Ten numbers for female drivers at the 24 Hours of Le Mans
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Ten numbers for female drivers at the 24 Hours of Le Mans

Two women will be at the start of the 84th edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans: French driver In

4 - Best overall result for a female driver, achieved in 1932 by Odette Siko.

21 - Number of female drivers having taken the start at the 24 Hours of Le Mans between 1930 and 1939.

61 - Racing number in 2010 of the Ford GT driven by the last 100% female driver line-up seen at Le Mans, comprised of Rahel Frey, Cyndie Allemann and Natacha Gachnang.

10 - The record for participations by a female driver at the 24 Hours (between 1974 and 1983), held by Le Mans native Anny-Charlotte Verney.

28 and 60 - Number of respective races for Inès Taittinger (Morgan-Nissan, Pegasus Racing, LM P2 class) and Christina Nielsen (Ferrari 458 Italia, Formula Racing, LM GTE Am class) at the start of the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans.

35 - Racing number of the Moynet driven in 1975 by Michèle Mouton and Marianne Hoepfner, winners in the Sport 2-liter class (now LM P2) and 21st overall.

7 - Vanina Ickx is the last woman to have finished in the top 10 overall at the 24 Hours, with seventh place in 2011 at the wheel of a Lola-Aston Martin coupe (LM P1 class).

3 - Also in 2011, American driver Andrea Robertson finished third in the LM GTE Am class in a Ford GT (No. 68) shared with her husband David and American driver David Murry.

32 - Racing number of the Ferrari 166 MM driven by the Brit Betty Haig and French driver Yvonne Simon, 15th at the 1951 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Jean-Philippe Doret / ACO - Translation by Nikki Ehrhardt / ACO

Photo: LE MANS (SARTHE, FRANCE), CIRCUIT DES 24 HEURES, 24 HOURS OF LE MANS, SATURDAY & SUNDAY JUNE 13-14 1981 - Record-holder for participations in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Anny-Charlotte Verney achieved her best result in 1981 at the wheel of this Porsche 935K3 shared with American drivers Bob Garretson and Ralph Cooke.
 

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