Michele Sheep

Michele Sheep, born the Fatty June 23rd 1951 with , is a pilot of rally French.

She takes part for the first time in the championship of the world at the time of the Corsica Turn of 1974, (the November 30th) on Alpine Renault A110 1800 (classified 12th).

Its last participation in the Championship of the world, with the Corsica Turn of 1986 on Turbo Peugeot 205 16 will end in an abandonment. She gained 4 rallys into world.

Is it still necessary to introduce Michele Mouton, rally-woman Frenchwoman with the exceptional prize list? Eh well yes, since its departure of the competition in 1986, no woman still took again the torch.

After beginnings noticed on a berlinette A110, then at LANCIA with Stratos, Michele is pilot of factory at FIAT in 1978, on mythical the 131 Abarth.

It is located in 1981 by the German firm AUDI, which makes him test the news Quattro Sport groups 4 (future Group B since 1983). For this season, Michele SHEEP is committed to assist Hannu MIKKOLA in her conquest of the world title. In 1982, they will be joined by the brilliance controls Swedish Stig BLOMQVIST. Walter RÖHRL, World champion in 1980 and 1982, will join the team in 1984. Michele SHEEP gains San Remo in this year 1981, and becomes the first (and single) woman of the History to gain a sleeve of a Championship of the World of the Rallys.

In 1982, Michele gains three more rallys of the championship of the World: the rally of Portugal, the Acropolis (Greece) and Brazil. Audi being always more at the point, the year starts extremely with a second place in Monte Carlo for Hannu Mikkola which will be followed of 2 victories, to Sweden for Stig Blomqvist and in Portugal for Michele Mouton. The remainder of the season is with the endorsement: victories of AUDI to the 1000 Lakes, Sanremo and the RAC. The bad luck played at the end of the season for Michele since it will miss by little the pilot title, mainly at the time of the penultimate test in Ivory Coast, when it learns the day before from the departure the death of her father. Thanks to the regularity of its three pilots, Audi empoche the title manufacturers and Michele is vice-champion of the World.

In 1984, as of the second test of the season in Sweden, the all powerful armada German makes control on the first 3 places with, in the order, S. BLOMQVIST, Mr. SHEEP and P. EKLUND. Same the sénario repeats in Portugal, the Acropolis, in New Zealand, Argentina and Coast-in Ivoire. Michele SHEEP will make this year a mid-season after the many seasons spent to foam the roads and the tracks of the whole world, as well for the account of FIAT as that of AUDI. That will not prevent it from at the head finishing Rallye category, and especially second scratch in famous Pikes Peak, this mythical hill climb of Colorado, also called “the race in the clouds”.

In 1985, it beats all the records of this race and gains it.

In 1986, after a championship of Germany with Peugeot, and announces it during the Turn of Corsica of the end of the cars of the group B, Michele decides to put a term at its career to devote itself to “a family” life. Since 1988, Michele organizes, in order to enclose the automobile season, “The Michelin Race off Champions”, in the Canary islands.

Parallel to the rallys, it runs the 24 hours of Mans 1975 on a MOYNET LM75 (Built by André Moynet) and gains the category 1601 to 2000 Cm3. With a little chance, one can cross this fabulous controls today mother on the majority of the handles of the Championship of the World of the Rallys, since it always keeps the contact with the automobile medium.

Victories in Championship of the world of the rallys (4)

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