Lilian Bryner

Lilian Bryner-Keller (born 21 April 1959) is a racing driver from Switzerland.

Career Bryner's yellow Porsche ahead of the race-winning Dauer 962 Le Mans at the 1994 24 Hours of Le Mans. Bryner has mainly raced in the FIA GT Championship from 1997 until 2005 and has raced in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Her first race at Le Mans was in 1993, but her most successful was finishing second in the GT2 class with Ecurie Biennoise and ninth overall in 1994. In 1995, she joined Stadler Motorsport, but in the 1995 24 Hours of Le Mans, her No. 79 Porsche 911 GT2 retired completing 81 laps. In the same year, she entered in the BPR Global GT Series and finished third in the standings taking one podium. Bryner won the , an annual award presented by Porsche AG to recognize the world's most successful privateer racing driver competing with Porsche machinery in a customer racing team, in 1995 together with her teammate Enzo Calderari.

Bryner did not race at Le Mans until 1997 where she once again retired completing 98 laps. That year, she raced with Stadler Motorsport in the inaugural FIA GT season but only three times and picking up the only two points the team got in their class due to the domination of Oreca.

In 1998, Bryner raced in the 1998 International Sports Racing Series season with Autosport Racing until 1999, where she took two podiums before joining BMS Scuderia Italia for the 2001 FIA Sportscar Championship season, picking up 50 points and two podiums.

Bryner racing her Ferrari 550 Maranello at Donington in 2004, the year she won the Spa 24 Hours.

Bryner's first full season in FIA GT Championship was in 2003 when she raced with Care Racing. She took one pole position and six podiums helping Care Racing and their Ferrari 550 Maranello to third place in the championship. In the 2004 FIA GT Championship season, she joined BMS Scuderia Italia and took two wins that season, including the crown jewel 24 Hours of Spa, and five podiums. Bryner remains the only woman to have ever won the Spa 24 Hours.

Bryner's final season in FIA GT Championship was in 2005 where she only raced three times with Larbre Compétition.

Racing record

24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 1993 Cartronic Motorsport Enzo Calderari Luigino Pagotto Porsche 911 Carrera 2 Cup Category 4 64 DNF DNF 1994 Écurie Biennoise(private entrant) Enzo Calderari Renato Mastropietro Porsche 911 Carrera RSR LMGT2 299 9th 2nd 1995 Stadler Motorsport Enzo Calderari Andreas Fuchs Porsche 911 GT2 LMGT2 81 DNF DNF 1996 Stadler Motorsport Enzo Calderari Ulrich Richter Porsche 911 GT2 LMGT2 0 DNS DNS 1997 Stadler Motorsport Enzo Calderari Angelo Zadra Porsche 911 GT2 LMGT2 98 DNF DNF

24 Hours of Spa Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 1993 Chrzanowski & Klein Racing Enzo Calderari Luigino Pagotto Porsche 911 Carrera RS Pro GT 292 9th 8th 2002 BMS Scuderia Italia Jean-Denis Delétraz Andrea Piccini Marco Zadra Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello GT 94 DNF DNF 2003 BMS Scuderia Italia Enzo Calderari Luca Cappellari Fabrizio Gollin Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello GT 471 2nd 1st 2004 BMS Scuderia Italia Enzo Calderari Luca Cappellari Fabrizio Gollin Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello GT 558 1st 1st 2005 Larbre Compétition Frédéric Bouvy Enzo Calderari Steve Zacchia Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello GT1 562 4th 4th