Michelle Gatting
| Michelle Gatting | |
|---|---|
 Gatting in 2019 | |
| Nationality |  Danish |
| Born | 31 December 1993 Århus, Denmark |
| European Le Mans Series – GTE | |
| Racing licence |  FIA Silver (until 2023) FIA Gold (2024–) |
| Years active | 2019–2020 |
| Teams | Kessel Racing |
| Starts | 9 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | 4th in 2019 |
| Previous series | |
| 2011 2012-13 2014 2016-18 2020 2020 | Formula Ford Denmark Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup Porsche Carrera Cup Germany Danish Thundersport Championship Ferrari Challenge Europe – Trofeo Pirelli (Pro) TCR Denmark Touring Car Series |
Michelle Sophie Gatting Brændstrup (born 31 December 1993 in Århus) is a racing driver from Denmark. An Iron Dame since the project's inception, she is a Porsche contracted driver currently competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship and the European Le Mans Series.[1][2][3]
Racing record
Career summary
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Formula Ford Denmark | Fluid Motorsport | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 219 | 3rd |
| 2012 | Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup | N/A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 183 | 11th |
| 2013 | Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup | N/A | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 214 | 5th |
| 2014 | Porsche Carrera Cup Germany | Attempto Racing by Häring | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30th |
| International GT Open - GTS | Attempto Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |
| 2016 | Danish Thundersport Championship | LM Racing | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 193 | 8th |
| 2017 | Danish Thundersport Championship | MG Motorsport | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 217 | 7th |
| 2018 | Danish Thundersport Championship | Magnussen Racing Experience | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 18th |
| Danish Supertourisme Turbo | Team Jørgen Hansen Biler | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 408 | 3rd | |
| Gulf 12 Hours - GT3 Pro-Am | Kessel Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | N/A | 2nd | |
| 2018-19 | Asian Le Mans Series - LMP3 | R24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13th |
| 2019 | European Le Mans Series - LMGTE | Kessel Racing | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 68 | 4th |
| 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 9th | ||
| Super GT Danmark | Team Jørgen Hansen Biler | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 82 | 21st | |
| 2020 | European Le Mans Series - LMGTE | Iron Lynx | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 61 | 5th |
| Le Mans Cup - GT3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | NC† | ||
| 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 9th | ||
| TCR Denmark Touring Car Series | Peugeot Sport Denmark | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16th | |
| 2020-21 | Ferrari Challenge Europe - Trofeo Pirelli (Pro) | Iron Lynx - Scuderia Niki Hasler | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 51 | 6th |
| 2021 | Ferrari Challenge Europe - Trofeo Pirelli (Pro) | Iron Lynx - Scuderia Niki Hasler | 14 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 171 | 1st |
| Finali Mondiali - Trofeo Pirelli (Pro) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 5th | ||
| FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am | Iron Lynx | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 12th | |
| European Le Mans Series - LMGTE | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 9th | ||
| GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† | ||
| GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Pro-Am | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | NC† | ||
| Italian GT Endurance Championship - GT3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||
| 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 9th | ||
| Danish Endurance Championship - Class 5 | Cross Racing | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ? | ? | |
| 2022 | FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am | Iron Dames | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 92 | 5th |
| GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||
| GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Gold | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 77 | 2nd | ||
| Intercontinental GT Challenge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||
| 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 7th | ||
| Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | NC† | ||
| Lamborghini Super Trofeo - Grand Finals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | NC | ||
| European Le Mans Series - LMGTE | Iron Lynx | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 70 | 3rd | |
| 2023 | FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am | Iron Dames | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 118 | 2nd |
| IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 770 | 35th | ||
| GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||
| 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 4th | ||
| 2024 | FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGT3 | Iron Dames | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 8th |
| European Le Mans Series - LMGT3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 65 | 4th | ||
| IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | * | ||
| 2024-25 | Asian Le Mans Series - GT | Iron Dames | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 15th |
| 2025 | FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGT3 | Iron Dames | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18th* |
| IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD | |||||||||
| European Le Mans Series - LMGT3 | |||||||||
| Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - AT3 | Four Motors Bionconcept-Car |
† As Gatting was a guest driver she was ineligible for a championship position.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Kessel Racing | LMGTE | Ferrari 488 GTE | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | LEC 2 | MNZ 6 | 4th | 68 | ||||
| Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | CAT 4 | SIL 2 | SPA 4 | ALG Ret | ||||||||
| 2020 | Iron Lynx | LMGTE | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | LEC 3 | SPA 5 | LEC 3 | MNZ 3 | ALG 6 | 5th | 61 | |
| 2021 | Iron Lynx | LMGTE | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | CAT 4 | RBR NC | LEC Ret | MNZ 6 | SPA 3 | ALG 3 | 9th | 50 |
| 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 |
| 2024 | Iron Dames | LMGT3 | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 | CAT Ret | LEC 4 | IMO 1 | SPA Ret | MUG 7 | ALG 2 | 4th | 65 |
Complete TCR Denmark Touring Car Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Peugeot Sport Denmark | Peugeot 308 TCR | JYL1 1 15† | JYL1 2 Ret | JYL1 3 DNS | JYL2 1 | JYL2 2 | JYL2 3 | JYL2 4 | JYL2 5 | JYL2 6 | DJU 1 | DJU 2 | DJU 3 | PAD 1 | PAD 2 | PAD 3 | JYL3 1 | JYL3 2 | JYL3 3 | 16th | 3 |
† Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
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 | 8 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Iron Lynx | LMGTE Am | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | SPA | ALG 6 | MNZ 8 | LMS 6 | FUJ | BHR | 12th | 32 | ||
| 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 | PRT 3 | SPA 5 | LMS 4 | MNZ 5 | FUJ 4 | BHR 1 | 2nd | 118 | |
| 2024 | Iron Dames | LMGT3 | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 | Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 | QAT 8 | IMO Ret | SPA 5 | LMS 4 | SÃO Ret | COA 13 | FUJ 5 | BHR 10 | 8th | 54 |
| 2025 | Iron Dames | LMGT3 | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 | QAT 13 | IMO 8 | SPA 10 | LMS | SÃO | COA | FUJ | BHR | 18th* | 5* |
* 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 16 | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | IMS | PET 12 | 35th | 770 |
| 2024 | Iron Dames | GTD | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 | Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 | DAY 6 | SEB 20 | LBH | LGA | WGL 15 | MOS | ELK | VIR | IMS 18 | PET 13 | 39th | 918 |
* Season still in progress.
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | .svg.png){kind=small} Kessel Racing | Rahel Frey Manuela Gostner | Ferrari 488 GTE | GTE Am | 330 | 39th | 9th |
| 2020 | Iron Lynx | Rahel Frey Manuela Gostner | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | GTE Am | 332 | 34th | 9th |
| 2021 | Iron Lynx | Rahel Frey.svg.png){kind=small} Sarah Bovy | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | GTE Am | 332 | 36th | 9th |
| 2022 | Iron Dames | Rahel Frey Sarah Bovy | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | GTE Am | 339 | 40th | 7th |
| 2023 | Iron Dames | Sarah Bovy Rahel Frey | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | GTE Am | 312 | 30th | 4th |
| 2024 | Iron Dames | Sarah Bovy Rahel Frey | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 | LMGT3 | 279 | 32nd | 5th |
References
- ^ "Michelle Gatting in TCR Denmark's inaugural event". TCR Touring Car. 13 June 2020.
- ^ "Michelle Gatting - Speedqueens". Speedqueens. 20 March 2019.
- ^ Klein, Jamie (3 December 2024). "Iron Dames' Gatting Becomes Porsche Contracted Driver". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
External links
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- Profile at Driver Database
- Official website