{"id":64727,"date":"2021-03-05T10:00:52","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T10:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/?p=64727"},"modified":"2021-03-15T08:21:42","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T08:21:42","slug":"maria-teresa-de-filippi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/maria-teresa-de-filippi\/","title":{"rendered":"Maria Teresa de Filippi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A look at today’s Formula 1 World Championship quickly reveals: only men on the road. For several decades now, no woman had made it into the top class of automobile racing. This is hardly understandable when you consider that as early as 1958, just eight years after Formula 1 was introduced, a woman appeared on the grid for the first time. Her name was Maria Teresa de Filippis. She was born into an industrialist family in Naples on November 22, 1926. At the age of 22, de Filippis began racing cars. According to her own account, this was preceded by a bet with her brothers, who didn’t believe that she would dare to take on such a challenge. Her first road race was over ten kilometers from Salerno to Cava de’ Tirreni and ended with a (class) victory for the young woman. In 1954, she took part in sports car races and hillclimbs in Italy with an Osca 1100, and a year later she joined the Maserati factory team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First woman in Formula 1<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Maserati officially withdrew from Formula 1 at the of the 1957 season. However, the monoposto 250F, which continued to be competitive, could still be used by private drivers with factory support. Maria Teresa de Filippis was given the opportunity to take a seat behind the wheel of this racing car for the first time at the Syracuse Grand Prix. This race didn’t count towards the World Championship. In 1957, Juan Manuel Fangio had won the title in a 250F. De Filippis finished fifth in that race and was subsequently allowed to compete in four world championship races. However, she failed to qualify in Monaco. In Belgium, she finished 10th. At the Portuguese Grand Prix and the Italian Grand Prix, her car suffered engine failures.<\/p>\n\n\n

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