RACING DRIVER

Maria Teresa de Filippis

1926 - 2016

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Maria Teresa de Filippis (11 November 1926 – 8 January 2016) was an Italian racing driver, and the first woman to race in Formula One. She participated in five World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 18 May 1958, but scored no championship points. Though her Formula One racing career was brief, she won races in other series and is remembered as a pioneer in the sport. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maria Teresa de Filippis is the 83rd most popular racing driver (down from 67th in 2019), the 1,747th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,585th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Italian Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Maria Teresa de Filippis ranks 83 out of 1,080. Before her are Ángel Nieto, Arturo Merzario, Pierre Levegh, Helmuth Koinigg, Piero Taruffi, and Luigi Fagioli. After her are Sebastian Vettel, José Froilán González, Mohammed Ben Sulayem, Eugenio Castellotti, Tom Pryce, and Ralf Schumacher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Maria Teresa de Filippis ranks 130. Before her are Efraín Ríos Montt, Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Abdul Rahim Hatif, Estanislau Basora, Estanislao Esteban Karlic, and Juan José Linz. After her are Peter Graves, Yevgeny Leonov, Galina Vishnevskaya, Marian Jaworski, Norman Jewison, and Paul Baran. Among people deceased in 2016, Maria Teresa de Filippis ranks 107. Before her are Franciszek Macharski, Gordie Howe, Thomas Luckmann, Andrei Karlov, David Hamilton, and Loris Francesco Capovilla. After her are Anker Jørgensen, Takahito, Prince Mikasa, Roger Y. Tsien, Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern, Edward Albee, and Bata Živojinović.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Maria Teresa de Filippis ranks 1,747 out of 5,161. Before her are Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus (-102), Giovanni Pietro Bellori (1613), Charles Emmanuel, Prince of Carignano (1770), Federico I Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua (1441), Eusebius of Vercelli (283), and Maria Valtorta (1897). After her are Margarita Luti (1500), Christian Vieri (1973), Agostino Steffani (1654), Ercole Consalvi (1757), Lollia Paulina (15), and Bartolomeo Platina (1421).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Italy

Among racing drivers born in Italy, Maria Teresa de Filippis ranks 15. Before her are Michele Alboreto (1956), Tazio Nuvolari (1892), Elio de Angelis (1958), Arturo Merzario (1943), Piero Taruffi (1906), and Luigi Fagioli (1898). After her are Eugenio Castellotti (1930), Vittorio Brambilla (1937), Luigi Musso (1924), Andrea de Cesaris (1959), Riccardo Paletti (1958), and Lucien Bianchi (1934).

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