86 Stats in 86 Days Until 86th 24 Hours of Le Mans – Day 49, Most Female Drivers in a Single Event (May 9, 2018)

The 86th annual 24 Hours of Le Mans is 38 days away! This is the 49th day of the 86 Stats in 86 Days Until the 86th 24 Hours of Le Mans blog.

Each day from now until the Friday before the 24 Hours of Le Mans, we’ll post a list of stats related to the race. Some are well-known statistics, while others are a little more in-depth.

Here is a look at the races with at least four women competing. The women competing in the race are listed after the year.

Most Female Drivers in a Single Event

- 1935: 10 drivers (Elsie Wisdom, Kay Petre, Anne-Cecile Rose-Itier, Gwenda Stewart, Gordon Simpson, Joan Richmond, Doreen Evans, Barbara Skinner, Collen Eaton, Margaret Allen)

- 1975: 8 drivers (Marie-Claude Beaumont, Anne-Charlotte Verney, Yvette Fontaine, Corinne Tarnaud, Christine Dacremont, Michele Mouton, Marianne Hoepfner, Lella Lombardi)

- 1937: 7 drivers (Kay Petre, Anne-Cecile Rose-Itier, Joan Richmond, Dorothy Stanley-Turner, Joan Riddell, Marjorie Eccles, Suzanne Largeot)

- 1938: 6 drivers (Elsie Wisdom, Anne-Cecile Rose-Itier, Fernande Roux, Suzanne Largeot, Marjorie Fawcett, Germaine Rouault)

- 1974: 6 drivers (Marie-Claude Beaumont, Christine Beckers, Anne-Charlotte Verney, Yvette Fontaine, Marie Laurent, Martine Renier)

- 1976: 5 drivers (Marie-Claude Beaumont, Christine Beckers, Anne-Charlotte Verney, Christine Dacremont, Lella Lombardi)

- 1977: 5 drivers (Christine Beckers, Anne-Charlotte Verney, Christine Dacremont, Lella Lombardi, Anna Cambiaghi)

- 1978: 5 drivers (Anne-Charlotte Verney, Martine Renier, Christine Dacremont, Marianne Hoepfner, Juliette Slaughter)

- 1931: 4 drivers (Odette Siko, Marguerite Mareuse, Joan Chetwynd, H.H. Stisted)

- 1934: 4 drivers (Dorothy Champney, Kay Petre, Anne-Cecile Rose-Itier, Gwenda Stewart) 

- 2010: 4 drivers (Vanina Ickx, Natacha Gachnang, Cyndie Allemann, Rahel Frey)