Sarah Bovy

Sarah Bovy
File:Sarah Bovy in 2023.jpg Bovy in 2023
Nationality	Belgian
Born	(1989-05-15) 15 May 1989 Liège, Belgium
FIA World Endurance Championship career
Debut season	2021
Current team	Iron Dames
Car no.	85
Starts	14
Wins	0
Poles	4
Best finish	5th in 2022
24 Hours of Le Mans career Participating years 2021–2023 Teams Iron Dames (2021–2023) Best finish 4th (2023) Class wins 0

Sarah Bovy (born 15 May 1989 in Liège) 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.

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.

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. 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.

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.

Racing record

Career summary

File:2019 Brands Hatch W Series round 36.jpg

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	Michelin 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	5	0	2	0	1	67	2nd*
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD		2	0	0	0	0	368	17th*
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup		3	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

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Bovy competing in the 2022 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2021	Iron Lynx	Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	GTE Am	332	36th	9th
2022	Iron Dames	Rahel Frey Michelle Gatting	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	GTE Am	339	40th	7th
2023	Iron Dames	Rahel Frey 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	BHR	2nd*	67*

^* 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	MON	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	IMS	PET	17th*	368*

^* Season still in progress.

External links

• Profile at Driver Database
• Official website