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Desiré Wilson

South African race-car driver
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    South African driver Desiré Wilson is the only woman driver to have won a race while driving an F1 car. She won in the second round of the 1980 British F1 Championship (an ancillary racing series in which participants drove second-hand F1 cars) at the Brands Hatch track…

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    South African driver Desiré Wilson is the only woman driver to have won a race while driving an F1 car. She won in the second round of the 1980 British F1 Championship (an ancillary racing series in which participants drove second-hand F1 cars) at the Brands Hatch track…

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