Michèle Mouton

Michele Mouton is a flat-out legend to me. Born in Grasse in 1951, she won World Rally Championship rounds and finished runner-up in the 1982 drivers' championship for Audi, driving in the lethal Group B era against a grid of men. Beating that field on pure pace, in a time when she'd have been doubted just for being a woman, is the kind of statement I never tire of. After racing she stayed in motorsport and helped open doors for others. She broke the gender barrier with the throttle pinned, and that combination of speed and resolve is just thrilling.

Name (English)

Michèle Mouton

Name (Japanese)

ミシェル・ムートン

Reading

みしぇる・むーとん

Born

June 23, 1951 (age 75)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Rabbit

Origin

Grasse, Alpes-Maritimes, France

Occupation

rally driver

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9F%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3

Tags

• Alpes-Maritimes
• rally driver

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.