5 Women Ready to Dominate 2025 Le Mans: CHADWICK’s Debut & Iron Dames Return

March 3, 2025

by RACERS // from www.racers-behindthehelmet.com

• The 2025 Le Mans entry list delivers what we’ve been waiting for: five women taking on the legendary endurance test. JAMIE CHADWICK makes her debut as the sole woman in prototypes with IDEC Sport’s LMP2 entry, while LILOU WADOUX returns for her third Le Mans campaign with Richard Mille AF Corse in LMGT3. The Iron Dames bring their proven formula back for a seventh year.
• Iron Dames veterans MICHELLE GATTING and RAHEL FREY return for their seventh and eighth Le Mans starts respectively, now partnered with newcomer CÉLIA MARTIN in the #85 Porsche 911 GT3 R. Martin may be new to Le Mans, but she’s no endurance rookie – four Nürburgring 24 Hours starts with a class win and four podiums prove she belongs in this company.
• WADOUX continues building her legacy as Ferrari’s first female factory driver, bringing serious credentials to her third Le Mans attempt. She’s already made history as the first woman to win a WEC race and has conquered every major GT series from IMSA to Super GT. After a retirement in 2023, she’s back in LMGT3 with the hunger to prove her 2022 top-ten debut wasn’t a fluke.
• CHADWICK’s Le Mans debut represents the next chapter after dominating W Series with three consecutive titles and breaking through in IndyNXT with her first win. Her endurance resume already includes class victories at Nürburgring 24 Hours and Silverstone 24 Hours, plus that 2015 British GT championship as the youngest winner ever. Now she gets to show what she can do against the world’s best in prototypes.

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