12 Facts About Divina Galica

Divina Galica competed in four Winter Olympics as a skier, captaining the British Women's Olympic Ski Team in 1968 and 1972.

Divina Galica pursued a career in motorsport, entering three Formula One World Championship Grands Prix.

Divina Galica participated in the next two winter Olympics, at Grenoble in 1968 and Sapporo in 1972.

On both occasions Galica was captain of the British Women's Olympic Ski Team, and finished in the top ten in the giant slalom.

Divina Galica held the British women's downhill skiing speed record.

Divina Galica eventually took up motorsport as a second career, initially racing karts, moving into Formula Two and Formula One before finding success in sports cars and trucks.

Divina Galica's racing career has included stints in Formula Renault and Formula Vauxhall Lotus.

Divina Galica was taken under the wings of John Webb and Nick Whiting, who entered her in the British Shellsport International Group 8 series in 1976, driving a Surtees TS16 Formula One car.

The Whiting team lacked the technical expertise required to properly set the car up for each race, and Divina Galica was often hindered by poorly adjusted machinery.

Divina Galica took the Olympus sponsorship with her, but failed to qualify the 308E for either of the 1978 World Championship season's first two races.

Divina Galica became a racing instructor with Skip Barber Racing Schools, rising to become senior vice president of Skip Barber Racing, managing both its driving school and racing series.

In 2005, at the Mont-Tremblant weekend of the Skip Barber Race Series, Divina Galica announced she was leaving Skip Barber to work for iRacing.