On this day 10 years ago, Maria Teresa de Filippis passed away; she was Formula 1’s first ever female driver. De Filippis entered five grands prix in the late 1950s, started three and took a ...

Maria Teresa de Filippis, the first-ever woman to race in an official Formula 1 grand prix, died on Saturday at the age of 89. Formula 1's official Twitter account confirmed the news: De Filippis ...

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The first woman to enter a world championship GP, Maria Teresa de Filippis paved the way for female racers as she tenaciously ...

Maria Teresa de Filippis, the first ever woman to compete in a Formula One race, passed away today, on the 9 th of January 2015. She was 89. De Filippis made her Formula One debut in 1958, driving for ...

Maria Teresa de Filippis - the first woman to compete in a world championship Formula One grand prix - has died at the age of 89. Italian De Filippis started three grand prix races in a ...

ROME (AP) — Maria Teresa de Filippis, the first woman to race in Formula One, has died at the age of 89. Formula One made the announcement on its website Saturday without providing a cause of death.

It all started with a bet. At age 22, Maria Teresa de Filippis settled into the driver’s seat of a Fiat 500 with hopes of proving her brothers wrong. Two of her siblings, Antonio and Giuseppe, had ...

Maria Teresa de Filippis, the first woman to compete in a world championship grand prix, has died at the age of 89. The Italian driver started three races in 1958, finishing tenth on her debut for ...