Female drivers in Formula One

LONDON, Aug 10 : It is 50 years since a female driver last competed in Formula One, with Italian Maria Grazia "Lella" Lombardi finishing 12th in the Austrian Grand Prix at Spielberg's old Oesterreichring on August 15, 1976. The following looks at the involvement of women in grand prix racing since the world championship started in 1950:• Two women have raced in the Formula One championship, both were Italian and neither is alive today. Maria Teresa de Filippis started three races in 1958-59 and Lombardi raced in 1975 and 1976 after failing to qualify in 1974.• Lombardi made 12 starts and scored a half point for sixth, when points were awarded only to the top six, in a shortened Spanish Grand Prix at Barcelona's Montjuic circuit in 1976. No woman has scored a full point in Formula One. • So