On her 73th birthday I would like everyone to read about, or to see this about, Michèle Mouton, one of the truly great racing drivers on the 20th century.
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The video above is just one of many tributes to her and if you know of her, you’ll understand why. Recalling when she won the 2-litre prototype class in the 1975 24 Heures du Mans together with Marianne Hoepfner and Christine Dacremont, she said:
It started to rain I remember, and I started to pass everybody. I was running on slicks. In the pits they were saying ‘Michèle, you must stop’, but I did not want to because I was passing everyone.
Similarly, here’s a small excerpt from a film about her, this time about her record run in the, part gravel, part pavement, Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in 1985, averaging the speed of 105 km/h despite having to do a standing start:
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