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. She also currently serves as a development driver for Mercedes in Formula One, Peugeot in WEC, and Citroën in Formula E.
Nicknamed Pocket Rocket owing to her small stature, Pin has been an Iron Dame since 2021. She won the entry-level Ferrari Challenge Europe in 2022, followed by class wins in the Spa 24 Hours and ELMS, and made her LMP2 debut for Prema Racing in 2023. In single-seater racing, Pin raced in FRECA and won F1 Academy in 2025. She returned to LMP2 with Duqueine in 2026.
Early career Karting 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.
Renault Clio Cup 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.
Le Mans Cup 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.
FIA Formula 3 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.
Single-seater career
Formula 4 South East Asia 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.
United Arab Emirates 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.
F1 Academy
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 fifth 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.
Following her graduation in 2026, Pin became the mentor of her Prema and Mercedes successor Payton Westcott.
Formula Regional
Pin competed for Iron Dames in the 2024 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 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.
Sports car racing career
Ferrari Challenge Europe In 2021, Pin made her debut in the Ferrari Challenge Europe in the Pro category, finishing sixth in the season finale at Mugello.
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.
European Le Mans Series 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 ten-second penalty relegating him to third.
FIA World Endurance Championship
2023: LMP2 debut 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 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.
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.
2024: LMGT3 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.
2026: Peugeot development driver In March 2026, alongside her return to ELMS, Pin was named a development driver for Peugeot's Hypercar effort.
Formula One 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 season's W12 over 76 laps.
Formula E 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.
Personal life Pin is in a long-term relationship with British ultramarathon runner David James.
Karting record
Karting career summary SeasonSeriesTeamPosition2016Championnat de France — Minime20thCoupe de France — Minime14thChallenge Rotax Max France — Minime5th2017Championnat de France — JuniorRosny 9310thCoupe de France — Junior8thIAME International Final — X30 JuniorNC2018Championnat de France — Junior5thIAME Finale Nationale — X30 Junior12th2019Championnat de France — Féminin1stFIA Motorsport Games Karting Slalom CupTeam France18thSources:
Racing record
Racing career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2020 Renault Clio Cup France GPA Racing 6 0 0 0 0 198 14th 2021 Le Mans Cup - GT3 Iron Lynx 7 0 0 0 5 67 5th GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Pro-Am 2 0 0 0 0 17 23rd Ferrari Challenge Europe - Trofeo Pirelli (Pro) Scuderia Niki Hasler - Iron Lynx 2 0 0 0 0 9 9th 2022 Ferrari Challenge Europe - Trofeo Pirelli (Pro) Scuderia Niki Hasler - Iron Lynx 14 9 10 11 13 213 1st Ferrari Challenge Finali Mondiali - Trofeo Pirelli (Pro) 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 3rd FIA World Endurance Championship - GTE Am Iron Dames 1 0 0 0 0 1 27th GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC Intercontinental GT Challenge 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe 2 0 1 0 1 0 NC† Lamborghini Super Trofeo - Grand Finals 2 0 0 0 0 N/A NC European Le Mans Series - GTE Iron Lynx 3 1 0 1 2 44 9th 2023 IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Iron Dames 3 0 0 0 0 550 42nd GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 Prema Racing 7 0 0 0 1 63 9th Formula 4 South East Asia Championship 6 1 0 1 4 82 2nd 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF 2024 Formula 4 UAE Championship Prema Racing 12 1 1 1 1 66 10th F1 Academy 14 3 5 4 8 217 2nd IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Iron Dames 1 0 0 0 0 268 53rd FIA World Endurance Championship - GT3 2 0 0 0 0 6 29th Formula Regional European Championship 15 0 0 0 0 0 27th 2025 Formula Regional Middle East Championship Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited 6 0 0 0 0 0 29th F1 Academy Prema Racing 14 4 0 7 8 172 1st Formula Regional European Championship 8 0 0 0 0 0 30th 2026 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Pro-AmDuqueine Team3000238* 3rd*24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP210000N/ADNF Formula One Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team Development driver FIA World Endurance Championship - Hypercar Peugeot TotalEnergies 2026–27 Formula E Citroën Racing Development driver † As Pin was a guest driver, she was ineligible for points. Season still in progress.
Complete FIA Motorsport Games results Year Team Category Team-mate/s Result 2019 Team France Karting slalom Esteban Masson 18th
Complete Renault Clio Cup France results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)