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- The first woman to win a World Rally Championship (WRC) in 1981
- Finishing Vice-Champion of the WRC in 1982
- Becoming the first woman to win the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (1984)
– Rally Open division winner in her first race on the mountain
- Setting a record there in 1985
– new overall record of 11:25.39 on the twisting gravel course
- Became the first and only woman to earn PPIHC's prestigious moniker “King of the Mountain”
- She won the 1986 German Rally Championship
- Co-founded the Race of Champions (with Fredrik Johnsson) in 1988
// unique head-to-head event brings together top drivers
from various motorsport disciplines to compete
in identical cars for the title of "Champion of Champions"
- Became the first president of the FIA's Women in Motorsport Commission
First rally: 1974 Tour de Corse (Second woman in history to earn official factory driver status, after Pat Moss)
Last rally: 1986 Tour de Corse (FISA banned Group B cars from competing in 1987)
Michèle Mouton is the most successful woman ever to compete in the World Rally Championship. At the height of rallying’s fearsome Group B era, she won international rallies outright and placed second overall in the 1982 championship. Beyond WRC, she even smashed the Pikes Peak Hill Climb record and enjoyed success at Le Mans. Given this year marks 50 years since Mouton’s first rally in 1974, it’s an appropriate moment to revisit her incredible career highlights. - hagerty.co.uk (2024)
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Female heroes in Motorsport PART 6 by Wolfgang Ihle
MICHELE MOUTON
The frenchwoman was probably the fastest female Racing driver of all time. What was particulary impressive with the Audi Quattro in the early 80s, when she got several victories in the Rally World Championship and narrowly lost the title to Walter Röhrl in 1982.
Mouton retired from active Racing in 1986, when the fast Group B cars were banned, but remained in Racing as an official for a long time. However, with her impressive driving style, the "black Vulcan" will be remembered forever.
Woman Spotlight Wednesday: Michele Mouton -
The First Woman to Win a Round of the WRC
dive-bomb.com
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Michèle Mouton – The Queen Of Rallying
>>> IMPORTANT ARCTICLE HERE !!!
Michèle Mouton & Her Record Run at Pike’s Peak 1985
>>> DETAILED ARTICLE HERE !!!
A documentary celebrates the extraordinary talents of Michèle Mouton
'Queen of Speed' shines light on the rally driver's genius - topgear.com
>>> Queen Of Speed 2021 (FULL MOVIE)
VIDEOS:
Michèle Mouton wins WRC Rallye Sanremo 1981 in the Audi Quattro rally car, 1981 (2016)
MICHÈLE MOUTON: The Greatest Female Driver in History (2023)
VIDEOGAME SIMULATION:
Back to Rallye Sanremo 1981 | WRC 10 | Michèle Mouton Steals the Show (2021)
The last rally of the 1986 Tour de Corse was fatal for Henri Toivonen and his co-driver, Sergio Cresto, when their Lancia Delta S4 crashed and exploded after leaving the road on Stage 18 on May 2, 1986. This deadly accident, occurring on the notoriously challenging tarmac roads of Corsica, along with another fatality at Rally Portugal earlier that season, led to the immediate ban of the powerful and dangerous Group B rally cars from the following season, thus ending the supercar era of the World Rally Championship (WRC).
exceptional driving prowess WIKIPÉDIA HERE !!!