Iron Lynx
Italian auto racing team
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| 2025 | Team further expanded with additions of Vanina Ickx, Lisa Billard, and Angelina Simons, continuing their strategy of developing female racing talent across various motorsport categories. |
| 2025 | Iron Lynx's Iron Dames team expands rally program, with Sarah Rumeau and Julie Amblard joining the WRC2 Championship and continuing in the French Rally Championship. |
| 2025 | Iron Lynx secures backing from Mercedes-AMG for two LMGT3 entries after Lamborghini's departure from the FIA World Endurance Championship. |
| 2024 | Significant team expansion with multiple new drivers including Sarah Rumeau, Julie Amblard, Célia Martin, Karen Gaillard, Mia Oger, Victoria Farfus, Marta García, and Luna Fluxá, covering diverse motorsport disciplines from rally championships to karting and GT3 racing. |
| 2024 | Iron Lynx enters the World Endurance Championship with two Huracán GT3 EVO 2s in the new LMGT3 class. |
| 2024 | Entered the French Rally Championship and Ligier European Series, marking continued expansion of racing activities. |
| 2024 | Iron Dames debut in the Formula Regional European Championship with drivers Marta García and Doriane Pin. |
| 2024 | Iron Lynx competes in the IMSA Sports Car Championship with the new Lamborghini SC63 Hypercar in the GTP class, achieving a 7th place finish at the 72nd annual 12 Hours of Sebring. |
| November 2024 | Lamborghini announces their departure from the World Endurance Championship, meaning the Huracán GT3 EVO 2 and SC63 Hypercar will not return in 2025. |
| November 21 2024 | Iron Dames announces collaboration with WEC LMGT3 champions Manthey Racing to run a Porsche 911 GT3 R race car in 2025. |
| November 20 2024 | Iron Lynx announces a partnership with Mercedes-AMG to run the Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo in the 2025 FIA World Endurance Championship, marking Mercedes-AMG's first appearance in the series in 25 years. |
| 2023 | At the 8 Hours of Bahrain, the Iron Dames team (Sarah Bovy, Michelle Gatting, and Rahel Frey) became the first all-female lineup to win a FIA World Endurance Championship race in the LM GTE class. |
| 2023 | Iron Lynx entered the FIA World Endurance Championship using two Porsche 911 RSR-19s, as Lamborghini did not have a GTE-specification car. |
| 2023 | Expanded racing portfolio to include IMSA SportsCar Championship, Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia, and participated in the Italian GT Championship and GT2 European Series. |
| 2023 | Iron Dames added Natalia Granada from Spain to their driver roster, though her specific racing series was yet to be confirmed. |
| 2022 | In the European Le Mans Series, Iron Lynx entries achieved class victories, with the #85 finishing third and the #60 finishing fourth in the LMGTE teams championship. |
| 2022 | Iron Lynx entered 4 cars in the LMGTE category of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, with the #85 Iron Dames car achieving a best finish of 7th in class. |
| 2022 | The Iron Dames secured third place in the GTE Am category with three podiums in the World Endurance Championship series. |
| 2022 | The Iron Dames finished second in the GTWS Europe Gold Cup, achieving a class victory at the 24 Hours of Spa and a pole position at the final race in Barcelona. |
| 2022 | Doriane Pin dominated the Ferrari Challenge, winning nine of fourteen races, with thirteen podiums, ten pole positions, and eleven fastest laps. |
| 2022 | Sarah Bovy became the first woman to claim a pole position in WEC history, qualifying first at both Monza and Bahrain. |
| 2022 | Continued participation in Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe and maintained involvement in various racing series. |
| November 6 2022 | Iron Lynx announced becoming the official Lamborghini factory team for the 2023 racing season, entering the Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO 2 in the IMSA Sportscar Championship and GT World Challenge. |
| February 16 2022 | Iron Lynx announced additional driver lineup, including Giancarlo Fisichella and Matteo Cressoni joining the WEC campaign, Davide Rigon joining the ELMS campaign, and drivers Doriane Pin, Arno Dahlmeyer, Marco Pulcini, and Claudio Schiavoni joining the Ferrari Challenge. |
| January 12 2022 | Iron Lynx announced their entry of 2 cars in the GTE Am class of the World Endurance Championship, using Ferrari 488 GTE Evo, with Claudio Schiavoni returning for the #65 entry and Rahel Frey returning for the #85 Iron Dames entry. |
| 2021 | Iron Lynx won the Michelin Le Mans Cup teams championship for the second consecutive year, earning a second automatic invitation to the 2022 24 Hours of Le Mans. |
| 2021 | Team expanded by adding Sarah Bovy from Belgium and Doriane Pin from France, broadening their participation in European Le Mans Series and Asian Le Mans Series. |
| November 20 2021 | Michelle Gatting became the first female champion of the Ferrari Challenge with Iron Lynx. |
| October 24 2021 | Iron Lynx clinched the LMGTE teams championship in European Le Mans, securing an automatic invitation to the 2022 24 Hours of Le Mans. |
| September 2021 | Iron Lynx confirmed collaboration with Prema Powerteam to enter an Oreca 07 in the World Endurance Championship LMP2 class for 2022. |
| 2020 | Michelle Gatting and Deborah Mayer form the first all-female pairing in the Le Mans Cup, competing alongside Giacomo Piccini and Rino Mastronardi. |
| 2020 | Iron Lynx competes in the Ferrari Challenge Europe with Michelle Gatting in the Pro class and Claudio Schiavoni in the Pro-Am class. |
| 2020 | The team enters 3 cars in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, with the all-female lineup of Frey, Gatting, and Gostner placing 9th in the LMGTE Am class. |
| 2020 | Iron Lynx first competes under their team name in the European Le Mans Series, fielding two entries: #60 with Claudio Schiavoni, Sergio Pianezzola, and Andrea Piccini, and #83 with Frey, Gatting, and Gostner. |
| 2020 | Started competing in multiple racing series including Le Mans Cup, ADAC Formula 4, Ferrari Challenge Europe, and European Le Mans Series. |
| 2020 | Iron Dames established racing team with initial drivers Rahel Frey from Switzerland and Michelle Gatting from Denmark, competing in FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGT3 and IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD. |
| October 2020 | Rino Mastronardi wins the GT3 Drivers Championship in the Michelin Le Mans Cup, earning an automatic invitation to the 2021 24 Hours of Le Mans. |
| 2019 | Expanded racing involvement to include the SuperCars Series Trophy, Italian F4 Championship, and Italian GT Championship. |
| 2019 | In the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the #83 car placed 9th in class, and the #60 car placed 13th in class. |
| 2019 | Team made their debut in the Le Mans Cup, with the #8 car winning first place, securing one pole position and four victories, which earned an automatic entry to the 2020 24 Hours of Le Mans. |
| 2019 | Iron Lynx competed in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe series, participating with multiple cars. |
| 2019 | Entered the Italian F4 Championship with drivers Amna and Hamda Al Qubaisi, racing under the name Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema. |
| 2019 | Iron Lynx entered two cars in the Italian GT Championship. |
| 2019 | Iron Lynx entered the European Le Mans Series, with the #83 'Iron Dames' car placing 4th and the #60 car placing 6th, with both cars standing on the podium twice during the season. |
| 2018 | Iron Lynx began competing in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe racing series. |
| 2018 | Rahel Frey, Michelle Gatting, and Manuela Gostner competed in the 12 Hours of Dubai, finishing second in the GT3 Pro-Am class and ninth overall. |
| 2018 | Deborah Mayer established the Iron Dames Project to support and promote women in motorsport. |
| 2018 | Iron Lynx competed in Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe Pro-Am, achieving second and ninth place finishes, securing one pole position, twelve podiums, and two victories. |
| 2017 | Iron Lynx Motorsport Lab was founded by Deborah Mayer, Claudio Schiavoni, Sergio Pianezzola, and Andrea Piccini, establishing a new motorsport team and racing organization. |
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