Who is Michele Mouton?

Michele Mouton is a name that made the presence of women meaningful in motorsports and is now known as a legend. From being a World Rally Champion in the Crazy Group B years, to setting up the Champions Championship bringing together the best of motorsports, and taking active roles in the FIA ​​to maintain the standard in rally safety, the spectrum is bad to explain what Mouton continues to leave on the sport. no introduction sentence. Mouton, who served as the FIA's security delegate, came to the 2017 Marmaris Rally and made examinations and was one of the most important names who liked and approved Rally Turkey, which entered the 2018 WRC calendar. Now let's get to know Mouton better.

In an interview, Mouton describes how he got into the world of motorsport: “I never wanted to be a rally driver, nor did I plan for it. I had a friend who competed at an amateur level. I went to Corsica to watch him and he asked me for help because he couldn't agree with his co-pilot. It was pure luck. Then my father said, 'I know you love to drive, I'll buy you a car and pay for a season. If you're good, you'll get results, 'he said.

A first in history

Michele Mouton, who first started as a co-pilot with such a coincidence, later switched to piloting. He did well with the iconic Alpine A110 that his father bought for him. He also competed on the track, and with his all-women team, he managed to win the 1975 Le Mans 24 Hours in his class and inspired many of his women's teams that came after him. Mouton was only 24 years old at the time. He joined the European Rally Championship in 1977 as Fiat's factory driver, almost becoming a champion. Four years later, she joined Audi, the legendary team of the Group B era, winning the Sanremo Rally in her first season, becoming the first and only woman in history to win a WRC rally. Mouton, who entered 1982 more assertively with his co-driver Fabrizia Pons, reached the top in three rallies, especially a tough race like the Acropolis, the year when Audi won the first brand title in its history. Has achieved second place in the world, 12 points behind the champion Walter Röhrl
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Michele Mouton explains the interest he faced at that time and his approach to it as follows: “Nowadays I can understand the interest in that period. Because we were the only women's team in the championship back then. A reporter came at the end of the day and said, 'Can you smile?' "Okay, go find (Stig) Blomqvist and (Hannu) Mikkola first, ask them for the same thing, and then come to me."

In 1985, Mouton embarked on another adventure across an entire ocean. Pikes Peak, where most of us met with the 1988 short film Climb Dance, won the climb race three years before that famous movie. Then, a year later, he reached the national championship with Peugeot and became the first woman to win the rally. The same year, he lost his dear friend Henri Toivonen, and the rally ended his life after Group B cars were banned quickly. To commemorate Toivonen, he organized the first of the Champions Championship, now known as the Race of Champions.

Michele Mouton and the Champions Championship

The location of the 2018 Race of Champions is also interesting in many ways. The first international motorsports organization in the history of the country has been held in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, which gave women the right to go to traffic for the first time last year and interestingly made progressive decisions with the new king. Perhaps the only thing missing from the organization is its cadre consisting of only men, as there is no champion or an active female pilot struggling for the title. But again, this is a bit more respectful of choosing Carmen Jorda or a similar decor name.

Rally of Turkey the green light from burning

Michele Mouton also has a good influence on our motorsports. Mouton, WRC FIA safety delegate role in 2017 and 2018 were found in the investigation came to Marmaris Rally sounded like the beginning of the most important names in the WRC Rally of Turkey entering and confirming the schedule.

Best example for young girls interested in motorsports

In a world surrounded by men, Michele Mouton has tapped into many motorsports and many championships, showing himself wherever he entered. Perhaps the best example of young girls who want to start motorsports should be Mouton. If you are a good pilot, teams want to work with you. Even if you are a bad pilot, sometimes they may want to work with you for a female pilot advertisement, but the best way to avoid this positive discrimination is to be good and aim to achieve the good by working constantly. Michele Mouton has never been a glamorous, gaudy star. This is why he is one of the greatest heroes of motorsport. He is the hero of all of us, men and women.