RACING DRIVER

Lella Lombardi

1941 - 1992

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Maria Grazia "Lella" Lombardi (26 March 1941 – 3 March 1992) was an Italian racing driver who participated in 17 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix. Lombardi was the second female driver to qualify for Formula One, after Maria Teresa de Filippis, and is the only female driver who scored points in Formula One, having won half a point in the 1975 Spanish Grand Prix. Lombardi was also the first woman to qualify and compete in the Race of Champions at Brands Hatch, and raced in sports cars. She won the 6 Hours of Pergusa, the 6 Hours of Vallelunga and the 6 hours of Mugello. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lella Lombardi is the 51st most popular racing driver (up from 58th in 2019), the 1,273rd most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,426th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Italian Racing Driver.

Lella Lombardi is most famous for being the first woman to win a Formula One race.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Lella Lombardi ranks 51 out of 1,080. Before her are Denny Hulme, Phil Hill, Riccardo Patrese, Rubens Barrichello, René Arnoux, and Lewis Hamilton. After her are Tony Brooks, Didier Pironi, Valentino Rossi, Wolfgang von Trips, Ari Vatanen, and Patrick Depailler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Lella Lombardi ranks 92. Before her are Ed Bradley, Cass Elliot, Mohamed Ghannouchi, Linda McCartney, Alfred G. Gilman, and Franco Columbu. After her are Grace Zabriskie, Toyo Ito, Stephen Frears, Vladimir Voronin, Hisao Kami, and Hagen Kleinert. Among people deceased in 1992, Lella Lombardi ranks 41. Before her are Samuel Reshevsky, Takeshi Inoue, César Manrique, Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia, Denny Hulme, and Mohamed Boudiaf. After her are Wanda Rutkiewicz, Sidney Nolan, Markos Vafeiadis, Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, Sam Walton, and John Ireland.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Lella Lombardi ranks 1,273 out of 5,161. Before her are Filarete (1400), Auguste, Duke of Leuchtenberg (1810), Romano Guardini (1885), Charles I, Duke of Savoy (1468), Franco Columbu (1941), and Francesco Geminiani (1687). After her are Angelo Schiavio (1905), Giovanni Sartori (1924), Gianpiero Combi (1902), Mario Del Monaco (1915), Giuseppe Castiglione (1688), and Rainier I of Monaco, Lord of Cagnes (1267).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Italy

Among racing drivers born in Italy, Lella Lombardi ranks 7. Before her are Enzo Ferrari (1898), Alberto Ascari (1918), Giuseppe Farina (1906), Giacomo Agostini (1942), Alfredo Ferrari (1932), and Riccardo Patrese (1954). After her are Valentino Rossi (1979), Michele Alboreto (1956), Tazio Nuvolari (1892), Elio de Angelis (1958), Arturo Merzario (1943), and Piero Taruffi (1906).

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