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endless series of women in motorsports: Michèle Mouton (June 23rd, 1951, France) is a former rally driver, most renowned for competing in the World Rally Championship for the Audi factory team, where she took four wins and finished as the runner up to the championship in the 1982 season, becoming so far the only woman to achieve it. Michele went on to win the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in 1985, setting a new time record, and the German Rally Championship, in 1986. She is the co-founder of Race of Champions, an international event established in 1988 in memory of Henri Toivonen. In 2010, she became the first president of the FIA's Women & Motorsports Comission and the FIA manager of the WRC in 2011. She was inducted into the Rally Hall of Fame in 2012. (for @tthrawn)
