Isabelle Galmiche

{{Short description|French rally co-driver}}

{{Expand French|topic=bio|Isabelle Galmiche|date=January 2022}}

{{Infobox WRC driver

| name = Isabelle Galmiche

| image=File:Quentin Gilbert Rally Finland 2013 Surkee.jpg

| caption =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|11|19}}

| birth_place =

| nationality = {{flagicon|FRA}} French

| Years = {{WRC|2007}}, {{WRC|2013}}, {{WRC|2017}}, {{WRC|2022}}–present

| Teams = M-Sport Ford

| Championships = 0

| Races = 10

| Wins = 1

| Podiums = 1

| Stagewins = 14

| First race = 2007 Rally de Portugal

| First win = 2022 Monte Carlo Rally

| Last win = 2022 Monte Carlo Rally

| Last race =

}}

Isabelle Galmiche (Gal-MEE-sh; born 19 November 1971) is a French rally co-driver{{cite web|title=Isabelle Galmiche|url=https://www.ewrc-results.com/coprofile/1370-isabelle-galmiche/1|website=e-wrc.com|access-date=22 December 2021}} and mathematics teacher.{{Cite news|date=2022-01-23|title=Sébastien Loeb and Isabelle Galmiche have won the Monte Carlo Rally|work=Top Gear|url=https://www.topgear.com/car-news/motorsport/sebastien-loeb-and-isabelle-galmiche-have-won-monte-carlo-rally}} As of January 2022, she is the co-driver for nine-time World Rally Champion Sebastien Loeb, driving for M-Sport Ford in the World Rally Championship.{{cite news|title=Icon Loeb makes WRC comeback with M-Sport Ford|url=https://www.wrc.com/en/news/2021/wrc/icon-loeb-makes-wrc-comeback-with-msport-ford/|website=wrc.com|publisher=WRC Promoter GmbH|date=20 December 2021|access-date=22 December 2021}}

Rally career

Galmiche and Loeb won the 90th Rally Monte Carlo on January 23, 2022, becoming the oldest driver and first female co-driver,{{Cite news|date=2022-01-24|title=Sébastien Loeb Becomes Oldest Winner of a WRC Rally|work=Yahoo|url=https://www.yahoo.com/now/bastien-loeb-becomes-oldest-winner-205100213.html}} respectively, to win a WRC rally.{{Cite web|date=2022-01-17|title=Nasser Al-Attiyah Holds Off Sebastian Loeb to Win His Fourth Dakar Rally|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/nasser-al-attiyah-holds-off-014000992.html|access-date=2022-01-23|website=Yahoo|language=en}} Galmiche became the first woman co-driver to win a WRC event since Fabrizia Pons in 1997. She has been Loeb's co-driver on tests, deputising for his former co-driver Daniel Elena on a part-time basis, since 2012.{{Cite web|date=2021-12-26|title=Sébastien Loeb Returns For The WRC's New Hybrid Era|url=https://jalopnik.com/sebastien-loeb-returns-for-the-wrcs-new-hybrid-era-1848271782|website=Jalopnik}}

Rally victories

=WRC victories=

class="wikitable"

!  # 

! Event

! Season

! Driver

! Car

! Ref.

1

| {{flagicon|MON}} 90ème Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo

| {{WRC|2022}}

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Sébastien Loeb

| Ford Puma Rally1

|align="center"|{{cite news|url=https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/154728/ogier-seals-record-eighth-rally-monte-carlo-win|title=WRC Monte Carlo: Loeb beats Ogier to take eighth Monte win in epic battle|first=Tom|last=Howard|work=autosport.com|publisher=Motorsport Network|date=23 January 2022|access-date=23 January 2022}}

World Rally Championship results

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"

!Year

!Entrant

!Car

!1

!2

!3

!4

!5

!6

!7

!8

!9

!10

!11

!12

!13

!14

!15

!16

!{{Tooltip|WDC|Championship position}}

!Points

{{WRC|2007}}

! Dominique Rebout

! Citroën C2 R2

| MON

| SWE

| NOR

| MEX

|style="background:#CFCFFF"| POR
{{small|43}}

| ARG

| ITA

| GRE

| FIN

| GER

| NZL

| ESP

| FRA

| JPN

| IRE

| GBR

! NC

! 0

{{WRC|2013}}

! Quentin Gilbert

! Citroën DS3 R3T

| MON

| SWE

| MEX

|style="background:#CFCFFF"| POR
{{small|26}}

| ARG

| GRE

|style="background:#CFCFFF"| ITA
{{small|19}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF"| FIN
{{small|33}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF"| GER
{{small|40}}

| AUS

| FRA

| ESP

| GBR

|

|

|

! NC

! 0

{{WRC|2017}}

! Jean-Michel Raoux

! Citroën DS3 WRC

| MON

| SWE

| MEX

| FRA

| ARG

| POR

| ITA

| POL

| FIN

|style="background:#CFCFFF"| GER
{{small|24}}

| ESP

| GBR

| AUS

|

|

|

! NC

! 0

2022

! M-Sport Ford WRT

! Ford Puma Rally1

|style="background:#FFFFBF"| MON
{{small|1}}

| SWE

| CRO

|style="background:#efcfff;"| POR
{{small|Ret}}

| ITA

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| KEN
{{small|8}}

| EST

| FIN

| BEL

|style="background:#efcfff;"| GRE
{{small|Ret}}

| NZL

| ESP

| JPN

|

|

|

! 12th

! 35

References

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