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Michèle Mouton

Michèle Hélène Raymonde Mouton[1](born 23 June 1951) is a French formerrallydriver. Competing in theWorld Rally Championshipfor theAudifactory team, she took four victories and finished runner-up in thedrivers' world championshipin 1982.

Michèle Mouton
Mouton in 2011
Personal information
Born(1951-06-23)23 June 1951(age 73)
Grasse,France
World Rally Championshiprecord
Active years1974–1986
Co-driverFranceAnnie Arrii
FranceFrançoise Conconi
France"Biche"
ItalyFabrizia Pons
SwedenArne Hertz
United KingdomTerry Harryman
TeamsFiat,Audi,Peugeot
Rallies50
Championships0
Rally wins4
Podiums9
Stage wins162
Total points229
First rally1974Tour de Corse
First win1981Rallye Sanremo
Last win1982Rally Brazil
Last rally1986Tour de Corse

Mouton debuted in rallying as a co-driver but quickly moved to the driver's seat, steering anAlpine-Renault A110in national rallies. In 1975, she competed in circuit racing and won the two-litre prototype class in the24 Hours of Le Mans.After being signed byFiatFrance for 1977, Mouton finished runner-up toBernard Darnichein theEuropean Rally Championship.She went on to win the 1978Tour de France Automobileand record consistent results in her home events in the WRC; theTour de Corseand theMonte Carlo Rally.For 1981, Audi Sport signed Mouton to partnerHannu Mikkola.In her first year with theAudi Quattro,she took a surprise victory at theRallye Sanremo.

In the1982 World Rally season,Mouton finished a close second overall toWalter Röhrl,after wins inPortugal,BrazilandGreece,and helped Audi to its firstmanufacturers' 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 thePikes Peak International Hill Climbin the United States, setting a record time in the process. In 1986, she moved toPeugeotand won theGerman Rally Championshipas the first female driver to win a major championship in rallying. Soon after securing the title, Mouton retired from rallying due to the ban ofGroup Bsupercars. In 1988, she co-founded the international motorsport eventRace of Championsin memory of her former rivalHenri Toivonen.Mouton became the first president of theFIA's Women & Motor Sport Commission in 2010 and the FIA's manager in the World Rally Championship in 2011.

Career

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Early life and career

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Mouton's1975 Le Mansclass-winning Moynet LM 75

Michèle Mouton was born 23 June 1951 inGrasse,[2]a town on theFrench Riviera,close to the mountain stages famously featured in French rallies.[3]Her parents grew roses and jasmine on their large property.[4]After graduating from high school, Mouton began law studies,[5]but would soon drop out and concentrate on a career in rallying.[6]Although Mouton began driving her father'sCitroën 2CVwhen she was 14 years old,[7]she did not turn her interest to rallying until 1972, when her friend Jean Taibi asked her to practise theTour de Corsewith him.[4][7]Mouton laterco-drovefor him in the1973 Monte Carlo Rally,the first-everWorld 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.[4]Driving anAlpine-Renault A110,she debuted at theRallye Paris – Saint-Raphaël Fémininand then tackled theTour de France Automobile.[7]In the Île de Beauté, a complementary event to the Tour de Corse at the end of 1973, Mouton finished eighth overall.[7]

In the World Rally Championship, Mouton made her driver debut in1974,finishing 12th in the Tour de Corse in an Alpine A110.[8]It was rumoured her good performances were the result of a special engine, however her car passed inspection by WRC scrutineers.[4]At the end of the year, Mouton was crowned both French and European ladies' champion.[9]Re-entering the Tour de Corse thefollowing season,she took seventh place.[8]Mouton successfully defended her ladies' titles,[9]and also competed in circuit racing: In an all-female team with Christine Dacremont and Marianne Hoepfner, she won the two-litre prototype category of the1975 24 Hours of Le Mans.[10]Recalling the race in 2008, Mouton said: "It started to rain I remember, and I started to pass everybody. I was running on slicks. In the pits they were saying 'Michele you must stop', but I did not want to because I was passing everyone."[11]Her results attracted a major sponsor in the form of the French oil companyElf.[4][7]In1976,Mouton drove the A110 to 11th place inMonte Carloand retired at theRallye Sanremo.[8]At the Tour de Corse, her debut in the newerA310also ended in retirement.[8]

Fiat

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For the1977 season,FiatFrance signed Mouton to partnerJean-Claude Andruet.She was not impressed by the handling of theFiat 131 Abarth,stating it was "like a big truck, not a car" and "terrible to drive".[4]However, the car would prove successful and Mouton put in very consistent results, finishing eighth in the Tour de Corse in 1977 and fifth three years in a row from 1978 to 1980.[8]In 1980, she had been running as high as second before her engine died for a time.[12]In Monte Carlo, she drove the car to seventh place in 1979 and 1980, equalling the result she had achieved in the event in aLancia Stratos HFin 1978.[8]

Outside the World Rally Championship, Mouton drove aPorsche Carrera RSto victory in the 1977 RACE Rallye de España and to second place in the 1977Tour de France Automobile.[13]She also finished runner-up toBernard Darnichein the overallEuropean Rally Championship(ERC).[14]Mouton went on to win the Tour de France with the 131 Abarth the following year.[15]At the Rallye d'Antibes, she finished third behind the Stratos drivers Darniche andAttilio Bettega.[16]She placed fifth in the ERC standings and fourth in theFédération Internationale de l'Automobile(FIA) Cup for Drivers,[13]the predecessor to thedrivers' world championship.In 1979, Mouton finished second in the French Rally Championship, behind Porsche 911 SC driverBernard Béguin.[17]

Audi

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1980

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In 1980,Audi Sport,Audi's new factory team, called Mouton and signed her for a World Rally Championship programme for the1981 season.Mouton described Audi's call as "a complete shock".[4]Audi's decision to nominate her instead of established male rivals attracted a great deal of publicity.[18]As theAudi Quattro,the first rally car to have over 300bhpand both a turbocharger and four-wheel-drive,[19]had not yet gained FIAhomologation,Audi could only enter rallies aszero carsand not as competitive entries.[20]Hannu Mikkoladebuted the car in the Algarve Rally in October, and would have won by about thirty minutes had his times been officially registered.[20]Mouton joinedFreddy Kottulinskyfor the final round of theFinnish Rally Championship,the Northern Lights, and also showed encouraging pace on the slippery surfaces.[21]Mouton initially found the car understeering, but became more comfortable after switching toleft-foot braking,as advised by Mikkola who was in charge of developing the car.[4]Audi announced their participation in eight events in 1981, although Mouton would not be entered in theSwedish Rallydue to her lack of experience on driving on ice and snow.[21]

1981

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Mouton and Pons celebrate their first WRC victory in Sanremo.

Mouton's first competitive run in the Quattro inMonte Carloended before it had even begun. She withdrew from the event before the start due to apparent engine problems.[22]The team later discovered that dirt had got into the fuel system.[23]At theRally Portugal,she started her long partnership with the Italian co-driverFabrizia Pons.[24]Mouton won sevenstagesand took a career-best fourth place, despite suffering from electronic problems.[23]This ended criticism of Audi for signing a female driver.[25]After a retirement due to a brokencamshaftin theTour de Corse,[23]Mouton set several fastest times at theAcropolis Rallyin Greece.[26]While Mikkola was leading and Mouton fifth, the stewards excluded the Quattros citing homologation infractions.[27]Although Audi protested, the stewards upheld the decision.[27]In her debut in the high-speed1000 Lakes Rallyin Finland, Mouton found it hard to get used to the rhythm changes.[28]She recorded a few top-ten stage times and finished 13th.[28]She was satisfied with her performance, and the local newspaperKeskisuomalainendescribed her debut as successful.[28]At theRallye Sanremoin Italy, a mixed surface event with tarmac and gravel, Mouton took the lead when the local star Michele Cinotto crashed and held offHenri ToivonenandAri Vatanento take the victory.[29][30][31]This marked the first time a female driver had won a world championship event in rallying.[32]Mouton's male rivals were left speechless.[32]Earlier during the weekend, Vatanen had been confident: "Never can nor will I lose to a woman."[33]Mouton recalled her debut win in a 2008 interview forRallySport Magazine:

I remember not just because it was a win, but also because it was a big fight right into the last night. Fabrizia reminded me the other night that we had a problem with the brake pads, so we lost a lot of time. We finished three days rallying (with one day to go), night and day, 32 seconds in front of Ari Vatanen. We drove the last special stage for the night, came back to the hotel and I could not sleep at all, four hours in front of me and no sleep. Then I arrive at the special stage, it's about 42 km long, and I look at Fabrizia and I said "OK, we forget everything, and we are at the first stage of the rally again, because one of us will crash." And so Ari hit a rock, and we won the rally.[31]

In the season-endingRAC Rallyin Great Britain, Mouton continued her good performances by running third at half distance,[34]despite having been uncomfortable about competing in a rally wherepacenotesand practice are not allowed.[35]However, her Quattro later incurred gearbox problems and she retired from fifth place after sliding off the road into a snow-filled ditch.[36]Mouton would later state: "For me, rallying is England. No pacenotes – just you in the car having to do the fastest time. This, to me, is rallying. OK, it was not easy for me because I did not have experience there of the British championship, but it is really rallying. I like it very much."[31]Mouton finished the season in eighth place in the drivers' championship,[37]while Audi was fifth in the manufacturers' standings.[38]

1982

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Mouton's Quattro inMonte Carlo,between two Porsche 911 SCs

Mouton's1982 seasonstarted with a big accident at the Monte Carlo Rally. On stage twelve in the small townBriançonnetinProvence,she hit a patch of ice and slid off the road, crashing into the stone wall of a large house at 110 km/h (70 mph).[39][40]Mouton injured her knee while Pons suffered a concussion.[39]She had been in third place, and had set the fastest time for the difficultCol de Turinimountain pass.[39]The pair's injuries were not serious and Mouton went on to make her debut in theSwedish Rally.[41]She was running third when she slid into a snow bank, and crashed into the Quattro of teammateHannu Mikkolawho had gone off at the same place.[40][42]She eventually finished fifth.[42]In Portugal, Mouton recorded 18 stage wins on her way to a clear victory ahead ofToyota'sPer Eklund.[40][43][44]She once admitted that to be competitive in the rally, she tried to think of the large crowds right by the side of the route as trees.[45]At the Tour de Corse, she could not match the pace of the leaders and finished seventh.[40]At the Acropolis Rally, Mouton won ahead of the Opel duoWalter RöhrlandHenri Toivonen,and closed to within 20 points of the championship leader Röhrl.[46]The event was overshadowed by two serious accidents, one of which killed a spectator.[47]Mouton had commented: "I'm afraid that something might break in my car and I can no longer avoid hitting a spectator."[47]

InNew Zealand,Mouton continued her good performances and traded the lead with Mikkola, Röhrl andBjörn Waldegård.Soon after regaining the lead on stage twelve,[48]she retired with a brokenoil pump.[49]After seven rounds, Mouton was second in the championship, 32 points behind Röhrl and 12 ahead of Eklund.[50]TheRally of Brazilwas marred by thefatal accidentof Brazilian driver Thomas Fuchs,[51]and featured chaotic conditions as parts of the course were not successfully closed for competition.[52]Although only five teams made it to the finish, Mouton improved her title hopes by winning her duel with Röhrl after the German lost a wheel on the last day.[52]At the 1000 Lakes, she clocked in the eighth fastest time for the famous Ouninpohja stage and placed seventh after the first day.[53]On the following leg, Mouton drove too fast into a jump and damaged her Quattro while landing.[54]After the next jump, her front wheels locked up and she rolled the car.[54]Mouton was next locked in a tight battle for the win in Sanremo. Although she recorded nine stage wins and Audi took a one-two, she had to settle for fourth behind Röhrl.[55][56]

Audi had not originally planned to participate in the African marathon events, but now found it necessary to enter the penultimate round, theRallye Côte d'Ivoire,due to their title battles with Opel.[55]Just before the start of the event, Mouton received news that her father had succumbed to cancer in his house in Nice.[57]His last wish was that Mouton start the rally.[57]After a first day of over 1,200 kilometres (750 miles) of racing in temperatures over 30°C (86°F), she was eight minutes clear of Mikkola and nearly half an hour ahead of title rival Röhrl.[58]Mikkola said that he had never been in such a hot car, and Röhrl estimated that the temperature inside his car reached an "almost unbearable" 70°C (158°F).[58]With just over half of the 5,000km (3,100mi) behind, Mouton led from Röhrl by over an hour despite losing 25 minutes due to transmission problems.[59]On the third day, both Mouton and Röhrl struggled with several reliability issues and her lead over Röhrl shrank to 18 minutes.[60]The Toyota Celica GT2000s of Eklund and Waldegård were still over two hours behind.[60]Should Mouton go on to hold off Röhrl, she would reduce Röhrl's lead in the championship to just two points.[59]As a driver's seven best results counted towards the championship at the time, Mouton would only need a third place in the RAC Rally to take the title even if Röhrl would win.[59]On the final day, she continued to suffer from mechanical problems and had the complete fuel injection system changed.[57]For the next time control, Röhrl and Mouton arrived almost simultaneously.[57]With only 600 km to go, Mouton went off the road and rolled her car.[57][61]She drove the severely damaged Quattro for five more kilometres before giving up.[57]

Röhrl inherited the win and became the first two-time world champion in rallying. Having lost her father, Mouton did not dwell on losing the title.[31]Röhrl had earlier conceded that he "would have accepted second place in the championship to Mikkola", but not to Mouton: "This is not because I doubt her capabilities as a driver, but because she is a woman."[62]He believed that defeat would have devalued his performances.[62]At the RAC, Mouton edged out Toivonen to take second place behind Mikkola.[63][64]This result made Audi the first German marque to win themanufacturers' world title.[65]At the inauguralAutosport Awardsgala, Mouton won the International Rally Driver of the Year award.[66]

1983

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An ex-Mouton Quattro A2 at the 2009Goodwood Festival of Speed

The1983 seasonstarted theGroup Bera of the WRC and Mouton was now at the wheel of theAudi Quattro A1.She also had a new teammate; Audi had signedStig Blomqvistas their third regular driver. For the third year in a row, Mouton had a bad start to her season inMonte Carlo.She went off the road on a stage not far from her home town,[67]and again hit a stone wall at over 100 km/h (60 mph).[68]The car was destroyed, but Mouton and Pons were unharmed.[68]Mouton explained to her team boss Roland Gumpert, later ofGumpertsupercar fame, that she had had to dodge a photographer.[68]Mouton went on to record successive points finishes. She finished fourth in Sweden in a quadruple win for Audi,[69]after an early driving error that had sent her Quattro into a snow bank.[70]InPortugal,Mouton finished second to Mikkola, ahead ofLancia's Röhrl andMarkku Alén.[71]After the first section of theSafari Rally,totaling over 1,600 km (1,000 mi), Mouton arrived to the finish on three wheels and said she was "totally exhausted" from the effort.[72][73]She eventually placed third behind Opel'sAri Vatanenand her teammate Mikkola.[74]After four events, Mikkola and Mouton were first and second in the drivers' championship.[75]

At theTour de Corse,Audi debuted theQuattro A2,which was 70 kg (155 lb) lighter and had an engine producing 30 more horsepower.[76]Mouton's rally ended when her engine caught on fire.[77]On the first stage inGreece,she rolled her car on a hairpin turn 18 km (11 mi) from the start.[78][79]Rally New Zealand was for Mouton a repetition of the previous year; she took the lead on the seventh stage and held on to it until her A2's engine failed,[77]with only six of the 33 stages to go.[80]The three retirements in a row dropped Mouton to fifth place in the championship.[81]She then finished third behind Mikkola and Blomqvist at theRally Argentina,[82]but this would remain her last podium finish of the season.[8]At the1000 Lakesin Finland, Mouton finished the first day in seventh place after setting two top-five stage times.[83]Her car later caught on fire,[84]but she was able to continue in the event by following Mikkola's advice and driving into a lake.[85]With a string of top-ten times, she eventually finished 16th.[86]In theRallye Sanremo,the tarmac stages were dominated by theLancia 037and Mouton finished seventh after suffering from fuel injection problems.[84][87]In the season-endingRAC Rally,she started well and held second place after the first twelve stages.[88]An Audi mechanic later accidentally refilled Mouton's fuel tank with pure water which resulted in time-consuming repairs.[89]She eventually retired after crashing out,[89]and placed fifth overall in the drivers' championship.[90]Although Mikkola beat Lancia's Röhrl and Alén to the drivers' title,[90]Audi had lost the manufacturers' title to Lancia after the latter's triple win in Sanremo.[84]

1984

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Mouton with a Sport Quattro at theRAC

For the1984 season,Audi added two-time world championWalter Röhrlto their star line-up and Mouton now had a part-time role,[91]competing in five WRC events. For the first time in nine years, she did not enter the Monte Carlo Rally.[92]However, Mouton signed up to commentate the event forRadio Monte Carlo.[93]She started her year well by finishing second at theSwedish Rallybehind teammate and home favourite Blomqvist.[94]Mouton later stated that "finishing second was fantastic. When you are out rallying on ice or snow in country like that it is like dancing. From one side to the other side. My dancing background helped my rallying. As soon as I started on gravel I liked it because of that. It was so nice to feel and move the car like that. Sweden, in ice and snow, like ballet!"[31]This would remain her last podium position in the World Rally Championship.[8]

In theSafari Rally,a rotor arm in Mouton's Quattro failed and caused the turbo to break down as well.[95]She retired after falling victim to the team's ranking order; as the repairs were expected to take too long, Gumpert ordered championship leader Blomqvist's Quattro to be fixed by using Mouton's sister car as spares.[96]Her debut in the newSport Quattroat the Acropolis Rally ended with engine overheating problems.[95]In the 1000 Lakes, Mouton placed ninth after the short first day.[97]She later crashed and continued without a windscreen, but the damage to her Quattro could not be repaired in service.[98]Mouton retired and left Finland pointless for the fourth year in a row.[8]In late October, she signed a contract extension with Audi.[99]At the RAC Rally, a slight mistake led to a puncture and Mouton dropped from third to fifth.[100]She went on to narrowly lose the final podium spot toToyota'sPer Eklund.[101]Mouton's results placed her 12th in the drivers' world championship, a point behind Röhrl.[102]Outside the WRC, Mouton debuted in thePikes Peak International Hill Climbin the United States, driving an Audi Sport Quattro together with her usual co-driver Fabrizia Pons.[103]After her main opponentMartin Schanchegot hampered by a flat right front tyre she won the open rally category (now known asunlimited) in a record time and placed second overall, leaving behind several specialised V8 single-seaters that had normally dominated the race.[104][105][106]

1985

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Mouton with a Quattro S1 in 2007

Audi's WRC programme was limited for the1985 seasondue to the recent defeats toPeugeot Talbot Sport,Peugeot's factory team headed byJean Todt.[107]Mouton and Mikkola were assigned to testing and development duties.[107]She drove both the Sport Quattro and its follower, theQuattro S1(Sport E2). Mouton considered the S1 the most difficult rally car she had driven: "For rallying on asphalt, I agree the limit had gone too far. We did not have the reflexes to control it properly. It was tough to drive the car, but not the short Quattro before."[11]

Mouton in an A2 at the Welsh Rally

Although Mouton competed in only one world championship event during the season, she contested a full six-roundBritish Rally Championship.Her campaign was plagued by reliability problems and she recorded only one finish. In the National Breakdown Rally, Mouton stopped after damaging her Quattro in a jump.[108]After technical problems led to an early retirement at theCircuit of Ireland,[109]she finished second at the Welsh Rally behindMalcolm Wilsonin another Quattro.[110]At theScottish Rally,Mouton had been closing in on the leading Wilson until a transmission problem forced her to retire.[111]At the Ulster Rally, she set the fastest time for the first stage but then dropped out with a mechanical failure.[112]In the season-endingManx International Rally,Mouton struggled to start her Quattro and then crashed out five stages later.[113]

Mouton's only WRC event of the year was the long-distanceRallye Côte d'Ivoire.She was co-driven byArne Hertzas Pons was ill at the time of the start.[114]Mouton started well and tied the lead with Toyota'sJuha Kankkunenafter the first day.[115]Her Quattro incurred severe engine problems on the next day, but was seemingly repaired by Audi mechanics off the route in the jungle.[116]At the same time, the Sport Quattro "chase car", a high-speed service car, retired and Audi faced accusations of swapping the cars.[116]The team withdrew Mouton just before the finish and the controversy remains unresolved; the stewards did not find proof but the media published evidence afterwards.[114][116]Although her rallying year was a disappointment, Mouton made a successful return to the Pikes Peak, winning the event overall in her Sport Quattro.[117]Despite slippery conditions caused by a hailstorm, she brokeAl Unser Jr.'s 1982 record by about thirteen seconds.[118]The Frenchwoman's win irritated some of her male rivals.[119]Bobby Unserwas reputedly quite vocal about his loss, to which Mouton is said to have replied: "If you have the balls you can try to race me back down as well."[105]

Peugeot

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Mouton's teammateTimo Salonen's 205 T16 E2 in Monte Carlo

Mouton broke off her contract with Audi in late 1985 to joinPeugeotfor thecoming season.[120]She contested theGerman Rally Championshipand two WRC events in aPeugeot 205 Turbo 16,with which the marque had captured the previous year's world titles. To replace the newly-wed Pons, Mouton recruited Terry Harryman who had been left jobless afterAri Vatanen's accident.[11]Mouton, nicknamed "der schwarze Vulkan" (The Black Volcano) due to her temperament and long black hair,[6][121]won six of the eight events in the German championship,[122]including theRallye Deutschland.[123]Although the Hessen Rallye was stopped after the severe accident ofFormula OnedriverMarc Surer,which claimed the life of his co-driverMichel Wyder,Mouton was declared the winner.[124][125]She secured the German national title on the seventh and penultimate round, the Sachs Baltic, after taking her fifth win of the season.[126]She became the first female driver to win a major championship in rallying.[126]

Mouton's WRC outings were her home events:Monte Carlo RallyandTour de Corse.In Monte Carlo, she was running in eighth place after eleven stages,[127]but soon retired withoil pumpproblems.[128]For the Tour de Corse in May, Mouton was given the second evolution of the car.[129]She quickly showed good pace and held third place behind Lancia'sHenri Toivonenand teammateBruno Saby.[129]However, she ran into gearbox trouble on the tenth stage and was forced to retire.[129]During the next day, Toivonen and his co-driverSergio Crestocrashed out from the lead and died in their seats. Mouton was still in Corsica and remarked to her boyfriend that "if they stop the Group B now, it will be the end for me."[11]Within days,FISAannounced new regulations and banned the Group B supercars for the following year.[130]

In October, two weeks after securing the German Rally Championship title, Mouton announced her retirement from rallying.[131]She cited the end of the Group B era as the reason behind the decision, and stated that it was "a good time to stop".[11]Later in the same month, Mouton crowned her career by winning the last event of the German championship, the Drei-Städte-Rallye (Three Cities Rally), ahead ofArmin Schwarz'sMG Metro 6R4.[122][132]

Later career

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Mouton driving a Quattro S1 during the2009 editionof theRace of Champions

In 1988, Mouton co-founded the international motorsport eventRace of Championswith Fredrik Johnsson, in memory of Toivonen and to celebrate the tenth anniversary of theworld championshipfor rally drivers.[133]The event originally included the world's top rally drivers, but now features stars also from other disciplines, such asFormula One,NASCAR,Le MansandMotoGP,competing against each other in identical cars.[133]

In 1988 and 1989, Mouton participated inrally raidsas part of Peugeot's service team forAri VatanenandJacky Ickx.[134]At the 1988 Rally of Tunisia, Mouton drove a 205 T16 Grand Raid chase car and transported spare parts for Vatanen andHenri Pescarolo,but also classified sixth overall.[135]She later took part in theDakar Rallyas a press driver in 2004 and 2009.[134]In 2000, Mouton finished second in theLondon–Sydney Marathondriving aPorsche 911,behind former teammateStig Blomqvist.[136]After 22 years, Mouton and Fabrizia Pons reunited to compete in the 2008 Otago Classic Rally in New Zealand.[137]In 2010, Mouton competed with a 911 in theRallye du Marocand finished second toGrégoire De Mévius.[138]

In 2010, Mouton became the first president of the FIA's Women & Motor Sport Commission.[139]She stated that "for many years people have asked me why there have been no women following in my footsteps. I really hope the Commission can help answer that question and that we can attract and support women in all areas of our sport."[139]Having already headed a working group on the future of rallying, Mouton was appointed FIA's manager in the World Rally Championship in 2011.[140]Mouton also serves in the nomination committee of theRally Hall of Fame.[141]In March 2012, she recused herself after becoming a candidate for nomination. Mouton was inducted into the Hall of Fame along with two-time world championCarlos Sainz.[142]

Personal life and legacy

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Mouton interviewed in 1985

While announcing her retirement from rallying, Mouton stated her intention to start a family with Corsican sports journalistClaude Guarnieri.[131]She had her daughter Jessie (Jessica) in 1987.[2][11][143]Mouton credited her father Pierre's support as the secret for her success: "He loved driving. He loved fast cars. And I think he would have loved to do what I did. He was a prisoner of war for five years and when he came back he never had the opportunity to compete. But he came to all the rallies I did. And my mother came, too."[2][72]

Mouton states that in her mind she did not try to beat her male rivals, but to be at their level.[4]She noted that in rallying, time is the most important thing.[72]David Evans ofAutosportdescribed her as "motorsport's most successful ever female driver".[140]Rally journalist and historian Graham Robson credits Mouton, along withPat Moss,as "the driver by whom all other females measure their skills and achievements".[144]Mouton and Moss were of different eras and did not compete directly against each other, although they both appeared at the1973 Monte Carlo Rallywhere Mouton co-drove.[145]In 1985, they swapped cars in a private test session with Moss driving the Quattro and Mouton anAustin-Healey 3000.[145]Stirling Mossregarded Mouton as "one of the best",[146]andNiki Laudadescribed her as a "superwoman".[147]

In 2011, Mouton was made knight of theLegion of Honour(Légion d'honneur) by French PresidentNicolas Sarkozy.[148]At the50th International Emmy Awardsin 2022, the documentaryQueen of Speedabout Mouton's rise to the top of rallying in the 1980s was awarded an Emmy for the Best Sports Documentary.[149][150]

WRC victories

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Nº Year Rally Co-driver Car
1. 1981 Rallye Sanremo Fabrizia Pons Audi Quattro
2. 1982 Rally de Portugal Fabrizia Pons Audi Quattro
3. Acropolis Rally Fabrizia Pons Audi Quattro
4. Rally of Brazil Fabrizia Pons Audi Quattro
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Complete WRC results

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Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 WDC Points
1974 Michèle Mouton Alpine-Renault A110 1800 MON
C 		SWE
C 		POR KEN GRE
C 		FIN ITA CAN USA GBR FRA
12 		N/A
[A] 		N/A
1975 Michèle Mouton Alpine-Renault A110 1800 MON SWE KEN GRC MAR POR FIN ITA FRA
7 		GBR N/A
[A] 		N/A
1976 Michèle Mouton Alpine-Renault A110 1800 MON
11 		SWE POR KEN GRC MAR FIN ITA
Ret 		N/A
[A] 		N/A
Alpine-Renault A310 V6 FRA
Ret 		GBR
1977 Michèle Mouton Autobianchi A112 Abarth MON
24 		SWE POR KEN NZL GRC FIN CAN ITA N/A
[B] 		N/A
Fiat 131 Abarth FRA
8 		GBR
1978 Michèle Mouton Lancia Stratos HF MON
7 		SWE KEN POR GRC FIN CAN ITA CIV N/A
[B] 		N/A
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 23rd 12
1981 Audi Sport Audi Quattro MON
Ret 		SWE POR
4 		KEN FRA
Ret 		GRC
Ret 		ARG BRA FIN
13 		ITA
1 		CIV GBR
Ret 		8th 30
1982 Audi Sport Audi Quattro MON
Ret 		SWE
5 		POR
1 		KEN FRA
7 		GRC
1 		NZL
Ret 		BRA
1 		FIN
Ret 		ITA
4 		CIV
Ret 		GBR
2 		2nd 97
1983 Audi Sport Audi Quattro A1 MON
Ret 		SWE
4 		POR
2 		KEN
3 		5th 53
Audi Quattro A2 FRA
Ret 		GRC
Ret 		NZL
Ret 		ARG
3 		FIN
16 		ITA
7 		CIV GBR
Ret
1984 Audi Sport Audi Quattro A2 MON SWE
2 		POR KEN
Ret 		FRA 12th 25
Audi Sport Quattro GRC
Ret 		NZL ARG FIN
Ret 		ITA CIV GBR
4
1985 Audi Sport Audi Sport Quattro MON SWE POR KEN FRA GRC NZL ARG FIN ITA CIV
Ret 		GBR NC 0
1986 Peugeot Talbot Deutschland Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 MON
Ret 		SWE POR KEN NC 0
Peugeot Talbot Sport Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2 FRA
Ret 		GRC NZL ARG FIN CIV ITA GBR USA
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AFrom the World Rally Championship's conception in 1973 until 1976, there was no championship for drivers. Only a manufacturers' championship was awarded.
BFor the 1977 and 1978 seasons, the FIA Cup for Drivers was awarded. This took into account all of the WRC events, and ten events that were not part of the WRC.

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