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The involvement of women in Formula One was pioneered by Italian Maria Teresa de Filippis, who entered five races between the 1958 and 1959 seasons in a Maserati 250F, starting three. [1] She was the first woman to qualify for a Grand Prix, and scored her best result of tenth place in the 1958 Belgian Grand Prix.
2005 United States Grand Prix (20 cars took warmup lap, but 14 cars pulled out before the start) Smallest winning margin: 0.01 s (timed to 2 decimal places) [i] 1971 Italian Grand Prix (Peter Gethin from Ronnie Peterson) also closest 1st–3rd (0.09 s); 1st–4th (0.18 s); 1st–5th (0.61 s) [13] 0.011 s (timed to 3 decimal places)
Formula One, abbreviated to F1, is the highest class of open-wheeled auto racing defined by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), motorsport's world governing body. [1] The "formula" in the name refers to a set of rules to which all participants and cars must conform. [2]
Britain's Abbi Pulling made history by finishing fastest in the first all-female Formula E testing session. The 21-year-old, driving for Nissan, was quickest of 18 of the world's top female ...
The Jordan 191 was a Formula One car designed by Gary Anderson for use by Jordan Grand Prix in its debut season in 1991. Its best finish was in Canada and Mexico, where Andrea de Cesaris drove it to fourth place at both races. Driving the 191 at the 1991 Hungarian Grand Prix, Bertrand Gachot took the fastest lap of the race.
The Ferrari 126C was designed to replace the highly successful but obsolete 312T series in use since 1975.The basic chassis was almost identical to the previous car but the smaller and narrower V6 engine with forced induction, better suiting the ground effect aerodynamics now needed to be competitive (the previous car's wide 180° V12 engine obstructed the airflow necessary to generate ...
Jessica Hawkins has become the first woman in almost five years to test a Formula 1 car, completing 26 laps of the Hungaroring in Budapest for Aston Martin last Thursday. Hawkins, a former British ...
Lewis Hamilton says Red Bull's new car is the "fastest" he's ever seen in Formula 1. The Mercedes driver finished in fifth place over the weekend in Saudi Arabia in the second one-two of the season.