CÉLIA MARTIN & SARAH BOVY Lead Iron Dames Charge to Top 5 at Le Mans 2025

June 14, 2025

GRRL! SUMMARY:

CÉLIA MARTIN and SARAH BOVY have transformed Iron Dames’ race from an 18th-place start to briefly leading LMGT3 class in the first four hours. Martin’s debut Le Mans performance was textbook racecraft—staying composed through early pressure, posting sub-four-minute laps that put her among the fastest bronze drivers, and climbing 10 positions before handing off to Bovy, who immediately went faster and continued the charge to P5.
JAMIE CHADWICK’s Le Mans debut is exactly what we hoped to see—no rookie mistakes, just clean pace that matches the veterans. Taking over from André Lotterer in P6, she immediately dropped into the low 3:42s and held her ground in P7, showing the kind of consistency that wins these marathon races. Meanwhile, LILOU WADOUX delivered the most spectacular opening stint, rocketing the #150 Ferrari from P21 to P8 in just 30 minutes with blistering 3:57 laps.
The Richard Mille Ferrari’s race got complicated when contact dropped them to P20, but the recovery drive shows why we never count these teams out. After the setback, they’ve clawed back to P16 and are posting competitive 3:59s as the sun sets. With Iron Dames proving their championship pace translates to Le Mans and Chadwick settling into her first stint like she belongs here, we’ve got three crews positioned for strong finishes with 20 hours still to run.