she took another huge step forward in 1978, racing a formula one march 751, updated to 761 specifications. after impressing many team bosses, she signed up to race in the aurora afx f1 championship for mario deliotti racing. driving their cosworth-powered ensign n175, her best finish was a third place at the thruxton circuit. as her knowledge of the european tracks improved, so did her results. whilst racing f1, she still drove a lola t490 in the british sports 2000 championship, despite it being a minor national championship.