Maria Teresa de Filippis (1958, 1959)     Maria Teresa de Filippis was the first woman ever to compete in F1. She was born in Italy in 1926 and switched from horse riding to car racing as a response to her two brothers betting against her, saying that she would not be able to drive very fast. She proved that she was very fast and they were very wrong.  De Filippis had both talent and passion for racing cars, which made her a successful driver and the car giant Maserati, noticing her potential, brought her on their team. She competed…