{"id":17936,"date":"2025-02-21T07:55:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T10:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/?page_id=17936"},"modified":"2025-02-12T08:29:00","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T11:29:00","slug":"lancia-stratos-hf-10-mouton-spark","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/lancia-stratos-hf-10-mouton-spark\/","title":{"rendered":"Lancia Stratos HF #10 – Spark"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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1978 Lancia Stratos HF #10<\/strong>
Pilots: M. Mouton \/ F. Conconi 
Team: Lancia Chardonnet<\/em>
Race: 7th overall at the Monte Carlo Rally 1978<\/strong>
Spark - S9092 (resin)<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Published 02\/21\/25<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Born on June 23rd<\/sup>, 1951, in Grasse, France, Mich\u00e8le H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Raymonde Mouton<\/strong> began driving at 14. With a keen interest in motorsport, by the early 70s she was participating in rally races as a co-driver. In 1973 she entered as a co-driver in the Monte Carlo Rally, the inaugural race of the World Rally Championship. Her father was a huge supporter of her career, so in 1974 he made her a proposition. She would try her hand at piloting a good<\/em> rally car for one full year. If she succeeded, she would keep racing, if not, she would call it quits. So, he bought her an Alpine-Renault A110<\/a>, and her rallying career officially began. Her first race was the 1974 Rallye Paris \u2013 Saint-Rapha\u00ebl F\u00e9minin, a feminine event, where she finished 10th<\/sup>. Her first official WRC race was the 1974 Tour de Corse, finishing in 12th<\/sup> overall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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With the Stratos HF #10 Mouton achieved her best result at the Monte.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Back in the day (as like today \ud83e\udd14?), a woman driver was totally out of the norm. And a competitive<\/em> woman driver? Preposterous! To the point that her performance at the Tour de Corse<\/a> was questioned. Was her car totally legal? However, after a rigorous scrutineering it became clear that there was nothing special about her car. She<\/em> was a damn good pilot! By the end of the year, she won both the French and European ladies\u2019 rally championships. Concurrently, Mouton also tried her hand in circuit racing. To the point that in 1975 she joined an all-female team to tackle the 24 Heures du Mans<\/em>. On that June 15th<\/sup>, their Moynet LM75 #35<\/a> finished in first place in the S 2.0 class! Nonetheless, her passion was rally racing. Yet, it became blatant that she would only find true rivals in the regular men\u2019s championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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In 1978, 223 cars started the Monte Carlo Rally. Mich\u00e8le finished in seventh!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
With her consistent good results, she became noticed. French oil company Elf seized the opportunity and offered her a major sponsorship. Yet, her big break-through came in 1977, when FIAT France offered her a contract. Through FIAT she raced the 131 Abarth<\/a> (which, at the time, she hated<\/em>) and later, the Stratos in WRC events. In 1978, due to her FIAT contract, she enrolled in the Lancia Chardonnet<\/em> team. Chardonnet was the leading importer of Lancia and Autobianchi (souped-up FIAT 500) automobiles in France. To promote the brands, they created a rally team in 1976, at first racing Autobianchi machines. In 1978 they switched to the rally monster par excellence<\/em>, the Stratos HF<\/a>. Chardonnet bet on Mich\u00e8le Mouton, and with co-driver Fran\u00e7ois Conconi they brought their Stratos HF #10 in seventh place<\/a>. Mouton continued shining, and in 1980, Audi offered her a contract.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Without a doubt, Mich\u00e8le Mouton was the greatest female pilot the world has ever seen.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Aboard an Audi Quattro she became the first (and only!) women to win a WRC race. That happened in 1981, at the Rally Sanremo<\/a>. Mich\u00e8le officially ended her career in 1989, however she did eventually participate in a few rally events later on. In 2010, she became the first president of the FIA’s Women & Motor Sport Commission. And after that she became active with the FIA\u2019s motorsport safety commission. With such a r\u00e9sum\u00e9, she has become a true legend. We can only hope that the world will see another pilot like her. Motorsports in general sure needs another Mich\u00e8le Mouton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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In 1:43rd, just as nice as my Alitalia version (however, with an added period-correct roof air scoop).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n
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The Rally Queen.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
As you noticed, I barely talked about the Stratos HF #10. Well, I already wrote about it before and I honestly think that Mich\u00e8le Mouton should be the focus here. The woman was B-A-D-A-S-S, like that, in capital letters. She almost won a WRC (vice-champion in 1982) and<\/em> won a Le Mans class \u2013 on her first race at La Sarthe! And won Pikes Peak, in 1985. Setting a new record…\ud83d\ude0e With all that, I think I\u2019ll be forgiven for not focusing on the car as I usually do. Nonetheless, in scale, the car is just as nice as my 1976 Alitalia version. For a rally collection, it would be hard to say which one is more important. So, to avoid headaches, just get both \ud83d\ude01. Trust me \u2013 your rally collection will be much better for it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
1978 Lancia Stratos HF #10Pilots: M. Mouton \/ F. Conconi Team: Lancia ChardonnetRace: 7th overall at the Monte Carlo Rally 1978Spark – S9092 (resin) Published 02\/21\/25 Born on June 23rd, 1951, in Grasse, France, Mich\u00e8le H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Raymonde Mouton began driving at 14. With a keen interest in motorsport, by the early 70s she was participating … Continue reading “Lancia Stratos HF #10 – Spark”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-17936","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17936"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17936\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18237,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17936\/revisions\/18237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}