Spaniard Maria de Villota joins Marussia as a test driver . - The FIA announces that the 2014 season will be run in two races per weekend with no more than eight races. The last woman behind the wheel of an F1 car was Giovanni Amati with Brabham . Maria Teresa de Filippis scored half a point as a Maserati driver in 1975 .
Spaniard Maria de Villota joins Marussia as a test driver . De Villota is the first woman to join a Formula One team since 1992 . The last woman behind the wheel of an F1 car was Giovanni Amati with Brabham . Maria Teresa de Filippis scored half a point as a Maserati driver in 1975 .