Maria Teresa de Filippis | Maria Teresa de Filippis

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Maria Teresa de Filippis (11 November 1926 – 9 January 2016) was an Italian racing driver, and the first woman to race in Formula One. She participated in five World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 18 May 1958, but scored no championship points. Though her Formula One racing career was brief, she won races in other series and is remembered as a pioneer in the sport. Biography De Filippis was born on 11 November 1926 in Marigliano, Italy. She was the youngest of five children of an Italian count, Serino Francesco De Filippis, and a Spanish noblewoman, Narcisa Anselmi Balaguer Roca de Togores y Ruco y Perpignan. De Filippis’ father owned the 16th-century Palazzo Marigliano in Naples, where she grew up. She started displaying an interest in sport in her teenage years, being a keen horse rider and tennis player….

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