That woman was Italian racer Lella Lombardi. The daughter of a butcher, Lombardi took the first steps toward her then-unusual career choice as a delivery driver for her family’s business. After ...

Lella Lombardi shattered barriers in Formula 1, becoming the first and only woman to score points in a Grand Prix at the 1975 Spanish Grand Prix. Her groundbreaking achievement opened doors for women ...

Formula 1 fans know Lella Lombardi’s name for countless reasons: She’s the only woman to score points in F1, the only F1 driver to score a career total of 0.5 points, and the only out gay ...

Half points were awarded to the top six finishers, which included Italian racer Lella Lombardi. The moment marked the first, and only, time that a woman racing in Formula 1 finished in points ...

Coming in at the very bottom of the list of F1’s points-scorers is Lella Lombardi, an Italian woman who scraped onto the list thanks to an unusual race weekend at Montjuic Park in Barcelona.

Spanish Grand Prix became one of F1's darkest days – but it was also where a groundbreaking female racer made history ...

Lella Lombardi, 32, the Italian racing car driver reads the March manual while sitting on a Formula One car at the International Racing Car Show at Olympia, London, UK, January 9, 1975.

At the Miami GP, former W series driver and Aston Martin’s head of F1 Academy Jessica Hawkins outlines the importance of the ...

Lella Lombardi, 32, the Italian racing car driver sits on a Formula One car at the International Racing Car Show at Olympia, London, UK, January 9, 1975. March announced this week that Lella has ...