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Lella Lombardi and the long road for women in Formula 1

Eighty-five years after Lella Lombardi’s birth, her half-point still tells a bigger story: women have never been absent from F1 - their involvement has just been rare

Motorsport · Mar 26

It's 50 years since Lella Lombardi became F1's first and only female point scorer

Exactly 50 years ago today, a chaotic Spanish Grand Prix came to an end after just 29 laps following a deadly crash. Half points were awarded to the top six finishers, which included Italian racer Lella Lombardi.

Motorsport · Apr 27, 2025

The battle Susie Wolff refuses to give up on

Susie Wolff is sitting in a corner office in Formula 1 headquarters in central London, jumping between rooms as she doesn’t actually have a permanent desk here. As managing director of F1 Academy, the all-female racing series now entering its third season, she is in the capital to see the…

Autosport · Mar 20, 2025

Formula 1: The groundbreaking women who drove in F1

It's been five years since a woman so much as drove in a Formula 1 practice session, let alone started a grand prix

Autosport · Oct 14, 2024

Former Formula One driver Ralf Schumacher comes out as gay

The former Formula One driver Ralf Schumacher has come out as gay, becoming the most high-profile driver to do so

The Guardian - UK · Jul 15, 2024

Line-up announced for More than Equal’s new female driver development programme

The group includes six promising 13-14-year-olds from Australia, Austria, Czech Republic, Malaysia, Slovakia and the UK, who will all now follow a technical and tactical coaching and development programme that aims to accelerate at least one of them onto the Grand Prix grid. A further four drivers under the age…

Motorsport · May 14, 2024

History of female F1 drivers - including grand prix starters and test drivers

Formula 1 has seen just five female drivers in its 74 years of recorded history. There are now more women involved in motorsport, with series such as F1 Academy - which features solely women drivers - to encourage more women and girls into motorsport and support them to progress in…

Autosport · Mar 8, 2024

F1 Academy prepares to launch star women into the spotlight

The new all-women racing category called the F1 Academy will launch this year, with 15 women across five teams competing in what Formula 1 hopes will be the start of an exciting new era in women's sport.

ABC News · Feb 16, 2023

Formula One announces new all-women series of races to begin in 2023

Formula One has officially announced the formation of the F1 Academy, a new all-women racing series with three races at each of seven meetings

The Guardian - UK · Nov 18, 2022

Vettel accuses F1 boss Domenicali of insensitive language on female drivers

Stefano Domenicali says he does not see a female driver in F1 in the next five years

The Hindu · Aug 27, 2022