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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce
That suggests Mercedes had women of their factory race teams, back in the day. Which I doubt.
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The image may well fall into the category of
sex sells, then and now, and cars in particular.
On the other hand there was Ines Keil-Folville who in the 1920s allegedly was the first professional woman race-driver. She raced Mercedes cars among other brands, competing with the great male drivers of the day and won four 24-hour races.
I only found this German
Wikipedia reference
And there is also this
dedicated website, also in German, but linking to an extensive photo album.