Sarah Bovy

Sarah Bovy (born 15 May 1989 in Liège[1]) is a Belgian female racing driver. She has recently competed with the Iron Dames team in multiple series, including the FIA World Endurance Championship and at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Sarah Bovy
Bovy in 2023
NationalityBelgium Belgian
Born (1989-05-15) 15 May 1989
Liège, Belgium
FIA World Endurance Championship career
Debut season2021
Current teamIron Dames
Racing licence FIA Bronze
Car number85
Starts15
Wins0
Poles4
Best finish5th in 2022
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years2021–2023
TeamsIron Dames (2021–2023)
Best finish4th (2023)
Class wins0

Biography

Following two years in karting, Bovy began her racing career as a Formula Renault Academy driver in Formula Renault 1.6 Belgium. Former Formula One driver Thierry Boutsen took her under his wing as part of his team, and began an association with the Boutsen-Ginion squad that saw her race in GT, touring car and silhouette racing disciplines before taking a year's break in 2014 due to a lack of funding and undertook a Bachelor of Marketing course.[2]

Bovy returned to the sport in 2015, gaining the funding to complete a full season in the Renault Sport Trophy. She yielded a podium in her home race at Spa-Francorchamps before falling back into a part-time endurance campaign in 2016.[3] The next two seasons would see her align with Lamborghini, contesting the 2017 Super Trofeo Europe Championship – finishing 14th in the Pro-Am class – and various endurance races in 2018, finishing second in class at the 2018 24 Hours of Spa.[4][5]

In 2019, Bovy applied for entry into the women's only Formula 3 championship W Series. She was accepted as one of the series' reserve drivers, and would be called upon on three occasions – the first time in her home race at Zolder where she failed to start with technical issues; again in Misano following injury for regular driver Emma Kimiläinen, finishing 12th; and also in the final round of the championship at Brands Hatch, ending the race 19th after sustaining front-wing damage in the early laps. She scored no points and was the penultimate driver in the standings.[6]

Racing record

Career summary
Bovy competing in the 2019 W Series Brands Hatch round
Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2005 Formula Renault 1.6 Belgium Thierry Boutsen Racing ? ? ? ? ? 0 NC
2010 Belgian Touring Car Series - T3 DTC Team 2 0 0 0 1 28 18th
2012 Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro-Am Boutsen Ginion Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2013 Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro-Am GPR AMR 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2015 Renault Sport Trophy - Prestige Monleau Competicion 2 0 0 1 1 19 11th
2016 Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe - Pro-Am Leipert Motorsport 10 0 0 0 0 16 14th
2017 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Attempto Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Intercontinental GT Challenge 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2018-19 Asian Le Mans Series - LMP3 N24 1 0 0 0 0 6 12th
2019 W Series Hitech GP 2 0 0 0 0 0 19th
2021 Le Mans Cup - GT3 Iron Lynx 2 0 0 0 2 36 10th
European Le Mans Series - LMGTE 2 0 0 0 2 30 14th
FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am 4 0 0 0 0 30 14th
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup 2 0 0 0 0 17 23rd
2022 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am Iron Dames 5 0 2 0 3 92 5th
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup 5 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Intercontinental GT Challenge 1 0 0 0 0 0 *
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 7th
European Le Mans Series - LMGTE Iron Lynx 6 1 1 1 2 70 3rd
2023 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am Iron Dames 6 0 2 0 1 79 2nd*
IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD 2 0 0 0 0 368 45th
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup 5 0 0 0 0 0 NC
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Bronze Cup 3 0 0 0 0 8 21st*

* Season still in progress.

Complete W Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 DC Points
2019 Hitech GP HOC ZOL
DNS		 MIS
12		 NOR ASS BRH
19		 19th 0

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
Bovy competing in the 2022 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2021 Italy Iron Lynx Switzerland Rahel Frey
Denmark Michelle Gatting		 Ferrari 488 GTE Evo GTE
Am		 332 36th 9th
2022 Italy Iron Dames Switzerland Rahel Frey
Denmark Michelle Gatting		 Ferrari 488 GTE Evo GTE
Am		 339 40th 7th
2023 Italy Iron Dames Switzerland Rahel Frey
Denmark Michelle Gatting		 Porsche 911 RSR-19 GTE
Am		 312 30th 4th

Complete European Le Mans Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points
2021 Iron Lynx LMGTE Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 CAT RBR LEC MNZ SPA
3		 ALG
3		 14th 30
2022 Iron Lynx LMGTE Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 LEC
4		 IMO
8		 MNZ
5		 CAT
Ret		 SPA
2		 ALG
1		 3rd 70

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Rank Points
2021 Iron Lynx LMGTE Am Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 SPA ALG MNZ
8		 LMS
6		 FUJ
8		 BHR
8		 14th 30
2022 Iron Dames LMGTE Am Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 SEB
5		 SPA LMS
6		 MNZ
2		 FUJ
2		 BHR
3		 5th 92
2023 Iron Dames LMGTE Am Porsche 911 RSR-19 Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 SEB
8		 ALG
3		 SPA
5		 LMS
4		 MNZ
5		 FUJ
4		 BHR
 2nd* 79*

* Season still in progress.

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Rank Points
2023 Iron Dames GTD Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 DAY
18		 SEB
11		 LBH LGA WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR IMS PET 45th 368

* Season still in progress.

References
  1. "GETTING TO KNOW: SARAH BOVY". Lamborghini. 26 June 2023.
  2. "A Winning Attitude by Sarah Bovy". SThree Careers. 20 February 2018.
  3. "Speedqueens – Sarah Bovy". Speedqueens.com. 29 November 2015.
  4. "Sarah Bovy : "All I need was a Lambo"". Endurance-Info.com. 2 August 2017.
  5. "Lamborghini Racing Driver Sarah Bovy Does Delicious Huracan Performante Donuts". Auto Evolution. 29 June 2018.
  6. "W Series adds reserve driver Bovy to expanded Zolder grid". Motorsport.com. 18 May 2019.
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