About Simona de Silvestro
Simona de Silvestro is a Swiss-Italian professional racing driver and bobsledder. She has raced in the IndyCar Series, Formula E and the Supercars Championship, having also served as test driver for the Sauber F1 Team and factory driver for Porsche. Since 2022 she has competed internationally in bobsleigh, where she reached the 2026 Winter Olympics. She won the Atlantic race at the 2008 Grand Prix of Long Beach, making her the second woman to win in that series – after Katherine Legge – and providing NWR with its first win. She won four times during the 2009 season and led in points for most of the season, but ultimately finished third in the standings after retiring on the first lap during the season finale at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. For the season, de Silvestro started seventeen races, finished ten, and recorded two top-ten finishes, with a best finish of eighth at Mid-Ohio. On 5 October 2013 at the Grand Prix of Houston, de Silvestro finished second in the first race for her first podium finish, joining Danica Patrick and Sarah Fisher as the only women in IndyCar history to record a podium finish.
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