Simona de Silvestro

Simona de Silvestra’s Car Catches Fire At Indy 500 Practice

Simona de Silvestro’s Car Catches Fire At Indy 500 Practice

May 13, 2015

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Simona de Silvestro was running practice laps for the upcoming Indianapolis 500 next weekend when suddenly she noticed the car was doing something it was not supposed to do – billow thick black smoke. It was the third time in five years that Silvestro’s car has caught fire at Indy…

Sauber Signs Up Simona de Silvestro

February 14, 2014

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Sauber F1 has signed IndyCar driver Simona de Silvestro as a third affiliated test driver. The 25-year-old Silvestro is originally from Switzerland but moved to the USA to compete in auto racing and has raced in IndyCar – where she was rookie of the year in 2010 – for the last four years. De Silvestro […]