Bojan Vrbnjak
It has never succeeded some femaleto stay in v. for a long time as a racer Formulas 1. It is, after all Lella lombardi leta 1975 has competed in eight races in a row and has so far the only woman, which also won championship points. In general, however, they are women's Formula 1 racers so far remained virtually invisible. Only five of them competed in the royal motorsport class, the last so far being Giovanna amati in 1992.
Young Swiss she had a good chance of finishing it sad story and opens a whole new chapter in history Formula 1. It's 2014 25-year-old Simona de Silvestro from the series IndyCar switched to Formula 1 namely to the team Clean. Her successes in USA they were impressive: the best rookie in the race Indy500, more rankings between top ten and climax podium at the Houston race in 2013. Her goal was to years 2015 post office permanent racer in Formula 1. But it didn’t happen, even though it was perfectly prepared and has met the necessary criteria for super license FIA.
"We paid her for Formula 1 tests, which was a relatively expensive affair. We also drove her so far that she had enough miles in race times. It means that the FIA was also ready to issue her a super license,”Is a colleague from Sport1 she said Monisha Kaltenborn, then team boss Clean.
The boss at the time Sauber emphasizes: "I would definitely offer her a permanent seat.“But Kaltenborn adds that page Simone de Silvestro has not fulfilled its part of the contract. “It has not fulfilled its financial obligations." Clean he could offer her no more support. “She should have done the rest herself, but she didn’t." And so formula 1 still waiting for women's revolution in the male domain of the sport.
