LOMBARDI, DE FILIPPIS, and WILSON: Women Who Made F1 History

August 10, 2026

• LELLA LOMBARDI remains F1’s only female point-scorer with a half-point at Barcelona 1976. The Italian made 12 championship starts, finishing her career 50 years ago at Austria’s Oesterreichring.
• DESIRE WILSON claimed the sole F1 victory by a woman in the 1980 Aurora series at Brands Hatch, though she failed to qualify for the championship race that year.
• MARIA TERESA DE FILIPPIS pioneered female F1 participation with three starts in 1958-59, while DIVINA GALICA and GIOVANNA AMATI later failed to qualify in 1976 and 1992 respectively.
• Modern test roles saw SUSIE WOLFF drive Williams’ FP1 at Silverstone 2014, while JAMIE CHADWICK, JESSICA HAWKINS, and DORIANE PIN have held development positions with leading teams.

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