since 1978, desiré wilson has been recognised as the most accomplished female racing driver in the world. to date, she is the only woman to have been licensed to drive in a cart indycars event, as well as holding a fia super license, which enabled her to race at the highest level, fia formula one world championship. in 1980, she won both the monza 1000km and the silverstone 6 hours world championship for makes races, thereby becoming the first female to have outright victories in any fia world championship race.