The first female driver to compete in an F1 race was Maria Teresa de Filippis back in 1958, eight years after F1’s inaugural championship season. Filippis made 3 Grands Prix starts and 5 entries in her F1 career, with two race retirements and one tenth-place finish. The years have gone by since, and while other women have taken part in F1 races, there has still never been a full-time female F1 driver.
Hi, guys! This is a repost of an article I wrote for Females In Motorsport, which you can find here! Happy International Women In Engineering
Hello, everyone! For those who don’t know, the W Series is an all-female single-seater championship – the first of its kind. Like many fans, I