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Michèle Mouton

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Michèle Mouton (born 23 June 1951) is a French former rally driver. Competing in the World Rally Championship for the Audi factory team, she took four victories and finished runner-up in the drivers' world championship in 1982.

Mouton debuted in rallying as a co-driver but quickly moved to the driver's seat, steering an Alpine-Renault A110 in national rallies. In 1975, she competed in circuit racing and won the two-litre prototype class in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. After being signed by Fiat France for 1977, Mouton finished runner-up to Bernard Darniche in the European Rally Championship. She went on to win the 1978 Tour de France Automobile and record consistent results in her home events in the WRC; the Tour de Corse and the Monte Carlo Rally. For 1981, Audi Sport signed Mouton to partner Hannu Mikkola. In her first year with the Audi Quattro, she took a surprise victory at the Rallye Sanremo.

In the 1982 World Rally season, Mouton finished a close second overall to Walter Röhrl, after wins in Portugal, Brazil and Greece, and helped Audi to its first manufacturers' title. Her campaign the following year resulted in fifth place. With the team having four top drivers for 1984, Mouton's participation on world championship level became part-time. In 1985, she won the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in the United States, setting a record time in the process. In 1986, she moved to Peugeot and won the German Rally Championship as the first female driver to win a major championship in rallying. Soon after securing the title, Mouton retired from rallying due to the ban of Group B supercars. In 1988, she co-founded the international motorsport event Race of Champions in memory of her former rival Henri Toivonen. Mouton became the first president of the FIA's Women & Motor Sport Commission in 2010 and the FIA's manager in the World Rally Championship in 2011.

Michèle Mouton was born 23 June 1951 in Grasse, a town on the French Riviera, close to the mountain stages famously featured in French rallies. Her parents grew roses and jasmine on their large property. After graduating from high school, Mouton began law studies, but would soon drop out and concentrate on a career in rallying. Although Mouton began driving her father's Citroën 2CV when she was 14 years old, she did not turn her interest to rallying until 1972, when her friend Jean Taibi asked her to practise the Tour de Corse with him. Mouton later co-drove for him in the 1973 Monte Carlo Rally, the first-ever World Rally Championship (WRC) event. After a few more rallies, Mouton's father suggested a switch to driving if she wanted to continue in rallying, and promised to buy her a car and give her one-year to prove herself. Driving an Alpine-Renault A110, she debuted at the Rallye Paris - Saint-Raphaël Féminin and then tackled the Tour de France Automobile. In the Île de Beauté, a complementary event to the Tour de Corse at the end of 1973, Mouton finished eighth overall. ...

Source: Article "Michèle Mouton" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Michèle Mouton, née le 23 juin 1951 à Grasse (ville organisatrice du Rallye Grasse-Alpin), surnommée parfois par ses pairs français et la presse ouest-allemande Le beau volcan noir, est une pilote de rallye française, fille d'horticulteurs provençaux, dont la vocation première était de devenir éducatrice spécialisée pour adolescents en difficulté.

Elle a remporté quatre rallyes en mondial et quatre en européen.

Comme copilote et membre du Groupe Compétition Grasse, elle participe pour la première fois au Championnat du monde des rallyes lors du Rallye Monte-Carlo 1973 (le 19 janvier), aux côtés de Jean Taibi sur une Peugeot 304 S.

Comme pilote désormais, elle participe pour la première fois en compétition nationale au rallye Paris-Saint-Raphaël féminin en 1974 et, la même année au Championnat du monde des rallyes lors du Tour de Corse, le 30 novembre, sur une Alpine Renault A110 1800 avec laquelle elle sera classée 12e (copilote Annie Arrii).

Le 10 octobre 1981, Michèle Mouton remporte le Rallye Sanremo et devient ainsi la première (et à ce jour unique) femme de l'histoire à remporter une manche du Championnat du monde des rallyes. L'année suivante, elle est vice-championne du monde des rallyes sur Audi Quattro.

Sa dernière participation au Championnat du monde, au Tour de Corse 1986 sur une Peugeot 205 Turbo 16, se terminera par un abandon.

Parallèlement aux rallyes, elle dispute, aux côtés de Christine Dacremont et Marianne Hoepfner, les 24 heures du Mans 1975 sur une Moynet LM75 (construite par André Moynet) du team Société Esso, et gagne la catégorie 1 601 à 2 000 cm3 (21e au général), finissant derrière l'autre écurie féminine, d'Anny-Charlotte Verney (11e).

En 1988, Michèle Mouton participe à la création de la Race of Champions pour honorer la mémoire d'Henri Toivonen. En 2010, elle devient la première présidente de la commission de la FIA ayant pour but de promouvoir les femmes dans le sport automobile. Lorsqu'il est devenu président de la FIA, Jean Todt a annoncé sa volonté de nommer des directeurs pour les grands championnats. Michèle Mouton a été nommée manager du championnat du monde des rallyes le 4 février 2011. ...

Source: Article "Michèle Mouton" de Wikipédia en français, soumis à la licence CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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