SOPHIA FLOERSCH Teases Le Mans Return After Three-Year Circuit Absence

June 4, 2025

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SOPHIA FLOERSCH is dropping hints about a potential return to Le Mans after three years away, posting cryptic social media about being “fired up” for Test Day in the Algarve Pro Racing LMP2. The 24-year-old German isn’t on the official entry list for the race itself, but teams can run up to five drivers during testing – and we know she’s been putting in work with APR after testing their Oreca 07 at Le Castellet in May.
Her Le Mans history reads like a masterclass in both breakthrough moments and frustrating near-misses. FLOERSCH made her debut in 2020 with the legendary all-female Richard Mille trio alongside TATIANA CALDERÓN and BEITSKE VISSER, nabbing a top-10 LMP2 finish. Technical gremlins cost her team a strong result in 2022 with Algarve Pro Racing, but they still managed fifth in LMP2 Pro-Am despite the setbacks.
If she does hit the track Sunday, FLOERSCH joins an impressive six-woman field that’s quietly becoming the norm rather than the exception at Le Mans. The Iron Dames are back with CÉLIA MARTIN, RAHEL FREY, and MICHELLE GATTING in LMGT3, while JAMIE CHADWICK makes her Le Mans debut with IDEC Sport in LMP2, and LILOU WADOUX returns after a year away with Richard Mille AF Corse. For someone who’s been vocal about ending motorsport segregation, this is exactly the kind of depth FLOERSCH has been pushing for.