Doriane Pin

Doriane Pin (born 6 January 2004) is a French racing driver who competes in the LMP2 Pro-Am class of the European Le Mans Series for the Duqueine Team.

An Iron Dame since 2021, Pin won the 2022 Ferrari Challenge Europe title, followed by a class win at the 2022 24 Hours of Spa. Moving to single-seaters, she finished runner-up in the 2023 Formula 4 South East Asia Championship and won the F1 Academy title in 2025. She currently serves as a development driver for Mercedes in Formula One, Peugeot in WEC and Citroën in Formula E.

Having started karting at the age of nine, Pin began competing in the national championship in 2016. She remained in the competition for the next three years, finishing tenth and fifth respectively in the junior class before winning the female category in 2019. Pin also took part in the FIA Motorsport Games in the Karting Slalom Cup with Esteban Masson.

In 2020, Pin made her car racing debut, competing for GPA Racing in Renault Clio Cup France. She drove in the first three events of the campaign, finishing second in the junior category with a best finish of ninth.

Progressing to full-time competition in 2021, Pin moved into the GT3 class of the Le Mans Cup, racing for Iron Lynx alongside Sarah Bovy and Manuela Gostner. She scored five podiums and finished fifth in the drivers' standings.

Pin was selected to take part in a one-day FIA Formula 3 test at Magny-Cours in November 2021, alongside fellow Iron Dames racer Maya Weug and W Series drivers Nerea Martí and Irina Sidorkova.

Pin made her single-seater debut in 2023, competing in the final two rounds of the Formula 4 South East Asia Championship with Prema alongside rookies Kean Nakamura-Berta and Tomass Štolcermanis. She took three podiums and a victory in Sepang, finishing second in the championship.

In 2024, Pin raced for four rounds in the Formula 4 UAE Championship with Prema, finishing tenth in the championship, as well as securing one pole position and a victory.

Pin competing in the 2024 F1 Academy Zandvoort round

Pin entered the 2024 F1 Academy season with Prema Racing, representing Mercedes under the series' Formula One constructor affiliation system. At the first round in Jeddah, she took pole position for both races and led every single lap to claim victory in Races 1 and 2, only missing out on the fastest lap in Race 1 for a grand slam weekend. Pin was later demoted to ninth in Race 2, having passed the chequered flag twice at racing speed due to a combination of team and driver errors. Further victories in Zandvoort and Lusail saw her finish the season as runner-up, 121 points behind champion Abbi Pulling.

Pin was retained by Mercedes and Prema for the 2025 season. She scored her first race victory of the season during Race 2 in Shanghai. She won again in Miami, as well as Race 1 in Montreal, leaving the latter weekend with the championship lead after engine difficulties plagued championship rival Maya Weug. After finishing 5th in the season finale at Las Vegas, she claimed the championship title. With her victory, she became the third winner in history of the F1 Academy championship, as well as the series' first French winner.

Pin in 2024 at Mugello with Iron Dames

Pin competed for Iron Dames in the Formula Regional European Championship as part of the series' first all-female lineup alongside Marta García. During the second round at Spa-Francorchamps, she was withdrawn from the second race due to a "flu-like condition" and ultimately missed the third round at Zandvoort due to fractured ribs sustained in a cycling accident. She finished the season with a highest finish of 14th, placing 27th in the overall standings.

Pin driving at the Hungaroring during the 2025 Formula Regional European Championship

Pin returned to the Formula Regional European Championship in 2025 with Prema Racing, alongside a partial campaign in the Formula Regional Middle East Championship with Prema-affiliated Mumbai Falcons. In the Middle East, she finished 29th overall with her best finish being 16th place. In September, Pin announced she would withdraw from FRECA to focus on her F1 Academy title chase.

In 2021, Pin made her debut in the Ferrari Challenge Europe in the Pro category, finishing sixth in the season finale at Mugello.

Doriane Pin racing an Iron Dames Ferrari 488 GTE in the 2022 Ferrari Challenge Europe

The following year, Pin remained with Scuderia Niki Hasler - Iron Lynx for a full season of the Ferrari Challenge. Pin dominated, winning nine out of 14 races, scoring ten pole positions and eleven fastest laps respectively and clinching the title with one round remaining. She later stated that she had "really [grown] during this year", explaining that the season taught her how to better relay feedback to her team.

After the third round of the 2022 European Le Mans Series campaign, Pin replaced Rahel Frey in the all-female Iron Lynx lineup for the remainder of the season. Despite an early retirement at Barcelona, the squad were able to finish second in the following race at Spa-Francorchamps, where Pin set the fastest lap of the race in the GTE category. The season finale held at the Algarve International Circuit brought even more success for Pin and her teammates, with a pole position being followed up by the team's first victory in the series' history.

In February 2026, it was announced that Pin will join Duqueine Team and compete in the 2026 European Le Mans Series in the LMP2 Pro-Am class. At the season opener in Barcelona, teammate Giorgio Roda qualified the car on pole position in class. Pin then led for the majority of her stint before being overtaken by Algarve Pro's Malthe Jakobsen, and Richard Verschoor brought the car home in second, with a 10-second penalty relegating him to third.

As a prize for her 2022 season, Pin was invited to take part in the FIA World Endurance Championship rookie test to be held in Bahrain on the day after the last race of the season, where she drove the LMP2 title-winning Jota car.

Pin driving at the 2023 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps

Pin made her prototype debut in 2023, partnering Mirko Bortolotti and Daniil Kvyat as the silver-ranked driver of Prema Racing in the WEC. Having been praised by Bortolotti after the series prologue, the official pre-season test, Pin took her first podium of her LMP2 tenure, finishing third after Bortolotti had pitted for fuel from the lead with mere minutes to go. The following event at Portimão saw Pin starting from pole position owing to a strong qualifying performance by Bortolotti, though she lost the lead to Sean Gelael at the start. Following a double stint, Pin relinquished the car to Kvyat who, along with Bortolotti, ended up taking fourth. During the opening portion of the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, Pin took the race lead in mixed weather conditions before dropping to second after an overtake from Tom Blomqvist. She lost second to the No. 31 WRT car in the pit stop phase, but soon took back the position and held it until the end of her run. Despite strong drives by her two teammates, a three-minute stop-go penalty for a safety car infringement meant that the No. 63 ended up tenth by the chequered flag. At the end of the season, Pin received the FIA WEC Revelation of the Year Award, becoming the first woman to do so.

Pin driving a Lamborghini Huracán GT3 at the 2023 6 Hours of The Glen

During the same year, Pin partook in three out of four Endurance Cup races in the IMSA SportsCar Championship, racing in the GTD class for the Iron Dames. She stood out at the season-ending Petit Le Mans race, posting the best laptime averages across the GTD category, though the team finished three laps down due to mechanical troubles.

With the removal of the LMP2 category from WEC and Prema discontinuing their LMP2 program entirely, Pin rejoined the Iron Dames for the 2024 FIA WEC season, teaming up with Michelle Gatting and Sarah Bovy in the new LMGT3 category. Her season was cut short after Imola by her Formula Regional European Championship campaign, and she was provisionally replaced by Rahel Frey for all rounds except Le Mans. She was eventually forced to withdraw from Le Mans as well after suffering broken ribs in a cycling accident.

In March 2026, alongside her return to ELMS, Pin was named a development driver for Peugeot TotalEnergies' Hypercar effort.

In 2024, Pin joined the Mercedes Junior Team. In January 2026, after winning the 2025 F1 Academy title, it was announced that Pin would serve as a development driver for Mercedes in the upcoming season. Pin became the first woman to drive a Mercedes Formula One car at Silverstone in April 2026, testing the 2021 model, the W12, over 76 laps.

In May 2026, Pin was announced by Citroën Racing as its Formula E Gen4 development driver for the upcoming 2026–27 season, as part of an overarching role within the Stellantis young driver programme.

Pin is in a long-term relationship with British ultramarathon runner David James.

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

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