VERNEY, VIDI, VICI

From 1974 to 1983, Anny-Charlotte Verney drove the 24 Hours of Le Mans ten times, completing nine of those outings in a Porsche. In this interview, she shares memories of extraordinary career as a race and rally driver in some of the world’s most punishing motorsport events, including the Paris-Dakar...

Words Johnny Tipler

INTERVIEW SUBSCRIBE TO Classic PORSCHE SEE PAGE 108 FOR DETAILS Considering she’s a native of Le Mans, you might expect Anny-Charlotte Verney to have attended the city’s daylong race a fair number of times. This is, of course, the case, but she’s not merely been present — she’s actually taken part. In fact, Verney holds the record for the highest number of 24 Hours of Le Mans participations by a woman, having competed at the event for ten straight years between 1974 and 1983. Back in 1923, her grandfather was one of the initiators of the twenty-four-hour enduro. With this in mind, you might think it her destiny to have competed at Le Mans. You’d be right, and although she drove BMW, Ford, Nissan and Formula Renault singleseaters and…

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