Simona De Silvestro
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Simona de Silvestro (born 1 September 1988) is a Swiss racer who competes in the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship with Kelly Racing in the No. 1 category. 78 Nissan Altima L33.
She has worked for Amlin Andretti in the 2015/16 season of the FIA Formula E Championship as well as many years in the IndyCar Series.
"Iron Maiden" and "Swiss Miss" are two of her nicknames.
Racing career
In 2008 and 2009, she competed for Newman Wachs Racing's Nuclear Clean Air Energy-Entergy team in the Atlantic Championship and in Team Stargate Worlds. She won the Atlantic race at Long Beach in 2008, making her the second woman to win in the event after Katherine Legge and NWR's first victory. She won four times during the 2009 season and gained a lot of points for the remainder of the season, but she fell to third place in the standings after retiring on the first lap during the season's finale at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.
De Silvestro was involved in an IndyCar Series run-off at Sebring International Raceway, a joint venture between HVM Racing and Team Stargate Worlds, between HVM Racing and Team Stargate Worlds.
For the 2010 season, De Silvestro competed full-time in the IndyCar Series for HVM Racing. She reached her 22nd position in the 2010 Indianapolis 500 on May 22nd. She finished the season in 14th place and received her Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year Award. After a fiery crash at the Firestone 550 at Texas Motor Speedway on 5 June 2010, she had a burned right hand. Her team slammed IndyCar Series safety officials for their response to the crash. De Silvestro started 17 races, finished ten, and finished second, with two top-ten finishes at Mid-Ohio, with a best finish finish of eighth. She finished 19th in overall rankings and was runner-up to Alex Lloyd for rookie of the year awards.
The 2011 season began with fourth- and ninth-place finishes at St. Petersburg and Barber; however, Long Beach's next race was not as competitive: she began 18th and ended 20th in 20th place. After the race was postponed due to severe rain, the S.O. Indy 300, an accident between her and Hélio Castroneves, put her nine laps down, she rejoined her at the next race. She began 13th and ended 20th, nine laps down, but she ran the fastest lap of the season.
In a crash during preparations for the 2011 Indianapolis 500, she suffered second degree burns on her right hand and superficial burns on her left hand. A mechanical failure in her No. 2's left rear of her vehicle brought her car racing into the catch fence before flipping and landing on its left tires was responsible for the accident. 78 Dallara-Honda. With a four-lap average of 224.392 mph, she placed 24th for the race on May 21nd, using her backup vehicle.
After crashing at the Milwaukee Mile during qualifying, de Silvestro was allowed to drive in the race but he had to cancel after suffering dizziness and impaired vision. She was not allowed to participate in the upcoming Iowa race due to her continuing dizziness.
After being refused admission to the United States, De Silvestro missed round 13 of the season at Sonoma. De Silvestro said she was not sure why she was turned away for no reason. In the 2011 series standings, she came in 20th overall.
For the 2012 IndyCar Series season, De Silvestro has returned to HVM Racing, piloting the No. 124. Dallara-Lotus is financed by the 78 National Clean Air Energy Corporation. The entry was one of five cars to be launched by the latest Lotus engine. Compared to the Chevrolet and Honda engines used by the majority of the field, the Lotus was noticeably underpowered. All entrants other than de Silvestro's No. 1 were out by the end of May. 78 people had abandoned the Lotus power plant and moved to either Chevy or Honda. De Silvestro was saddled with the inferior Lotus for the entire season. The underpowered engine made it impossible for de Silvestro to be competitive, resulting in consistently poor qualifying and race results. The vehicle was black flagged on several occasions for failure to achieve the minimum legal speed, including the 2012 Indianapolis 500. De Silvestro qualified for all 15 races on the calendar, starting 14 and ending 6. At Detroit and Iowa, her highest finish was 14th. She came in 24th overall in the series standings.
De Silvestro signed with KV Racing Technology for the 2013 IndyCar Series season on October 30, 2012, driving the No. 1 in the No. 66. 78 Dallara-Chevrolet with Nuclear Clean Air Energy as a sponsor. For the 2013 season, De Silvestro recruited veteran driver Tony Kanaan to help KV Racing Technology become a two-car team. de Silvestro finished second in the first race for her first podium finish, beating Danica Patrick and Sarah Fisher as the only women in IndyCar history to reach a podium finish in 2013.
De Silvestro revealed on 2nd April, 2015, that she would drive the Andretti Autosport No. 2. In an attempt to make the Indianapolis 500, 29 Honda is attempting to make the Indianapolis 500. In the Indy Grand Prix of Louisiana, De Silvestro placed fourth in the second race of the season.
Paretta Autosport revealed on 19 January 2021 that they would make their Indycar debut at the 2021 Indianapolis 500 with de Silvestro as the driver. 16 Rocket Pro Chevrolet.
De Silvestro will join the team as a "affiliated pilot" and complete a year-long training program with the team in February 2014, with the primary aim of racing in 2015. At the end of April 2014 at Fiorano Circuit, De Silvestro began working with the team. On April 26, she took her first test in the 2012 Sauber and made 112 laps. However, Monisha Kaltenborn, the team's chief, announced in October 2014 that the team had suspended de Silvestro's driving opportunities due to contractual difficulties.
It was announced on June 15, 2015, that De Silvestro would drive for Andretti's Formula E team in London's double-header final. Robin Frijns, the current Formula Renault 3.5 champion, was confirmed with the team full-time for the 2015-16 season.
With a ninth place in the 2016 Long Beach ePrix, De Silvestro became the first female driver to score points in Formula E. With 4 points, she took 18th place in the championship.
Renee Gracie, a racing team from Prodrive Racing Australia, will compete in the Bathurst 1000 for V8 Supercars on August 19, 2015. The car underwent extensive repairs before being sent back to finish 21st and 40 laps down after being struck by a wall at Forrest's Elbow on lap 15 for Gracie, but it would not have been classified.
On September 5, 2016, Nissan Motorsport announced that she had signed a three-year deal as a full-time racer for the Australian Supercars Championship, beginning with the 2017 Series. This was their second appearance at Bathurst with Gracie, this time with the Nissan team, where the pair managed to avoid injury amid the hectic final laps and finish in 14th place and two laps down.
De Silvestro, a factory Porsche GT racer, has returned to Europe in 2020 as a factory Porsche GT racer for Timo Bernhard's Team 75 with Klaus Bachler in 2020. With 41 points, she ranked 23rd in the championship. The two teams then moved to Herberth Motorsport for the 2021 ADAC GT Masters.