"Those who wanted her at the wheel of a single-seater had a long eye because she would bring people like Alboreto and Senna into Formula One".
- Arturo Merzario
She outdid many men who then, punctually, looked for a thousand excuses to justify defeat. She wasn't in a top team, yet she pressed hard on the accelerator pedal and for sure she didn't go to the track to show the sponsor on the car ".
- Arturo Merzario
"She was petite and tough. Very short hair, a compact physique, an unexpected sweetness and very pleasant manners. This is how I remember Lella Lombardi, whose name was Maria Grazia, on the track with grit and dignity for a long time".
- Giorgio Teruzzi
"If with Formula 1 she marked a historic moment, and from that Spanish GP in 1975 to today no one has done better, it is a sign that in her world Lella was an important forerunner, a symbol of equal rights and duties, of equality and independence, in personal and intimate relationships, even before it was spoken of elsewhere."
- Paolo Ciccarone
Paul Kooyman
Paul Kooyman is an amateur photographer who has captured many races on world circuits over the years.
Interview with Fabrizio Viscardi
I remember her as a seemingly petite and fragile girl but, in reality, she was a determined person, willing to make motor racing her raison d'être.
Interview with Barbara Gramolotti
She always had the strength to fight for her passions against everyone, even her homecountry. Initially, she preferred to hide so that no one would know she was going racing. For the first races she bought her car in instalments. This once again shows her humility, but also the strength to bet everything on her dream. Intimately, she was a very fragile and humble person, but quite another thing on the track. We can say two people in one.
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