for the 1959 German Grand Prix at AVUS, de Filippis, devastated by the event, left the circuit and retired from professional racing. Later career and death Around 1960 de Filippis married Austrian chemist Theodor Huschek, and started a family. She kept away from all forms of motor racing until 1979 when she joined the International Club of Former F1 Grand Prix Drivers. In 1997 she was appointed Vice-President. She was also a founding member of the Maserati Club in 2004 and went on to become its chairperson. De Filippis died in January 2016 at the age of 89. Legacy De Filippis was a pioneer in motor racing, a sport traditionally dominated by men. No woman would race in Formula One again for a further 15 years until fellow Italian Lella Lombardi competed between 1974 and 1976. Lombardi went on to become the first and up until 2022 only female driver to have finished a World Championship Formula One race in a point-scoring position. Three other women have since then tried to enter a Formula One race, albeit unsuccessfully – Giovanna Amati, Divina Galica and Desiré Wilson. Racing record Complete Formula One World Championship results (key) Non-Championship Formula One results (key) References External links 1926 births 2016 deaths Italian nobility Italian people of Spanish descent Italian racing drivers Italian Formula One drivers Porsche Formula One drivers Scuderia Centro Sud Formula One drivers Italian female racing drivers Racing drivers from Naples World Sportscar Championship drivers Italian motorsport people People from Marigliano