Maria Teresa de Filippis belongs to the record of sport as a figure whose work outlasted the moment that produced it.
The record lists Maria Teresa de Filippis as Italian racing driver (1926–2016).
Maria Teresa de Filippis was born in 1926. Her recorded nationality is Italy.
The twentieth century made work collective, expensive and political, with consequences that reached well beyond the people doing it.
The record gives her occupations as formula one driver.
Athletic careers are short and pitilessly measured, which is what makes the great ones legible.
That the work was done from Italy matters. Opportunity has never been evenly distributed, and where a person is based shapes which doors open and whose work gets seen.
Maria Teresa de Filippis died in 2016 at the age of 90. The work outlived the arguments around it.
Achievements
- Worked as Formula One driver
