Kupinda kwevakadzi muFormula One kwakatangwa naMaria Teresa de Filippis wekuItaly uyo akapinda mumakwikwi mashanu mumwaka wa1958 na1959 uye akatanga matatu achiwana mugumisiro wakanakisisa wechinzvimbo chegumi mu1958 Belgian Grand Prix
. Munhangemutange yakatevera muFrance, mutungamiriri wenhangemutange akaramba kubatanidzwa kwake, achitaura kuti "nguo bedzi iyo mukadzi anofanira kushandisa ndeyokugadzira bvudzi". Maria akagumisa basa rake paMonaco Grand Prix gore rakatevera.