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Women in Formula 1: grazie Italia!

As we commemorate the 10th anniversary of Maria Teresa de Filippis's disappearance this Friday, January 9, 2026, let's look back at the women who have tried to make their way onto the starting grids in F1.

Published 09/01/2026 à 16:30

Medhi Casaurang

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Women in Formula 1: grazie Italia!

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The cold statistics are not complimentary to women. In seventy-four years of World Championship Formula 1, five women have attempted to qualify for a Grand Prix: Maria Teresa de Filippis (1958 and 1959), Lella Lombardi (1974 to 76), Divina Galica (1976, 78), Desiré Wilson (1

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Medhi Casaurang

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Alain Féguenne (🇱🇺 Luxembourg)

10/01/2026 at 02:56 a.m.

I completely agree with Brid Get and Yves-Henri; some of these comments have no place in the comments section. And he should apologize openly; it's a disgrace… alainkf1@pt.lu 😎👀👎👀👎

Yves-Henri RANDIER

09/01/2026 at 10:23 a.m.

Everyone is free to express their opinion, even if this type of comment is more common on forums! Given that this article was already published in the summer of 2025, AutoHebdo could perhaps have expanded it by including the British driver Divina Galica and the South African Désiré Wilson, who, if memory serves, must have participated in the British Aurora championship in the late seventies, since our arch-rivals across the Channel organized a national F1 championship that was even more short-lived than the one that existed in South Africa (plus Rhodesia and Mozambique) between 1960 and 1975! As far as I know, Désiré Wilson even won an F1 race at Brands Hatch, a circuit that has completely disappeared from the F1 scene, thanks in large part, unfortunately, to Jacques Laffitte.

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Brid Get

09/01/2026 at 08:19 a.m.

...and I think Yves-Henri and Alain will agree with me!!!!

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Brid Get

09/01/2026 at 08:16 a.m.

MrCasaurang, delete the rude comment from the "complainer"!!! Comments like that have no place on AutoHebdo, and replying 5 months after "Lucas Paul's" comment was published makes no sense!!!

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Grumpy Dede

09/01/2026 at 04:42 a.m.

Well, Mr. Lucas Paul, I think it takes a lot of nerve to write that! It's quite sad to read your comment!

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Lucas Paul

14/08/2025 at 09:25 a.m.

Yes, indeed Yves-Henri, this is more important than talking about women in F1! They can't do it because their organs can't withstand the G-forces that drivers are subjected to today! It's simply a question of morphology, nothing more!

Yves-Henri RANDIER

13/08/2025 at 12:42 a.m.

A little history to fill the holiday period! When will there be an article on the countries and tracks that have disappeared from the F1 calendar?

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