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This is a list of female motor racing drivers who have taken part in the Formula One World Championship since the inception of the World Championship for Drivers in 1950. Five women racing drivers have entered at least one Grand Prix, although only two of them ever qualified and started a race. The woman who competed in the most Grands Prix is Lella Lombardi, with 17 entries and 12 starts. Desiré Wilson became the only woman to win a Formula One race of any kind when she won at Brands Hatch in the British Aurora F1 series on 7 April 1980. As a result of this achievement, she has a grandstand at Brands Hatch named after her. == Historic == The women's history in Formula One was pioneered by Italian Maria Teresa de Filippis that among the seasons of 1958 and 1959, she enrolled in five races and started only two having as best result a tenth position in 1958 Belgian Grand Prix. In the following race, the race director denied his involvement, saying that “''the only helmet that a woman should use is the hairdresser.''” Maria ended her career at the Monaco Grand Prix the following year. After fifteen years without any women in the category, there was the participation of another Italian, Lella Lombardi, who competed in three seasons, from to . She signed up in seventeen races and started twelve having her best result in 1975 Spanish Grand Prix where Lombardi finished in sixth. With the race being stopped before three-fourths of the scheduled race distance was reached, only half points were awarded. Lella became the first and so far only woman to score points towards the World Championship. In the English Divina Galica tried to qualify for the British Grand Prix. This was the only Formula One Grand Prix in which multiple female racers (Lombardi and Galica) were entered, but both failed.〔〔 In , the South African Desiré Wilson tried to qualify for the British Grand Prix, not succeeding. In the same year she became the only woman to win a Formula One race of any kind when she won at Brands Hatch in the British Aurora F1 series on 7 April 1980. As a result of this achievement, Wilson has a grandstand at Brands Hatch named after her.〔 The last woman to try to compete in a Formula One Grand Prix was Italian Giovanna Amati in 1992. She tried to qualify for three races, but failed in all attempts. She was replaced by Damon Hill, who also failed to classify the car in the following races. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of female Formula One drivers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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