raced in the NASCAR Whelen Euroseries in 2014, in a Chevrolet Camaro. It took her a while to learn the car, but by the end of the season, her results began to improve. She managed two seventh places, at Magione and Le Mans, and was tenth overall. Her second Whelen Series season was cut short in 2015, after only six races, three of which she did not start. The best of these was a fifteenth place at Valencia. In 2016, she returned to the Whelen Series for another part-season, in the Elite 2 class. Her best finish was thirteenth, at Adria. 

Danuza Moura - first made her mark on the Brazilian motorsport scene in 1999, by winning the Women’s Corsa Championship. In 2000, she took part in the Corsa Metrocar championship, and won the ladies’ award, as well as one of the races. In 2001, she drove in both the Stock Car championship, and the Brazilian Women’s Ford Fiesta Championship. She was a front-runner in the Fiesta series, with race wins. Her car for Stock Car was a Vauxhall Omega, and she was 28th in the championship. For a few races, she also drove a Vauxhall Vectra in the Light category, but did not score points. After a break, she entered Formula Truck in 2004, for at least some rounds. She was not on the pace and did not score points. She does not appear to have raced after that.

Agnese Piazzalunga – raced in the Trofeo Maserati Europe in 2010 and 2011, in a Maserati GranTurismo. In 2011, she was thirteenth in one race at Monza. She has also raced motorcycles in endurance events in Italy. Her Maserati appearances were a comeback of sorts; she began racing as  a youngster, in Formula Junior at Monza, in 1983. She has also competed in Formula 3 and Formula 2000, in which she participated in 1984. As well as modern machinery, she has raced historic cars, and won the Giulietta Trophy at Monza in 2011. She also races motorcycles.

Klaudia Podkalicka - Polish driver who competes in rallying, rally raids and circuit racing. Her earliest motorsport experiences were rallies; she was involved in rallying from the age of 16, when she was part of the winning team in a regional championship in 2002 (co-driving). In 2004 and 2005, she navigated in local Polish club events, with some top-five finishes. She started her circuit career in one-make series, chiefly the Kia Picanto Cup in Poland. In 2006 and 2007, she was the series’ leading female driver, although she was only fifteenth and 17th overall. In 2007, she also raced in the Dacia Logan endurance cup in Germany, and was second, with her two team-mates. In 2008, she had put together a deal to enter the Dakar Rally, but it was cancelled. Between then and 2013, she competed in rally raids in and around Poland, scoring good class positions in the Baja Poland, and winning the prologue of the 2012 Rally Rabakoz Cup. She returned to circuit racing in 2013, for the Volkswagen Castrol Cup, in which she was 19th overall, with best finishes of eleventh at Poznan. Stage rallying had not been forgotten either: she has driven in three editions of the Rally Barbórka, in 2006, 2012 and 2013, in a Kia Picanto, Porsche Cayenne and Subaru Impreza, respectively. In 2014, she concentrated on rally raids. She was second in class T2 in the Baja Poland, in a Mitsubishi Pajero. At the start of the year, she was part of the service crew for Team Poland in the Dakar. She continued to compete in cross-country rallies in 2015, in Poland and Eastern Europe. Her results included a class win in the Baja Poland, and she was second in the T2 Central Europe Rally Raid Championship. She rallied a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII in 2016 and 2017, with a best finish of 21st, in the Rally Barbórka. 

Edita Praskova – Czech driver who raced sportscars and single-seaters in the 2000s. In 2004, she was sixth in the Czech Prototype Cup, in a Skoda-engined Baghera. In 2008, she raced in Austrian Formula 3, for some rounds, although the results are not forthcoming. Between 2006 and 2011, she raced a Dallara F301 F3 car in hillclimbs in Europe. She won one event, at Orlicko, in 2007.

Simona Premrl - Slovenian driver who races in various parts of Europe. She began in 2012, after a relatively long career in equestrianism, from an early age. She won her first competitive event, a rallycross meeting in Slovenia, driving a Yugo. She continued to do rallycross in the Yugo in 2013, and figured quite strongly in the Slovenian national championship. As well as rallycross, she entered two rounds of the Central European Touring Car Championship, possibly in a Mini. She was 20th and 14th at the Slovakiaring. She does not appear to have raced in 2014. 

Mélina Priam – has raced on and off in France, and Europe, since 1995, when she took part in the French Formula Renault Championship. She did not complete the season, and was unplaced. For a long time, she concentrated on her main career as an automotive journalist and PR professional, returning to the track in 2008, in the French Porsche Carrera Cup. She did two guest races. In 2009, she tried her hand at rallying in a Suzuki Swift, and entered the Rallye Mont-Blanc-Morzine. In 2010, she drove a 1923 Ford Montier T in the Le Mans Classic, and she did some more classic motorsport in 2011, navigating in a Renault Dauphine in the Monte Carlo Classic.

Adeline Prudent - French driver who has raced on and off in the French Clio Cup since 2017. She did complete seasons in 2017 and 2018 and was slightly quicker in her first season, picking up a best finish of twelfth at Pau. In 2018, she was 26th in the championship, with a best finish of 18th, again at Pau. Earlier, in 2014, she took part in a couple of rounds of the Peugeot RCZ Racing Cup. Since then, she has switched to single-seaters and races in the Formula Cup of the Trophee Tourisme Endurance. She has earned at least two top-ten finishes.

Ellena Reece - races a BMW Mini in the UK. She is part of a four-car, all-female team in the Mini Challenge, run by Wera Alliance Racing. Her younger sister Beanie Reece is one of her team-mates. Her best finish has been a 19th place at Silverstone. This was in her first-ever race in a modern car; before that, she raced pre-war sportscars with her father, competing with the VSCC and the Triple M Register. Their car is a 1936 MG PB. Her first race was at Goodwood.

Beanie (Sabina) Reece - former motocross and supercross rider who switched to four wheels in 2026. she was part of an all-female, four-car team in the UK Mini Challenge, run by Wera Alliance Racing. Another car is driven by her sister Ellena. Her best finish so far has been a twelfth place at Silverstone, in her first race of the season. She has also competed in historics with her father. They share an MGB in the Motor Racing Legends Generations Trophy.

Ivanna Richards - Mexican driver who began her car racing career in 2023. She entered the NACAM F4 championship for the Amozoc Puebla rounds and scored a podium position on her first race, finishing third. Her other results were a seventh and a DNF. Apart from a test in Spain with the Campos team, this was the first time she had been in an F4 car competitively. After that, she took part in a Mexican Grand Prix support race, driving a Mercedes in a round of the Mexican GT Championship. In 2024, she entered the Super Copa class of GT Mexico, competing against her father. For 2025, she was back in NACAM F4, with HRI/RRK Racing. She was eleventh in the championship after a part-season, but did score one second place at Puebla. She was part of the FIA Girls on Track Rising Stars karting assessments in 2021, aged 13.

Mathilde Riehl - French driver who has recently become known for her eco-friendly racing. In 2013, she drove an electric Renault Twizy car in the Andros Trophy, and in some French rallies. These included the Alsace Rallye de France, albeit as a course car. In the Andros ice-racing series, she was 17th, after one appearance at the St-Dié round. 2012 was her first year of major competition, at the age of 16 and without a full driving license. She competed in two different Peugeot one-make series for 207 models, one sprint and one endurance. As well as this, she drove in some rounds of the 2012 and 2013 French Clio Cups. She was 24th in the 2013 edition. After this, she returned to the Andros Trophy, in an electric car. During the 2014 summer season, she seems to have done some racing in a Ferrari, as well as some autocross, and a run in the six-hour Anneau de Rhin race, in the TTE. Later, she returned to the Andros Trophy, racing a buggy in the revived Trophée Féminin. A second Andros Trophy season followed at the end of 2015, again in the "Ice Girls" sprintcar championship. In 2016, she concentrated on working as a racing instructor, including work at her own women's driving school. Since then, she has made occasional appearances in the French Twingo Rallycross Cup. Prior to this, she was involved in motorsport from an early age, alongside her family, as a marshal. 

Victoria Schneider - Austrian driver who has been racing in touring cars in recent years. She began her career in 1999, in Formula König in Germany, finishing 21st in the championship. Later, she seems to have been associated with Suzuki, competing strongly in their one-make Swift Cup in Austria, and winning it in 2008. In 2010, she was one of the front-runners in the circuit Suzuki Cup, and also in its rallying equivalent. She won her class in the Bruckneudorf Rallysprint. More recently, she has been racing a Mitsubishi Colt in central Europe, as part of a one-make series. She won this championship in Austria in 2012. In 2013, she raced the Colt in mixed-grid touring car races in central Europe, and managed some top-ten finishes. 

Catherine Sinopoli - Swiss driver known for her participation in French hillclimbs, sometimes driving a sports prototype. She has also competed in rallies. Her first major rally was the 1988 Rallye du Valais, driving a Fiat Uno. She later rallied a Lancia Delta Integrale. Her best result was an 18th place in the 1991 Rallye de Sainte-Cergue, driving the Delta.

Iveta Slaboševičiūté - Lithuanian driver active in racing and rallying. She has competed in the Palanga 1000km race every year since 2005, usually in a Volkswagen Polo. Her best finish was fifth, in 2007, in the Polo, co-driven by Raimundas and Marius Slaboševičiūs. Her other cars have included a Vauxhall Calibra, and a BMW 120d in 2013. She also acts as a rally co-driver in Lithuania, navigating for Raimundas Slaboševičiūs and others. In 2012, she announced that she would be driving herself, but no results are forthcoming. She began her motorsport career in slalom competitions, in a Peugeot 206, in 2002.

Heather Spurle - finished 5th in the 2003 Bathurst 24 Hours, driving a Rollcentre Mosler MT9000R. Her co-drivers were Martin Short, Patrick Pearce and Charles Lamb. Previously, she drove in endurance races in Europe, and at Bathurst itself in 1990. She failed to finish the 1995 Nürburgring 24 Hours in an Opel Astra, and gremlins interfered again during the 1996 Spa 24 Hours. The British-born New Zealander has raced a number of touring and single-seater cars, as well as setting speed records on land and water. She was a regular competitor in the New Zealand junior formulae in the early 1980s and drove for the factory Peugeot team in New Zealand Touring Cars in the early 1990s. After a long lay-off and serious illness, she raced at Bathurst again in 2009, driving a Subaru Impreza. She and her team-mates were second in class G.

Rosário Sottomayor – Portuguese driver recently active in the Portuguese Ladies’ Rally Championship, after a long career in motorsport. Her car was a Skoda Fabia, and she scored two second places in the Ladies’ series, in mixed rallysprints, as well as four further class wins. she was third in the Ladies' series. In 2016, she drove a Citroen Saxo in the Azores Ladies' Rally Trophy, and was fourth in the championship, with two second places. Previously, she raced on circuits, and won her national Formula Ford 1600 title in 1993. She has also raced a Ford Fiesta at some point, and taken part in hillclimbs in saloon cars. Her latest track action seems to have been the Sport Prototype series, in a Radical, which appears to have been a return from some time away from the sport.

Kamila Stara – Czech driver who raced a “Formula Easter” historic single-seater between 2007 and 2009, in Eastern Europe. Previously, in 2001, she was very successful in hillclimbs, driving an 850cc Saab 96. She won a series of events around Europe. In 2004, she also took part in the Czech Protoype Cup, driving an Opel-engined PRC. She was sixth in the championship.

Clare Surtees - raced in the 2017 Ginetta Racing Drivers Club Plus series in the UK, in a Ginetta G40. This is her first time on track since 2013. Previously, she raced historics, including an MGB and a 1934 Singer Le Mans, which she used in races and hillclimbs as far afield as Australia. She has been active since at least 2008.

Hanna Tolstrup – former karter who raced in the Renault Junior Cup between 2010 and 2012. Her first two seasons were steady, but unspectacular, and she was thirteenth, then eleventh in the championship. In 2012, she became a regular visitor to the top five, and was rewarded with fifth overall. The same year, she did some junior rallying in Sweden, in a VW Golf. This carried on in 2013, although she also drove a Clio. Her mother, Susanne Tolstrup, was her navigator. In 2014, she carried on rallying, in club and regional events. Her car was still a Renault Clio. Her biggest result seems to have been a 48^th place in the Eriknäsbosprinten rally.

Laetitia Tortelier – most recently seen racing in the Girl’s Twin Cup in 2015. The Twin Cup is an all-female French motorsport initiative, based on the Renault Twingo. Prior to this, she had been active in French motorsport for some years, including a run in the Peugeot 206 Sprint Cup in 2006. She has also raced internationally in endurance events. In 2012, she drove a Porsche 997 in the 24 Hours of Barcelona, and finished second in class, with three other French drivers. Their overall position was tenth. The following year, Laetitia, with the same car and team-mates, tackled the Dubai 24 Hours. They were 23^rd overall, and fourth in class. She seems to have suffered some personal difficulty in 2016, and did not race. In 2017, she was back in the 24-Hour Series in a TCR-spec Peugeot 308. 

Anneli Vigh - raced in Swedish Formula Ford in 1989. She was fifth in the opening round, at Kinnekulle. Previously, she raced in the Lancia Lady Cup for at least one season, in 1986. She was fourth overall. Unusually, she was racing against her mother, Ulla-Britt Vigh, a founding member of the Swedish Lady Racing Club.

Magdalena Wilk - competes in both races and rallies in Poland. Between 2006 and 2009, she was a regular in the Kia Lotos one-make racing series, driving in the Picanto Cup. She gradually improved during her four seasons, and by 2009, she was eighth in the championship, with her first podium finish. After that, she moved into rallying, first as a co-driver, then as a driver. As a driver, she used a Kia Picanto to begin with, in 2011. That year, she was 59th in the Rajd Babórka, in the 1100cc Picanto. In 2012, she got herself some more power, first with a Renault Clio, then a Citroen C2. Her co-driver was Jolanta Zuk, and her best finish was 33rd, in the Rajd Czechowicki. After that, she returned to the navigator’s seat, in historic competition with Arkadiusz Kula. After a break, she resumed driving duties in 2015, in a BMW 318. Her best result was a 46th place in the Ziemi Bochenskiej Rally. 

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