Michèle Mouton
Nation: | France | ||||||||
World Rally Championship (WRC) | |||||||||
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First rally: | Rally France 1974 | ||||||||
Last rally: | Rally France 1986 | ||||||||
Co-driver: |
Fabrizia Pons Arne Hertz Terry Harryman Annie Arrii Françoise Conconi
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Team: |
Fiat France Audi Sport Peugeot Talbot Sport |
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Vehicle: |
Audi Quattro Peugeot 205 T16 E2 Fiat 131 Abarth Alpine-Renault A310 V6 Lancia Stratos HF Autobianchi A112 Abarth |
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Points: | 229 | ||||||||
As of October 4, 2014 |
Michèle Mouton (born June 23, 1951 in Grasse ) is a former French rally driver . She is considered the most successful and best-known rally driver in motorsport history. Since 2011 she has been the official WRC manager of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile .
Career
Michèle Mouton was the first woman to achieve overall victory in a World Rally Championship race when she won the San Remo Rally with her co-driver Fabrizia Pons in an Audi quattro in 1981 . Victories at the Rally Portugal , the Rally Greece and the Rally Brazil followed the following year. Nevertheless, in 1982 she just lost the drivers' championship against Walter Röhrl . Together with Stig Blomqvist and Hannu Mikkola , she won the Makes World Championship for Audi that year.
In 1984 she won the Open Rally Class (the forerunner of the Unlimited Class ) at the Pikes Peak hill climb in the USA after the Norwegian Martin Schanche , who had been in the lead by 11 seconds, suffered a puncture after about a third of the distance. In 1985 she was the first female driver to secure overall victory there in an Audi Sport quattro with a new course record. In 1986 she was the first and so far only woman to win the German Rally Championship .
After several serious accidents, the FIA banned the further use of Group B vehicles in the World Rally Championship in 1986 . Shortly thereafter, Mouton ended her career. Since 1988 she has organized the annual Race of Champions with her former Swedish partner Fredrik Johnsson .
Awards and honors
- ADAC Motorsportman of the Year 1986
- Knight of the Legion of Honor by French President Nicolas Sarkozy (2011)
statistics
WRC results
year | team | automobile | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | rank | Points |
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1974 | Michèle Mouton | Alpine-Renault A110 1800 |
MON C |
SWE C |
POR | KEN |
GRE C |
FIN | ITA | CAN | United States | GBR |
FRA 12 |
- | * | ||
1975 | Michèle Mouton | Alpine-Renault A110 1800 | MON | SWE | KEN | GRC | MAR | POR | FIN | ITA |
FRA 7 |
GBR | - | * | |||
1976 | Michèle Mouton | Alpine-Renault A110 1800 |
MON 11 |
SWE | POR | KEN | GRC | MAR | FIN |
ITA DNF |
- | * | |||||
Alpine-Renault A310 V6 |
FRA DNF |
GBR | |||||||||||||||
1977 | Michèle Mouton | Autobianchi A112 Abarth |
MON 24 |
SWE | POR | KEN | NZL | GRC | FIN | CAN | ITA | - | * | ||||
Fiat 131 Abarth |
FRA 8 |
GBR | |||||||||||||||
1978 | Michèle Mouton | Lancia Stratos HF |
MON 7 |
SWE | KEN | POR | GRC | FIN | CAN | ITA | CIV | - | * | ||||
Fiat 131 Abarth |
FRA 5 |
GBR | |||||||||||||||
1979 | Fiat France | Fiat 131 Abarth |
MON 7 |
SWE | POR | KEN | GRC | NZL | FIN | CAN | ITA |
FRA 5 |
GBR | CIV | 21st | 12 | |
1980 | Fiat France | Fiat 131 Abarth |
MON 7 |
SWE | POR | KEN | GRC | ARG | FIN | NZL | ITA |
FRA 5 |
GBR | CIV | 23 | 12 | |
1981 | Audi Sport | Audi Quattro |
MON DNF |
SWE |
POR 4 |
KEN |
FRA DNF |
GRC DNF |
ARG | BRA |
FIN 13 |
ITA 1 |
CIV |
GBR DNF |
8th | 30th | |
1982 | Audi Sport | Audi Quattro |
MON DNF |
SWE 5 |
POR 1 |
KEN |
FRA 7 |
GRC 1 |
NZL DNF |
BRA 1 |
FIN DNF |
ITA 4 |
CIV DNF |
GBR 2 |
2 | 97 | |
1983 | Audi Sport | Audi Quattro A1 |
MON DNF |
SWE 4 |
POR 2 |
KEN 3 |
5 | 53 | |||||||||
Audi Quattro A2 |
FRA DNF |
GRC DNF |
NZL DNF |
ARG 3 |
FIN 16 |
ITA 7 |
CIV |
GBR DNF |
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1984 | Audi Sport | Audi Quattro A2 | MON |
SWE 2 |
POR |
KEN DNF |
FRA | 12 | 25th | ||||||||
Audi Sport Quattro |
GRC DNF |
NZL | ARG |
FIN DNF |
ITA | CIV |
GBR 4 |
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1985 | Audi Sport | Audi Sport Quattro | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA | GRC | NZL | ARG | FIN | ITA |
CIV DNF |
GBR | - | 0 | |
1986 | Peugeot Talbot Germany | Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 |
MON DNF |
SWE | POR | KEN | - | 0 | |||||||||
Peugeot Talbot Sport | Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2 |
FRA DNF |
GRC | NZL | ARG | FIN | CIV | ITA | GBR | United States |
Comment:
- From 1973 to 1978 there was no drivers' world championship.
Le Mans results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | Teammate | placement |
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1975 | Société Esso | Moynet LM75 | Marianne Hoepfner | Christine Dacremont | Rank 21 and class win |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Michèle Mouton (ewrc-results.com on October 4, 2014)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Mouton, Michèle |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mouton, Michele |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French rally driver |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 23, 1951 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Grasse |