1. Lilou Wadoux-Ducellier was born on 10 April 2001 and is a French professional racing driver.
16 Facts About Lilou Wadoux
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Lilou Wadoux is the first woman to ever win an FIA World Endurance Championship race and the first woman to drive a Le Mans Hypercar, having previously starred in the Alpine Elf Europa Cup and competed in TCR Europe.
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Lilou Wadoux only started karting, mostly for fun, at the late age of 14.
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Lilou Wadoux was hit by Qatari driver Abdullah Ali Al Khelaifi, who had lost control of his Cupra Leon TCR after an off at turn 16, and her car rolled several times before it finally came to a stop.
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Lilou Wadoux was unharmed, but the financial difficulties following the crash meant she was not able to return to the championship.
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In 2020, Lilou Wadoux switched to the one-make Alpine Elf Europa Cup, driving an Alpine A110 for Autosport GP.
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Lilou Wadoux had a consistent debut season, finishing all ten races in the top ten with eight junior podiums, but had to settle for 7th in the overall standings.
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Lilou Wadoux won one race at the season finale in Portimao and eventually finished third overall, second in the junior standings.
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Lilou Wadoux was hired for the 2022 season as part of the team's switch to a mixed lineup, alongside ELMS champion Charles Milesi and eight-time World Rally Champion Sebastien Ogier.
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In late 2022, Lilou Wadoux was named as one of four drivers to be invited by the WEC to take part in the post-season rookie test at Bahrain.
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Lilou Wadoux drove Toyota's title-winning Hypercar and thus became the first woman to drive a top-class prototype since Vanina Ickx in 2011.
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Lilou Wadoux placed third out of the 18 drivers, only behind Robert Shwartzman and Norman Nato.
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Lilou Wadoux embarked on a new challenge in 2024 as she moved to the Japanese Super GT series.
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Lilou Wadoux raced with the GAINER-run PONOS Racing squad, sharing a Ferrari 296 GT3 in the GT300 class with veteran Kei Cozzolino.
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Lilou Wadoux then left the team with mutual agreement just days before the start of the first 2025 race.
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Lilou Wadoux says her idols are tennis player Rafael Nadal and Formula One world champion Ayrton Senna, who her father, an amateur rally driver, admired in the 90s.