Lella Lombardi

Former F1 driver
Name = Lella Lombardi


Nationality = flagicon|Italy Italian
Years = F1|1974–F1|1976
Team(s) = March, RAM, Williams
Races = 17 (12 starts)
Championships = 0
Wins = 0
Points = 0.5
Podiums = 0
Poles = 0
Fastest laps = 0
First race = 1974 British Grand Prix
First win =
Last win =
Last race = 1976 Austrian Grand Prix

Maria Grazia "Lella" Lombardi (born in Frugarolo, Alessandria, March 26, 1941 - died in Milan, March 3, 1992) was a racing driver from Italy. She participated in 17 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on July 20, 1974. She scored a total of 0.5 championship points, and is the only female Formula One driver in history to have a top 6 finish in a World Championship race, at the 1975 Spanish Grand Prix. Half points were awarded for this race due to a shortened race distance, hence Lombardi received half a point instead of the usual one point. This means that she is not only the sole female driver to score points in Formula One, but is the only driver with that career total, the lowest non-zero total possible under current rules.

After performing well in Formula 3 and Formula 5000 in the early 1970s, Lombardi entered Formula One in 1974 with an old privately-entered Brabham, but it was with March that she raced a full season in 1975. She then had a one-off drive for Williams before a short-lived and unsuccessful partnership with RAM Racing, driving another Brabham.

Lombardi later raced in sports cars with some success. She died at only 51 years of age from cancer.

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