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Name: Simona de Silvestro
Pronunciation: Simona (Suh-Moan-Uh); De
Silvestro(Dee Sil-Veh-Stroh) Nationality: Swiss and
Italian
Date of Birth: 9/1/1988
Place of Birth: Thun, Switzerland
Hometown Geneva, Switzerland, Italy
Residence: Scottsdale, Arizona
Height: 5’7’’
Weight: 150lbs
Favorite Circuit: Road Atlanta, VIR
Favorite Driver: Michael Schumacher
Hobbies: Golf, Tennis, Wake Boarding, Music,
Karting, Fitness
Ambition: Champ Car or Formula One driver
Pronunciation: Simona (Suh-Moan-Uh) De
Silvestro(Dee Sil-Veh-Stroh)
When she was young, Simona de Silvestro’s
future looked to include anything but motorsports,
especially because racing had been banned in her
native Switzerland since 1955.
But de Silvestro exceled at every sport
she’s played growing up. She won her first ski
race when she was 3 years old, was a top regional
fencer and played championship youth tennis. So it
wasn’t a surprise that she took to racing
quickly, winning her first kart race.
"When I was a baby, my dad says I was quiet only
when I watched Formula 1 on TV," she said. "When I
was 4, he did a go-kart demonstration, but I
couldn't reach the pedals, so I cried the whole
day. By the time I was 9 or 10, I knew that racing
was what I wanted to do, and my whole life has been
about it. Driving open-wheel race cars has always
been my goal. I really never had anything else in
my head."
De Silvestro spent her early career honing her
racing skills in European karting and junior
formula series while racing under the Italian flag.
In 2006, she crossed the Atlantic Ocean to pursue
her open-wheel racing dreams.
From success in the Formula BMW USA championship
and the Atlantic Championship, de Silvestro joined
the IZOD IndyCar Series in 2010 and was runner-up
in Rookie of the Year standings.
Snippets
2015
Simona is entered in the 2015 Indy 500 race
* * *
Simona is back from F1 driving number 25 for
Andreeti. She finished her first race of 2015 in
the 18th spot. Welcome back, Simona!
Before 2015
Simona ran in the top six for all but six of the 90
laps in race 1 at Houston, finishing behind winner
Scott Dixon of Target Chip Ganassi Racing. Danica
Patrick (win at Twin Ring Motegi in 2008, runner-up
at Homestead-Miami Speedway and Texas Motor
Speedway in 2010) and Sarah Fisher (2000 at
Kentucky Speedway) are the only other females to
record an IndyCar Series podium finish. In race 2,
she started at 17th and finished in the top 10.
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Simona started in the 24th spot and was involved
in an incident on the 69th lap, ending her day in
the 24th spot at Milwaukee.
* * *
Simona qualified 21st at Baltimore but because
she, once again, got docked 10 spots on the grid
because of the quality and competitiveness of Lotus
engines, so she started in 25th (last place). She
finished 22nd after clipping the wall after the
bumpy chicane.. Good, old underpowered, gas
guzzling Lotus engines. 
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Simona started in 22nd at Mid-Ohio and finished
23rd.
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De Silvestro Qualifies 23 for Honda Indy 200 at
Mid-Ohio
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Simona started in 25th at Edmonton and finished
23rd. The Lotus was the last car running.at the end
of the race.
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De Silvestro qualified in the 21st place but was
moved back and started in last place (25th) because
they started with an up-dated Lotus engine. The
engine lasted 9 of 85 laps. Lotus obviously isn't
spending the time nor money on their IndyCar
program compared to all of their other racing
programs, especially their F1 program and Rallye
programs. Why does IndyCar continue to allow this
embarrasment go on?
* * *
De Silvestro Qualifies 21st at Honda Indy
Toronto but because of the rules on new engines,
she ends up starting in last place (25th). Nine
other drivers also received penalties prior to the
start of the race.
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Simona gridded 22nd at Iowa of 25 drivers and
finished in the 14th spot - in a Lotus.
* * *
Simona gridded 23rd of 25 drivers but went out
on lap 62, ending up 24th.
* * *
An Early Night for Simona at Texas Motor
Speedway
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Simona, driving the only Lotus in the field of
24 Hondas and Chevys, started 25th at Detroit and
worked her way up to 13th by the finish.
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Lotus HVM Racing Exits Indy 500
Earlier Than Hoped
Simona gets screwed because of bad decisions
that IndyCar make keeping Lotus in the
"competition". PLEASE, IndyCar, allow the
remaining Lotus driver's to move to an engine
manufacturer who can give them a real chance to
race. Why penalize drivers and teams who trusted
IndyCar that they would have well prepared rides.
She got in 10 laps and finished 32, where she
started. http://bit.ly/KncwTq
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Simona qualified 32nd for the 96th running of
the Indy 500.
* * *
Simona De Silvestro Announces Winner of Charity
Helmet Design Contest.
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Simona started 21st again this week at San Paulo
and finished 20th.
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Lotus HVM Racing Better at Barber. Simona
started 21st again this week at Barber and finished
20th.
* * *
Simona started 21st at St Pete and went out
early in the race, finishing 24th.
* * *
At the first IndyCar race of the season Simona
De Silvestro got stuck in traffic during
qualifying. Unable to get a clean lap, she will
start tomorrow's Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg
on the outside of row 11.
* * *
Simona had a good two days of testing in the new
Lotus IndyCar at Sebring and heads for Barber
Motorsports Park looking for more progress before
the first race of the season March 25 at St.
Pete.
* * *
Lotus Shakedown & Testing a Success.
* * *
Simona de Silvestro finishes the IndyCar year
ranked 20th.
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HVM Racing Kicks Off an Action-Packed Weekend in
Las Vegas
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Simona de Silvestro was gridded 13th at Kentucky
and finished in 25th.
but holds onto the 20th slot in the standings with
one race to go.
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Simona de Silvestro was gridded 13th at Kentucky
and finished in 25th.
Simona de Silvestro was gridded 26th at Indy
Japan and finished in 14th.
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Simona de Silvestro was allowed back in the
country and gridded 10th at Baltimore. She led a
lap and finished in 12th.
* * *
Simona de Silvestro led Sunday's pre-race warmup
in Baltimore, but it was Tony Kanaan's brake
failure and big crash that made the headlines.
* * *
Issues with U.S. Customs and Border Protection
kept regular driver Simona de Silvestro in
Switzerland, and not in the Sonoma race.
* * *
Simona started 26th at New Hampshire and
finished in 16th.
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Simona started 14th at Mid-Ohio and finished in
12th.
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Simona gives teen the ride of a lifetime.
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Simona gridded in 16th at Edmonton and went out
on lap 54 of 80 finishing in 24th.
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Simona was the fastest woman in qualifying at
Toronto and started 17th. She finished in the top
10.
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Simona did not start the race at Iowa.
* * *
Simona will start 26th in the Milwaukee 225
after crash on second warm-up lap of her qualifying
run. She finished 25th after 58 laps with handling
problems.
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Race 1 Simona qualified 29th and finished 26th
at Texas, 3 laps behind. Race 2 she drew spot 22
and finished 27th, 3 laps behind. Just wondering
how much of this was the car and how much of it was
her hands.
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Simona qualified as the top woman in this year's
Indy500 and did it with second degree burns on her
hands. She clipped the wall early in the race and
was forced out with handling problems.
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De Silvestro's goal: 'Get back in car quickly'
* * *
Simona is gridded 18th of 27 cars for the Long
Beach Grand Prix.
* * *
Simona De Silvestro started 13th at Alabama. She
worked her way up to 7th. Someone spun in front of
her and she avoided hitting him but killed the
engine and dropped to 19th. She worked her way back
up to 9th by the 77th lap and held that position
where she finished. She is currently tied with
Scott Dixson for 4th in points after two races.
* * *
Simona De Silvestro started 17th and finished
fourth in St. Petersberg after having a number of
chance to pass Tony Kanaan for third. Tony was
using his Push to Pass and Simona wasn't. She ended
the race with 13 PTPs left.
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Congrats to IndyCar Rookie of the year 2010
Simona De Silvestro for picking up a three-year
sponsorship with Entergy, the second-largest
owner/operator of nuclear energy plants.
* * *
Award-winning Simona de Silvestro back with HVM
for 2011 IndyCar Series.
* * *
In the final race of the 2010 IndyCar
series, Simona started 25th and ended 23rd. She
ecumulated enough points in her 17 races to finish
19th of 41 racers for the season.
* * *
Simona started 19th at Kentucky, had contacat on
lap 78 of a 200 lap race and finished 25.
* * *
Simona started 11th on the Sonoma grid, was
doing well again this week until EJ Viso
knocked her off the track from behind. By the end,
she had worked her way back up to 13th.
* * *
Simona gridded 10th at Mid-Ohio, and was in 8th
at the end of the first lap, holding that position
until lap 25 when she pitted, coming out in 7th
place. She held that spot until moving up one on
lap 44. She moved up to 4th during pit stops ,
dropped back to 7th, Raphael Matos passed her on
lap 75 dropping her to 8th where she finished. She
moved up to 18th over all in the standings.
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Simona started 7th at Edmonton, and was in 6th
at the end of the first lap, holding that position
until lap 40 when Ryan Hunter-Ray passed her. I
believe she was bumped off the track by E.J. Viso
on lap 49 which dropped her to 19th. By lap 74 she
had worked her way back up to 12th then 11th on lap
81. On lap 88 it appears that she lost power and
that was it for the day placing her in 22nd at the
finish. She's currently 19th over all in the
standings.
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De Silvestro starts season-high 7th at Edmonton.
* * *
Simona started 21st at Toronto and finished as
the top rookie in 9th place. She stands 19th
overall.
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Simona De Silvestro suffered a minor burn on her
right hand when the No. 78 Team Stargate Worlds/HVM
Racing car made contact with the SAFER Barrier
exiting Turn 2 on Lap 99 at Texas. See scary
YouTube
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Simona was gridded 14th at St. Pete, got up to
4th and was clipped by Graham Rahal, dropping her
back to 16th where she finished a lap down.
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Simona is gridded 14th at St. Pete in front of
Danica Patrick (gridded 21st) and Milka Duno
(gridded 24th). The race was rain delayed and
rescheduled for Monday, March 29th at 10am EST.
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Simona, who won four times and finished third in
the Atlantic series last season, will race a full
Izod IndyCar Series schedule in partnership between
HVM Racing and Team Stargate Worlds.
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By finishing second at Lagua Seca, 21 year
old Simona would clinch the Atlantic She finished
3rd in the series.
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Second-year driver Simona De Silvestro won the
Atlantic race on the streets of Long Beach, the day
after Danica Patrick became the first woman to win
a major open wheel race. Simona's best finish last
season was 7th. Her next race is Houston, April 27.
The Swiss racer is the only woman among the 22
entries.
One of Auto Week's "Five
of the fastest women you will ever
meet"
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Second-year driver Simona De Silvestro is once
again entered to drive the No. 34 entry for Newman
Wachs Racing in the Atlantic Series. The Swiss
racer is the only woman among the 22 entries.
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Simona was involved in a first lap accident in
her first Mazda MX-5 race - Round 8 (and final
round) at Miller Motorsports Park, Tooele, Utah.
She had been gridded 7th in the 30 car field.
* * *
Champ Car Atlantic standout and one of the top
female racers in the country Simona will complete
in Round 8 (and final round) of the Mazda MX-5 Cup
at Miller Motorsports Park, Tooele, Utah, Saturday,
September 15.
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Simona started 17th at the San Jose Grand Prix
July 29th and finished 10th out of 25. She is
currently 18th in the standings. The final race of
the season is scheduled for August 11-12 at Road
America.
* * *
Simona finished 4th in Round 9 and 10 of Formula
BMW at the San Jose Grand Prix. July 29-30, 2006.
She holds 3rd over-all, one point behind Matt Lee.
Next up, the Grand Prix of Denver, August 11-13,
2006
* * *
Simona had two third-place finishes in support
of the US Grand Prix and is the first woman
ever on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway podium. She
is the most successful female driver in Formula BMW
worldwide as she stands fourth in the Championship
points after Round 8 out of more than 30
drivers.
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Background:
2021 - Simona
de Silvestro Racing Toward New Chapter in
Indy 500 History
2015
2014 - Contract dispute with a
Formuola 1 team
2013
- Finished 13th in IndyCar Series
standings for KV Racing
Technology.
- Recorded career-high second-place
finish at Houston 1 preceded by fifth
place at Baltimore.
- Posted career-best start of third
in opener at St. Peterbsurg.
- Overall, had nine top-10 finishes
-- nearly doubling her total from
previous three years.
2012
- Finished 24th in IndyCar Series
standings for HVM Racing.
- Recorded best finish of 13th at
Belle Isle.
2011
- Finished 20th in IndyCar Series
standings for HVM Racing.
- Recorded career-best fourth-place
finish in season opener at St.
Petersburg and posted three top 10s
overall.
2010
- First start IndyCar series: March
14, 2010 (Streets of São Paulo,
Brazil)
- Finished 19th in IndyCar Series
standings for HVM Racing.
- Recorded two top-10 finishes, with
a best of eighth at Mid-Ohio.
- Started season-best seventh at
Edmonton.
- Named Chase Rookie of the Year for
14th-place finish at Indianapolis.
2009 - De Silvestro joined Team
Stargate Worlds for the 2009 season and
had a solid start to the year with a
fifth-place performance after starting
eighth in the Sebring season opener…
In her second Atlantic visit to
Utah’s Miller Motorsports Park, De
Silvestro had a history-making weekend.
She started the weekend by joining Danica
Patrick as the only women in series
history to qualify on the pole. She led
every lap in the race en route to the
second Atlantic victory of her career, and
stands alongside Katherine Legge as the
only women to win races in series
history… De Silvestro had an
outstanding weekend in the doubleheader at
New Jersey Motorsports Park. In the first
race of the weekend (Round 3 of the
season), De Silvestro started and finished
second. She started from the pole position
in the second race and led every lap en
route to her second victory of the season.
The triumph moved her to the top of the
championship standings… De Silvestro
kept her hot streak going in Round 5 at
Lime Rock, taking the pole position in
rainy conditions during qualifying and
leading every lap in the race en route to
her second consecutive victory and third
of the season. The win enabled her to
extend her lead in the championship
standings to 17 points (89-72) over John
Edwards and Jonathan Summerton. De
Silvestro became the winningest woman
driver in Atlantic history with her third
victory of the season and the fourth of
her career at Lime Rock Park. That ended
at Laguna Seca and she ended up third in
the series.
2008 - De Silvestro came out of
the box quickly in her second season of
Atlantic competition, becoming the second
woman in series history to win a race when
she took the season-opener after starting
second at Long Beach in her debut with
Newman Wachs Racing. She earned a total of
four top-five results and eight top-10
finishes en route to eighth in the final
championship standings.
2007 - As a rookie in the
Atlantic Championship, De Silvestro earned
two top-10 results and scored championship
points in nine of 12 races en route to
19th in the point standings with Walker
Racing.
2006: Completed her first season
in the Formula BMW USA championship
collecting a victory at Lime Rock, six
podiums and eleven top-10 finishes en
route to a fourth-place finish in the
overall point standings. Scored two
third-place finishes at the U.S. Grand
Prix and made history by becoming the
first woman to ever earn a podium result
at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
2005: Finished 21st in the
Formula Renault 2000 Championship in
Italy.
2004: Raced in the French
Formula A Championship and finished 15th
overall.
2003: Earned a second-place
finish in the Trofeo Industria Parma,
finished fifth in Wintercup Lonato and was
third in Primavera Lonato.
2002: Finished seventh in the
Swiss Championship, 13th in Kart-Cup
Monaco and second in the Bridgestone-Cup
Switzerland.
2001: various karting races
2000: 1st in Western Switzerland
Championship
1999: 3rd in Western Switzerland
Championship, 13th in Swiss
Championship
1998: 4th in Western Switzerland
Championship
Career
Highlights
- Signed with Newman Wachs Racing
(Paul Newman and Eddie Eachs) for part
of the 2008 Atlantic Championship
season.
- Simona became just the second woman
to win in the 34-year history of the
Atlantic Champsionip winning the 2008
season opener at Long Beach. It was her
first win and came the same weekend
that Danica Patrick had her first
Indycar win in Japan.
- Signed with Walker Racing in
November 2006 to compete as a rookie in
the Atlantic Championship
- Collected one win, six podiums and
eleven top-ten finishes in 2006, her
rookie season in the Formula BMW USA
series
- Became the first woman to ever earn
a podium finish at the Indianapolis
Motor Speedway with a pair of
third-place FBMWUSA results at the 2006
U.S. Grand Prix
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Photos: San Jose Grand Prix,
July 27-29, 2007 by Gordon Clay
Photos: San Jose Grand Prix,
July 29-30, 2006 by Gordon Clay
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