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F1's first woman racer dies

Maria Teresa De Filippis, the first woman to contest an F1 Grand Prix, has passed away. Though in her teenage years it was horses that thrilled, Naples born, Maria Teresa De Filippis, it was a different kind of horsepower with which she would later achieve fame. Taunted by her brothers having announced she was turning to motorsport, aged 22, Maria responded by winning on her debut, a 10 km 'road race' between Salerno and Cava de' Tirreni. Going on to participate in the Italian sports car championship - finishing second in the 1954 season - Maria came to the attention of the legendary Maserati which signed her as a works driver. Contesting various forms of motorsport with the famous marque,...
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