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Lombardi made a point but women in F1 still scarce

It has been 40 years ago since Italian Lella Lombardi became the first and only female driver to score in a Formula 1 race with sixth place at the 1975 Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona. She was awarded just half a point, because the April 27 race on the now disused Montjuich Park circuit was cut short due to a fatal accident. No woman driver has scored a point since then, with Lombardi's final appearance in 1976 still the last time a woman has started a grand prix. The following factbox looks at the history of female drivers in Formula 1: Italian Maria Teresa de Filippis became the first woman to race in the Formula One championship when she started the 1958 Belgian Grand Prix at...
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