Rahel Frey

Rahel Frey
Frey in 2024 at Fuji Speedway
NationalitySwitzerland Swiss
Born (1986-02-23) 23 February 1986 (age 38)
Niederbipp, Switzerland
Racing licence FIA Silver
Previous series
200809
2007
2006
2006
2005
200405
ATS Formel 3 Cup
International Formula Master
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Formula Renault 2.0 Italy
Formula Renault 2.0 Germany
Formula Renault Switzerland

Rahel Frey (born 23 February 1986 in Niederbipp, Canton of Bern) is a Swiss Audi factory racing driver. She has competed in such series as Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0, International Formula Master and the German Formula Three Championship.

Frey competed in the LMGT1 category of 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans. She shared #61 Matech Competition Ford GT with fellow Swiss female drivers Natacha Gachnang and Cyndie Allemann. All three participating Fords were forced to retire from the race. Frey then joined the Audi DTM squad and replaced Katherine Legge in 2011. Then decided she did not wish to carry on with her DTM career and left at the start of the 2013 season.

Rahel Frey's 2015 Audi R8 LMS Cup race car

In 2019 she joined the all female Kessell team with Manuela Gostner and Michelle Gatting for the European Le Mans Series.[1] They were the first all-woman team to finish since 1977 and they were 39th and ninth in their class.[2]

  1. ^ "Frey-Gostner-Gatting form team for 2019". formularapida.net. 22 February 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Rahel Frey (Kessel Racing): "We're going to be even better"". lemans.org (in French). Retrieved 3 December 2019.