Lella Lombardi was the last woman to start a Formula One race in 1976, and since then women have been working hard to make it happen. Jamie Chadwick is the closest to it, with another role as a development driver at Williams in 2021. A woman in Formula 1 Since the Formula One championship was created, many women have tried to get into Formula One, but only a few have succeeded. Between 1958 and 1959, Maria Teresa de Fillipis started three races but did not score a single point. Almost twenty years later, there was her compatriot Lombardi, who scored half a point in the 1975 Spanish GP. Read more Verstappen loses number one mechanic just before F1 season starts! After Lombardi's last race...
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