In 1974, Michèle Mouton's father gave her an Alpine A110 car with a condition to prove herself or quit; she had entered a man’s world of rallying but 11 years later, she was the ‘fastest woman alive’

• Mouton initially worked as a co-driver, accompanying her friend Jean Taibi on the 1972 Tour de Corse.
• For years, rallying was seen as a man's sport.
• The cars were brutally fast, the roads unpredictable and the margin for error tiny.