F1: 5 Women Drivers in Formula One

Maria Teresa de Filippis was the first women to race in Formula One at 1958 Monaco Grand Prix, after starting her racing career as a 22-year-old
Maria Teresa de Filippis was the first women to race in Formula One at 1958 Monaco Grand Prix, after starting her racing career as a 22-year-old

#4 Lella Lombardi

#4 Lella Lombardi
Lella Lombardi is the only one woman driver to get a top-six finish

Lella Lombardi is the Italian racing driver who happens to be the only female Formula One driver in history to have a top six finish in a World Championship race, which she did at the 1975 Spanish Grand Prix.

Lombardi received half point instead of a usual one point for that race due to a shortened race distance. Being the only women Formula One driver to have finished her career with points competed with De Filllipis in the most number of Grand Prix, with 12 starts and 17 entries.

March signed Lombardi to join alongside Brambilla and Stuck for the 1975 season. The Spanish Grand Prix race where Lombardi won her championship point was not only interrupted by rain but also with tragedies.

The major tragedy happened at the 25th lap when Stommelen’s rear wing broke sending him into the barrier, bouncing him back into the road and hitting the barrier across the way ended up flying into the crowd, killing five spectators.

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Edited by Alan John