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January 10, 2016 at
05:22 PM
Didn't know that F1 had two female drivers compete in races back in the 50's and 70's.
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Maria Teresa de Filippis, the first woman to compete in a world championship Formula One [theguardian.com] grand prix, has died at the age of 89. The Italian started three grand prix races in a privately entered Maserati 250F, finishing a best place of 10th at Spa-Francorchamps in 1958.The Naples-born driver had earlier tried to qualify for that year's Monaco Grand Prix, failing in her efforts along with another debutant, the future F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone. Both were too slow to qualify but there was no cut-off in Belgium, allowing De Filippis to qualify in last place. Nine of the 19 cars then failed to finish, and she crossed the line 10th. *snip* The late Lella Lombardi is the only other woman to start a Formula 1 race, making the grid in 12 grands prix between 1974 and 1976. Britain's Divina Galica, the South African Desire Wilson and the Italian Giovanna Amati have unsuccessfully tried to qualify for the races. |
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Magnussen, 23, will be partnered by Englishman Jolyon Palmer. The 25-year-old was announced in October of last year.
Reigning DTM champion Wehrlein has been linked with Manor for a number of months [autosport.com], but it is believed a deal has finally been struck that will bring the 21-year-old Mercedes reserve into F1, with confirmation of the move due shortly.
The young German is highly rated and already has a proven pedigree, winning the 2011 ADAC Formel Masters before finishing runner-up the following year in the Formula 3 Euro Series and fourth in the parallel European F3 championship.
In 2013 Wehrlein moved onto the DTM, becoming the youngest champion in the history of the series last year.
Since September 2014 Wehrlein has combined his DTM role with that of understudy to Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg at Mercedes.
Now Wehrlein will get his opportunity to compete against the duo in a revamped Manor team, with its cars this year powered by Mercedes, and with a Williams transmission.
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But fans and media will likely have to wait until the first time an F1 car runs in anger to understand the true impact of the new rules, which force teams to run an extra pipe or two from their turbo wastegate....
Walker will also be doing interviews with drivers and team principals, but will not attend any races other than possibly the British Grand Prix.
Channel 4 will show 10 races live, free of adverts, with the remaining 11 as highlights packages. They will show the sport until the end of 2018 after taking over the remaining three years of the BBC's deal.
Eddie Jordan, who has moved to BBC's Top Gear, also moves across but not in a full-time capacity, along with Bruno Senna, the nephew of Ayrton Senna, Karun Chandhok, the ex-HRT driver, Alex Zanardi, former F1 driver and gold-medal winning Paralympian, and Nicolas Hamilton, Lewis Hamilton's younger brother and touring car driver.
Steve Jones, best known for his entertainment coverage, will anchor the programme, while Ben Edwards moves from the BBC as lead commentator. Lee McKenzie, the pit-lane reporter and interviewer, will cover the live races.
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While there was very little movement for this season, around 75 per cent of the grid will be looking for new deals come the end of campaign.
The most high-profile seat potentially available is at Mercedes with Nico Rosberg's contract expiring at the end of the year.
Team-mate Lewis Hamilton is tied in until the end of 2018.
All eyes will be on Ferrari again, namely Kimi Raikkonen's seat, after he was given a one-year-extension covering the 2016 season.
The likes of Valtteri Bottas, Daniel Ricciardo and Nico Hulkenberg were linked to that drive before Ferrari settled on another year for Raikkonen last August [autosport.com].
Other vacancies potentially exist at Red Bull, McLaren and Williams itself.
"A lot of drivers are out of contract in 2017," Williams told Autosport.
"It'll be a real case of musical chairs and that's really exciting.
it's happening this weekend, they went back on the decision to delay it. I guess we'll all get a crash course Friday night