Emmanuelle Clément (born ~1997[1]) is a Frenchsidecar racer (passenger). She is a two timesSupersideFIM World Sidecar Champion, after winning the championship with driverTodd Ellis in 2022 and 2023.[2][3] Clément is the second female sidecar world champion afterKirsi Kainulainen, who won it in 2016. She is also a two timesBritish Champion.
Clément is the third French sidecar racing world champion. All three of them raced with an English partner. The other two are driverAlain Michel with passenger Simon Birchall in 1990 andGrégory Cluze passenger ofTim Reeves in 2014.[4]
In 2017, Clément took part insidecar racing for the first time, when she competed at the French FSBK[note 1] championships replacing the injuredKevin Rousseau as passenger of reigning French championSébastien Delannoy at the races inNogaro,Lédenon andPau-Arnos. In Lédenon and Pau-Arnos they won both races while in Lédenon they finished both races in second place. With his passengers Rousseau and Clément, Delannoy became French champion for the fourth time that season in the 1000cc sidecar class.[5][6][7][8]Later that season, Clément also filled in as passenger withManuel Moreau atCircuit Magny-Cours where they won the first race, and atCircuit Carole inTremblay-en-France where they finished in second place in the second race.[9] She also drove test and training rides with French 2016 Formula 2 Sidecar championEstelle Leblond.[note 2][9][10]
During the first round of the FSBK-F1 races, Clément drove the second race on theCircuit Bugatti inLe Mans again as passenger of Manuel Moreau, whose regular passenger, BelgianJonathan Brichard, fell of the machine during training and broke his toe.[11] During the third round atMagny Cours, Clément once again replaced Rousseau as passenger of reigning French championSébastien Delannoy; they won both races, and Delannoy became French champion for the fifth time in 2018.
In 2019, Clément was the regular passenger of French driverPaul Leglise. They finished in ninth place in the World Championships[12][13] and eleventh in the FSBK-F1 Championship in France.[14][15]
In 2019, Clément was also the regular passenger of the British driverScott Lawrie in the 1000 cc sidecar class of the German IDM Championship.[note 3] They finished eleventh.[16]
In thecorona season 2020, Clément was the regular passenger of the Finnish five times world championPekka Päivärinta, but fewer races were held and theFIM World Sidecar Championship was cancelled. In the IDM they finished in fifth place[17] and in the International Sidecar SuperPrix 2020, a competition organized by the German and British federations when theFIM World Sidecar Championship 2020 was canceled due to the restrictions during theCOVID-19 pandemic,[18][19][20][21] they finished ninth.[22]
Clément started the 2021 season as passenger ofBennie Streuer, riding aAdolf RS-Yamaha for the GermanBonovo Action team.[23][24]With Steuer she took part in the first round of the French FSBK-F1 sidecar races on March 27 and 28, 2021 at theCircuit Bugatti inLe Mans, France, winning the first race, and finished second in the second race.[9][25]On April 9, 2021, Streuer and Clément crashed during a test drive in |Motorsport Arena Oschersleben in Germany. Streuer was injured and would have torehabilitation for 6 to 12 months.[26]Clément, who was unhurt, became the passenger ofTodd Ellis, the 2019 British Champion.[8] and in June, 2021 they started in the first race of the2021 Sidecar World Championship on theCircuit Bugatti inLe Mans, France. Ellis and Clément finished the2021 Sidecar World Championship second on theirLCR-Yamaha machine behind Swiss duoMarcus Schlosser andMarcel Fries.
In 2022[2][27][4] and 2023[3][28][29][30] Ellis and Clément won the Superside World Championship.
| Year | Driver | Motorbike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Place | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Todd Ellis | LCR-Yamaha | FRA1 3 | FRA2 2 | HUN1 3 | HUN2 2 | GBR1 1 | GBR2 3 | NED1 DNF | NED2 2 | CRO1 2 | CRO2 3 | OSC1 2 | OSC2 3 | POR1 3 | POR2 5 | POR3 4 | 2nd | 269 | |
| 2022 | Todd Ellis | LCR-Yamaha | FRA1 1 | FRA2 2 | NED1 2 | NED2 1 | BEL1 1 | BEL2 1 | HUN1 1 | HUN2 2 | CRO1 1 | CRO2 DNF | GBR1 1 | GBR2 2 | GER1 1 | GER2 1 | POR1 2 | POR2 3 | 1st | 377 |
| 2023 | Todd Ellis | LCR-Yamaha | GER1 3 | GER2 4 | BEL1 1 | BEL2 2 | CZE1 4 | CZE2 1 | AUT1 5 | AUT2 1 | NED1 1 | NED2 1 | OSC1 2 | OSC2 2 | POR1 3 | POR2 3 | 1st | 270 |
In 2021 Ellis and Clément finished fourth in the British Sidecar Championship.[31]
They won the British F1-Sidecar Championship in 2022 and 2023.
In November 2023, it was announced thatTodd Ellis and Emmanuelle Clément will make theirIsle of Man TT debut in 2024.[32]
Barry Nutley: '..28 year old Todd Ellis and his 25 year old French lady passenger Emmanuelle Clément..'
22-year-old Clement from Le Mans, who participated in the World Series last season with the Frenchman Paul Leglise and finished ninth
British Sidecar Championship 2021 Final Standings: B.Birchall/T.Birchall 340, Blackstock/Rosney 271, J.Holden/Pitt 189, Ellis/Clément 140, Holland/T.Christie 135, Biggs/Schmitz 126, Lawrie/Smithies 122, Archer/Hyde 119, Peach/Edwards 108, Bell/Connell 105.
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| Preceded by | World Sidecar Champion 2022–2023 With:Todd Ellis | Succeeded by |