WEC – Six feminine FIA World Championship drivers space for Le Mans

This weekend, two all-feminine crews will over again line up for the field’s most renowned and legendary persistence speed, the 24 Hours of Le Mans (August 21-22). As chunky-time racers in the FIA World Persistence Championship, the six FIA Females in Motorsport Fee-supported drivers – competing with the Richard Mille Racing Crew and Iron Lynx in the Iron Dames project – will buy their place on the 61-automobile grid for the 89^th version of the speed.

After a great debut day out final yr, when they also turned into the most necessary all-feminine LMP2 crew to buy the originate of Le Mans, the Richard Mille Racing Crew will be aid in action on the Circuit de la Sarthe as fragment of the 25 right LMP2 field. Tatiana Calderón, Sophia Flörsch and Beitske Visser will be on the helm of the #1 Oreca 07, Gibson-powered speed automobile bustle by Philippe Sinault’s Signatech crew, aiming to toughen on their prominent ninth place of the LMP2 crews final yr.

Amongst the 25 LMGTE Am entries, the Iron Dames – a particular project conceived and supported by Deborah Mayer, a passionate French driver and promoter of girls in motor sport – will be bustle by Iron Lynx.  The #85 Ferrari 488 GTE Evo will be in the hands of Rahel Frey, Michelle Gatting and Le Mans newcomer Sarah Bovy. Frey and Gatting, along with Manuela Gostner, finished ninth of their category on their debut day out at Le Mans in 2019 and equalled that end result with one other stunning performance final yr.

The FIA Females in Motorsport social media channels will be following each teams, so invent sure to note @fiawim to be fragment of a particular perception into Le Mans and its women in motor sport.