Bovy began motorsport with two years of karting before entering Formula Renault Academy competition in Formula Renault 1.6 Belgium. Former Formula One driver Thierry Boutsen took her under his wing within his Boutsen-Ginion squad, providing a pathway into GT racing, touring car competition, and silhouette-formula events. Financial pressures forced a year away from the sport in 2014, during which she completed a Bachelor of Marketing degree.
She returned in 2015, securing funding for a full season in the Renault Sport Trophy and earning a podium at her home circuit of Spa-Francorchamps. A part-time endurance campaign followed in 2016 before two seasons with Lamborghini: the 2017 Super Trofeo Europe Championship (14th in Pro-Am class) and a run of endurance races in 2018 that yielded a second-place class finish at the 24 Hours of Spa.
In 2019 Bovy applied for the new women's-only Formula Regional series W Series and was accepted as a reserve driver. She was called up on three occasions — at Zolder, where a technical failure prevented her from starting; at Misano, where she substituted for the injured Emma Kimiläinen and finished 12th; and at Brands Hatch, where front-wing damage in the early laps left her 19th at the flag. She scored no championship points and was classified penultimate in the standings.
Bovy joined the Iron Dames project in 2021, initially contesting the opening rounds of the Michelin Le Mans Cup alongside Doriane Pin. Later that year she also drove in two rounds of the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup and then replaced Manuela Gostner for the final four rounds of the Iron Dames' WEC campaign.
The 2022 season brought Bovy, Rahel Frey, and Michelle Gatting together for a full WEC campaign in the LMGTE Am class aboard a Ferrari 488 GTE Evo, complemented by outings in the European Le Mans Series and GTWC Europe. That year Bovy became the first woman to take a pole position in WEC history, qualifying first at both Monza and Bahrain. Three consecutive podiums in the final races of the season helped the No. 85 car finish third in the teams' championship. The trio also won the Gold Cup at the 24 Hours of Spa and finished third overall in the ELMS, converting a Bovy pole position into victory at the Algarve circuit.
For 2023 the Iron Dames switched from Ferrari to a Porsche 911 RSR-19. Bovy took pole at the season opener in Sebring, but an off by Frey that damaged the diffuser and floor ended any chance of victory. A clean run at Portimão brought the team's first podium of the year, a third place. Further top-five finishes followed at Spa and Le Mans — where a slow final pit stop denied the crew a podium by a narrow margin — before Bovy secured her second pole of the season at Monza and led the opening stint before the team fell back to fifth by the chequered flag.
On 25 March 2026 the Automobile Club de l'Ouest named Bovy Grand Marshal of the 2026 24 Hours of Le Mans, recognising her contribution to the event and to women's motorsport.
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