Simona de Silvestro

Simona de Silvestro enters her fourth season in the IZOD IndyCar Series driving the No. 78 Nuclear Clean Air Energy Chevrolet for KV Racing Technologies. She is coming off a 2012 campaign where she finished 24th in the series championship. De Silvestro caught the attention of INDYCAR owners with her performance in the developmental Atlantic Series. In three seasons, she earned five wins and finished a career-best third in the 2009 Atlantic championship behind four victories, four poles and nine podium finishes in 12 starts. The effort earned her a fulltime IZOD IndyCar Series ride with HVM in 2010 and she went on to capture rookie-of-the-year honors for the Indianapolis 500 and the series’ Rising Star Award.

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Girl Power No Longer a Novelty at Indy 500

Swiss Simona de Silvestro, Brazilian Ana Beatriz and Britons Pippa Mann and Katherine Legge represent the four women who will take the command to start their engines alongside 29 men at the famed Brickyard for Sunday's race. On the other side of the Atla

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A Mug's guide to the Indy 500

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INDIANAPOLIS, IN - MAY 24: Simona de Silvestro of Switzerland, driver of the #78 Nuclear Energy Areva KVRT dallara Chevrolet waits for the start of final practice on Carb Day for the 97th Indianapolis 500 mile race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on May 24, 2013 in Indianapolis, Indiana.

SAO PAULO, BRAZIL - MAY 03: Simona de Silvestro of Switzerland, drives the #78 KVRT Dallara Chevrolet during practice for the IZOD IndyCar series Sao Paulo Indy 300 on May 3, 2013 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

ST PETERSBURG, FL - MARCH 22: Simona de Silvestro of Switzerland, drives the #78 Nuclear Entergy Areva KVRT Dallara Chevrolet during practice for the IZOD IndyCar Series Honda Grand Prix of St Petersburg on March 22, 2013 in St Petersburg, Florida.

ST PETERSBURG, FL - MARCH 22: Simona de Silvestro of Switzerland, driver of the #78 Nuclear Entergy Areva KVRT Dallara Chevrolet walks on pit lane priot to practice for the IZOD IndyCar Series Honda Grand Prix of St Petersburg on March 22, 2013 in St Petersburg, Florida.

FONTANA, CA - SEPTEMBER 14: Simona de Silvestro of Switzerland drives the #78 Lotus HVM Racing Dallara Lotus during practice for the IZOD IndyCarSeries MATV 500 World Championship at the Auto Club Speedway on September 14, 2012 in Fontana, California.

SONOMA, CA - AUGUST 24: Simona de Silvestro drives the #78 Nuclear Clean Air Energy Lotus HVM Racing Lotus during practice for the GoPro Indy Grand Prix at Sonoma on August 24, 2012 in Sonoma, California.

LEXINGTON, OH - AUGUST 03: Simona de Silvestro of Switzerland driver of the #78 Lotus HVM Racing Dallara Lotus during practice for the IZOD IndyCar Series Honda Indy 200 on August 3, 2012 in Lexington, Ohio.

TORONTO, ON - JULY 06: Simona de Silvestro of Switzerland , drives her #78 Nuclear Clean Air Technologies HVM Racing Lotus Dallara during practice for the IZOD INDYCAR Series Honda Indy Toronto on July 6, 2012 in Toronto, Canada.

DETROIT, MI - JUNE 01: Simona de Silvestro of Switzerland, drives the #78 Nuclear Clean Air Energy Lotus HVM Racing Dallara DW12 during practice for the IZOD INDYCAR Series Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix on Belle Isle on June 1, 2012 in Detroit, Michigan.

INDIANAPOLIS, IN - MAY 25: Simona de Silvestro of Switzerland driver of the #78 Lotus HVM Racing Dallara Lotus during final practice on Carb Day for the Indianapolis 500 on May 25, 2012 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Indiana.

INDIANAPOLIS, IN - MAY 20: Simona de Silvestro the driver of the #78 Nulear Clean Air Energy Lotus HVM Racing car waits to take to the track for the Indianapolis 500 qualifying at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on May 20, 2012 in Indianapolis, Indiana.

LONG BEACH, CA - APRIL 15: Simona de Silvestro of Switzerland driver of the #78 Lotus HVM Racing Dallara Lotus during qualifying for the IndyCar Series Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach on April 15, 2012 on the streets of Long Beach, California.

BIRMINGHAM, AL - APRIL 01: Simona de Silvestro of Switzerland drives the #78 Lotus-HVM Racing Lotus and Alex Tagliani of Canada drives the #98 Bryan Herta Autosport w/Curb-Agajanian Lotus during practice for the IndyCar Series Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama presented by Legacy at Barber Motorsports Park on April 1, 2012 in Birmingham, Alabama.

BIRMINGHAM, AL - MARCH 30: Simona de Silvestro of Switzerland driver of the #78 Lotus HVM Racing Dallara Lotus during practice for the IndyCar Series Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama presented by Legacy at Barber Motorsports Park on March 30, 2012 in Birmingham, Alabama.

ST PETERSBURG, FL - MARCH 24: Simona de Silvestro of Switzerland, drives the #78 Nuclear Clean Air Energy Lotus HVM Racing Lotus during practice for the IZOD IndyCar Series Honda Grand Prix of St Petersburg on March 24, 2012 in St Petersburg, Florida.

SEBRING, FL - MARCH 05: Simona de Silvestro driver of the #78 Nuclear Clean Energy Lotus HVM Racing Lotus Dallara DW12 stands on a tire in pit lane during the Sebring Open Test for the IZOD INDYCAR Series at Sebring International Raceway on March 5, 2012 in Sebring, Florida.

INDIANAPOLIS, IN - FEBRUARY 03: Indy car driver Simona de Silvestro attends ESPN The Magazine's 'NEXT' Event on February 3, 2012 in Indianapolis, Indiana.

'Swiss Miss' returns to race in Indy 500

Simona de Silvestro. 2010 Indy 500 Rookie of the Year, is eager for a fourth run. (Phillip B. Wilson \/ The Star)

IndyCar: Simona De Silvestro Sounds Off

Swiss IndyCar driver Simona de Silvestro talks about the difficulties being a female driver and how she grew up in a country where racing is banned.

Recent Quotes

05/25/2013

It's still something different but amongst the drivers I feel accepted

Simona de Silvestro at the International Herald Tribune

05/25/2013

Being from Europe I have dreamed about F1 and it is still a dream but right now I am really lucky to be in IndyCar ... It would have to be the right opportunity and done in the right way. You have to be wise about the opportunities.

Simona de Silvestro at the International Herald Tribune

05/24/2013

I feel like when we wear the helmet, we all look the same

Simona de Silvestro at the WTHR