Natacha Gachnang (born 27 October 1987 in Vevey, Switzerland) is a Switzerland race driver and the cousin of former Formula One driver Sébastien Buemi. In 2010 she was a member of the first all-female crew to race at Le Mans 24 hours since 1991, and she competed at Le Mans again in 2013.
On 17 December 2008, it was announced she would be the first female to drive in the new Formula One feeder series FIA Formula Two Championship. She finished 23rd in the campaign, scoring two points.
For the 2010 season she teamed up with Cyndie Allemann and raced for the Swiss Matech team in a GT1 class Ford GT in the FIA GT1 World Championship. During qualifying for the first round of the championship in Abu Dhabi, she crashed heavily, breaking her right tibia.
She returned to racing in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, with Gachnang and Allemann being joined by fellow Swiss Rahel Frey. This marked the first time since 1991, with Lyn St. James, Desire Wilson and Cathy Muller, that an all-female team competed at Le Mans.
2006 ! nowrap | Bordoli Motorsport ! nowrap | Dallara F305/026 ! Opel | Hockenheimring | Hockenheimring | LAU 1 | LAU 2 | OSC 1 | OSC 2 | Brands Hatch | Brands Hatch | Norisring | Norisring | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | ZAN 1 | ZAN 2 | CAT 1 | CAT 2 | !rowspan=2 24th !rowspan=2 | 0 |
2009 | VAL 1 | VAL 2 | Masaryk Circuit | Masaryk Circuit | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | Brands Hatch | Brands Hatch | Donington Park | Donington Park | OSC 1 | OSC 2 | IMO 1 | IMO 2 | CAT 1 | CAT 2 ! 23rd ! 2 |
2010 ! nowrap | Charouz-Genii Capital | Masaryk Circuit | Masaryk Circuit | IMO 1 | IMO 2 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | MAG 1 | MAG 2 | NAV 1 | NAV 2 | MNZ 1 | MNZ 2 ! 21st ! 1 |
2010 ! nowrap | Matech Competition ! nowrap | Ford | ABU QR DNS | ABU CR DNS | SIL QR | SIL CR | BRN QR | BRN CR | PRI QR 18 | PRI CR Ret | SPA QR | SPA CR | NÜR QR | NÜR CR | ALG QR | ALG CR | NAV QR | NAV CR | INT QR | INT CR | SAN QR | SAN CR ! 60th ! 0 |
2013 !nowrap | Morand Racing ! LMP2 !nowrap | Morgan LMP2 !nowrap | Judd HK 3.6 L V8 | SIL | IMO | RBR | Hungaroring | LEC ! 7th ! 58 |
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