The first female F1 (Formula One) driver Maria Teresa de Filippis passed away on 8 January 2016 in Italy. She was 89.
She is remembered as a first female pioneer in motor racing, a sport mainly dominated by men after she had participated in the five World Championship Grand Prix for the Maserati team in 1958.
About Maria Teresa de Filippis
She was born on 11 November 1926 in Naples, Italy. She had stated her racing career at the age of 22 and had won first race on a 10 km drive between Salerno and Cava de’ Tirreni by driving a Fiat 500.
She was given the opportunity to represent the Maserati team in Monaco Grand Prix of Formula one in 1958.
She was also a founding member of the Maserati Club and later on she becomes its President.
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