Racing driver. Born Maria Grazia 'Lella' Lombardi in Frugarolo, Italy, and so far the only woman to have registered a top six finish in a World Championshop Grand Prix, she took half a point for finishing in 6th place in the prematurely terminated 1975 Spanish GP at Barcelona's Montjuich Park. She drove for the factory March team for the whole of the 1975 season but lost her backing at the end of the season. She continued to race sportscars and touring cars into the 1980s, but died of cancer in Milan at the early age of 48.
Racing driver. Born Maria Grazia 'Lella' Lombardi in Frugarolo, Italy, and so far the only woman to have registered a top six finish in a World Championshop Grand Prix, she took half a point for finishing in 6th place in the prematurely terminated 1975 Spanish GP at Barcelona's Montjuich Park. She drove for the factory March team for the whole of the 1975 season but lost her backing at the end of the season. She continued to race sportscars and touring cars into the 1980s, but died of cancer in Milan at the early age of 48.
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