Rahel Frey

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

Rahel Frey
Frey at the 2024 6 Hours of Fuji
Nationality	Swiss
Born	(1986-02-23) 23 February 1986 (age 39) Niederbipp, Switzerland
Racing licence	FIA Silver (until 2021, 2024–) FIA Gold (2022–2023)
Previous series
2008–09 2007 2006 2006 2005 2004–05	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

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, Frey 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]

Racing record

Career summary

Frey's No. 85 car at the 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2004	Renault Speed Trophy F2000	Iris Racing	10	1	0	0	2	151	4th
2005	Formula Renault 2.0 Suisse	N/A	9	2	0	7	6	153	3rd
	Formula Renault 2.0 Germany	Equipe Bernoise	4	0	1	0	0	27	23rd
2006	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	Jenzer Motorsport	14	0	0	0	0	8	21st
	Formula Renault 2.0 Italia		13	0	0	0	0	24	18th
2007	International Formula Master	Jenzer Motorsport	16	0	0	0	0	9	17th
2008	ATS Formel 3 Cup	Van Amersfoort Racing	16	0	0	1	0	5	14th
2009	ATS Formel 3 Cup	Jo Zeller Racing	10	1	1	1	4	45	7th
2010	Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup	N/A	2	0	0	1	0	0	NC†
	Le Mans Series - GT1	Matech Competition	1	0	0	0	1	13	7th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - GT1		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	FIA GT1 World Championship		2	0	0	0	0	0	59th
2011	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Team Phoenix	10	0	0	0	0	0	19th
2012	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Audi Sport Team Abt	10	0	0	0	0	6	19th
2013	ADAC GT Masters	Prosperia C. Abt Racing	15	0	0	0	0	27	19th
	Audi R8 LMS Cup China	Castrol Racing Team	7	1	0	0	1	101	4th
	Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro Cup	Belgian Audi Club WRT	5	0	0	0	0	4	31st
	Nürburgring Endurance Series - SP9	Audi Race Experience	1	0	?	?	0	?	?
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	14th
2014	ADAC GT Masters	Yaco Racing	14	0	0	0	0	4	39th
	Audi R8 LMS Cup China	Castrol Racing Team	12	0	0	1	5	148	3rd
	Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro Cup	Audi Race Experience	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Nürburgring Endurance Series - SP9		1	0	0	0	0	?	?
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	12th
	Bathurst 12 Hour	Phoenix Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	5th
2015	ADAC GT Masters	Yaco Racing	16	1	0	1	3	92	10th
	Audi R8 LMS Cup China	Castrol Racing Team	10	1	2	1	6	110	5th
	Audi Sport TT Cup	N/A	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2016	ADAC GT Masters	Yaco Racing	12	1	0	0	2	55	9th
	Audi R8 LMS Cup China	Castrol Racing Team	12	2	0	2	7	157	4th
2017	ADAC GT Masters	Yaco Racing	14	0	0	0	0	3	36th
	24H Series - A6	Car Collection Motorsport	3	0	0	0	0	36	25th
	Nürburgring Endurance Series - SPX		1	1	0	0	1	?	?
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP-X	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	1	0	0	0	1	N/A	3rd
	Audi Sport TT Cup - Race of Legends	N/A	1	0	0	1	0	N/A	DNF
2018	ADAC GT Masters	Yaco Racing	14	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Audi Sport Seyffarth R8 LMS Cup	N/A	4	0	0	1	4	55	10th
	VLN Endurance	RaceIng - powered by HFG	3	0	0	0	0	12.86	413th
	GT Asia - GT3	B-Quik Racing Team	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - Cup-X	True Racing	1	0	0	0	1	N/A	2nd
	Gulf 12 Hours - GT3 Pro-Am	Kessel Racing	2	0	0	0	2	N/A	2nd
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
	Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia - GT3	Audi Sport Asia Team TSRT	6	0	0	0	0	56	13th
	Audi Sport Seyffarth R8 LMS Cup	N/A	8	6	2	4	8	164	6th
	VLN Series - SP8	Giti Tire Motorsport by RaceIng	3	0	0	0	1	7.5	19th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP8		1	1	0	0	1	N/A	1st
2020	European Le Mans Series - GTE	Iron Lynx	5	0	0	1	3	61	5th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	9th
	ADAC GT Masters	Aust Motorsport	10	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	GEAR Racing powered by GRT Grasser	1	0	0	0	0	15	57th
	Nürburgring Endurance Series - SP9 Am	RaceIng - powered by HFG	2	0	0	0	1	8	18th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	RaceIng - powered by HFG / Racing Engineers GmbH	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	24H GT Continents Series - GT4	Heide-Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	16	10th
2021	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am	Iron Lynx	6	0	0	0	0	46	10th
	European Le Mans Series - LMGTE		6	0	0	0	2	50	9th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	9th
2022	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am	Iron Dames	6	0	2	0	3	93	4th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup		5	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Intercontinental GT Challenge		1	0	0	0	0	0	*
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	7th
	European Le Mans Series - LMGTE	Iron Lynx	3	0	0	0	0	26	18th
2023	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am	Iron Dames	7	1	3	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
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Bronze Cup		5	0	1	0	0	10	24th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	4th
2024	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Iron Dames	5	0	0	0	0	918	39th
	European Le Mans Series - LMGT3		6	1	4	0	2	65	4th
	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGT3		6	0	2	0	0	48	12th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup
2025	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGT3	Iron Dames	8	0	0	0	0	19	18th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD		2	0	0	0	0	471	46th

^† As Frey was a guest driver, she was ineligible for points.

Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos	Points	Ref
2006	Jenzer Motorsport	ZOL 1 13	ZOL 2 14	IST 1 27†	IST 2 12	MIS 1 Ret	MIS 2 17	NÜR 1 Ret	NÜR 2 26	DON 1 8	DON 2 14	LMS 1 18	LMS 2 Ret	CAT 1 6	CAT 2 DSQ	21st	8	[3]

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2010	Matech Competition	Natacha Gachnang Cyndie Allemann	Ford GT1	GT1	59	DNF	DNF
2019	Kessel Racing	Michelle Gatting Manuela Gostner	Ferrari 488 GTE	GTE Am	330	39th	9th
2020	Iron Lynx	Michelle Gatting Manuela Gostner	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	GTE Am	332	34th	9th
2021	Iron Lynx	Michelle Gatting Sarah Bovy	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	GTE Am	332	36th	9th
2022	Iron Dames	Michelle Gatting Sarah Bovy	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	GTE Am	339	40th	7th
2023	Iron Dames	Sarah Bovy Michelle Gatting	Porsche 911 RSR-19	GTE Am	312	30th	4th
2024	Iron Dames	Sarah Bovy Michelle Gatting	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	LMGT3	279	32nd	5th
2025	Iron Dames	Sarah Bovy Célia Martin	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	LMGT3	334	48th	16th
Sources:[4][5][6]

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters 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	Pos.	Pts
2011	Team Phoenix	Audi A4 DTM 2008	HOC 15	ZAN 17	SPL 17	LAU 15	NOR 17	NÜR 16	BRH 17	OSC 12	VAL 14	HOC 16	19th	0
2012	Audi Sport Team Abt	Audi A5 DTM	HOC 16	LAU 20	BRH 18	SPL 15	NOR 17	NÜR 14	ZAN Ret	OSC Ret	VAL 7	HOC 16	19th	6
Sources:[4][7]

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	SPA	ALG	18th	26
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
Sources:[4][7]

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	Ref
2020	GEAR Racing powered by GRT Grasser	GTD	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	DAY 16	DAY	SEB	ELK	VIR	ATL	MDO	CLT	PET	LGA	SEB	57th	15	[8]
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	[9]
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	[10]
2025	Iron Dames	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6	DAY 8	SEB 11	LBH	LGA	WGL	MOS	ELK	VIR	IMS	PET		46th	471	[11]
Source:[4]

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 8	ALG 6	MNZ 8	LMS 6	FUJ 8	BHR 8			10th	46
2022	Iron Dames	LMGTE Am	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	SEB 5	SPA 10	LMS 6	MNZ 2	FUJ 2	BHR 3			4th	93
2023	Iron Dames	LMGTE Am	Porsche 911 RSR-19	Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6	SEB 8	ALG 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	IMO	SPA 5	LMS 4	SÃO Ret	COA 13	FUJ 5	BHR 10	12th	48
2025	Iron Dames	LMGT3	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6	QAT 13	IMO 8	SPA 10	LMS 10	SÃO 4	COA Ret	FUJ 13	BHR 12	18th	19
Sources:[4][7]