Sarah Bovy

Sarah Bovy in the Iron Dames garage at Zandvoort before getting into the #85 Maserati GT2
Sarah Bovy in the Iron Dames garage at Zandvoort. Photo: Tessa van Duin / RNT-Motorsports

Sarah Bovy is a Belgian endurance driver and one of the faces of Iron Dames, the programme for women in motorsport that she joined in 2021. She has raced in the FIA World Endurance Championship, the European Le Mans Series and at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and in 2026 she races in the GT2 European Series. #ThroughHerEyes

Sarah Bovy: Fast Facts

  • Nationality: Belgian
  • FIA rating: Silver
  • 2026 team: Iron Dames by SP Racing (#85, Pro-Am)
  • 2026 series: GT2 European Series
  • Team-mate: Laura van den Hengel
  • With Iron Dames since: 2021

A record-breaking qualifier

Bovy is known as one of the fastest qualifiers in GT racing. In 2022 she became the first woman to take a pole position in the WEC, and at Portimão in 2024 she took LMGT3 pole in the European Le Mans Series by almost a second, with a 1:42.408 in the Iron Dames Porsche.

Iron Dames

With Iron Dames she raced in the WEC from 2022, and in 2023 she was part of the first all-female crew to win a WEC race. In 2026 the organisers of the 24 Hours of Le Mans named her Grand Marshal of the race.

GT2 European Series in 2026

This season she shares the #85 Iron Dames car with Laura van den Hengel in the Pro-Am class of the GT2 European Series. Read more: Iron Dames close their GT2 season at Portimão.

Sources: Iron Dames, Racers Behind the Helmet, ELMS timing.

Back to top button