Nigel Mansell and four seconds slower than teammate van de Poele. At the Mexican Grand Prix, Amati failed to qualify again, setting a time more than 10 seconds slower than Mansell. Amati's last attempt to qualify a Formula One car was in Brazil. She and van de Poele lapped respectively 10 and 6 seconds slower than Mansell, and were excluded from the race. Brabham sacked Amati and replaced her with future 1996 World Champion Damon Hill. Hill failed to qualify for the next five races until he successfully put the car on the grid for the 1992 British Grand Prix, although he lapped over eight seconds slower than pole sitter Mansell. As of 2022, Amati is the last female driver who has attempted to qualify a Formula One car. Post-Formula One career Amati went into the Porsche SuperCup for 1993 to win the Women's European Championship. From 1994 to 1996, she raced in the Ferrari Challenge. She took a sabbatical in 1997 before returning in 1998 with a Ferrari 355. She also raced in the International Sports Racing Series driving an Alfa Romeo Giudici Gaiero SPN. Amati competed in the 1998 Sebring 12 Hours in a BMW M3, driving alongside Craig Carter and Andy Petery but retired due to clutch trouble. She also entered the 1000 km of Monza alongside Loic Depailler, Marco Lucchinelli, and Xavier Pompidou but they were unable to start. Amati then finished 11th at Le Mans during a two-hour race alongside Guido Knycz and Giovanni Gulinelli. In 1999, Amati raced in the SportsRacing World Cup driving a Tampolli RS2-RTA99 for the Cauduro Tampolli team alongside Angelo Lancelotti in the SR2 class. She finished third in the SR2 class at the end of the year. Following her retirement from motor sport, Amati worked briefly as a sport commentator, writing columns for Italian motorsport publications and providing television commentary. Racing record Complete International Formula 3000 results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Complete Formula One results (key) See also List of female Formula One drivers References External links Giovanna Amati Biography at F1 Rejects Giovanna Amati Profile at ESPN Career Statistics Profile at Driver Database 1959 births Living people Kidnapped Italian people Italian racing drivers Italian Formula One drivers Italian female racing drivers Italian Formula Three Championship drivers International Formula 3000 drivers British Formula 3000 Championship drivers Porsche Supercup drivers Brabham