Maria Teresa de Filippis, (4) RSK-based Porsche Special FII with Italian body ("Behra-Porsche"), didn't qualify for the race. On left Jean Behra, the Frenchman with a plastic ear, a reminder of an earlier accident. Monaco Grand Prix 1959.

At the 1959 Monaco Grand Prix, French driver Jean Behra leans over the side of a single-seater to speak intently with Maria Teresa de Filippis. His hand rests on the unpainted metal body of her car, an RSK-based Porsche Special FII known as the "Behra-Porsche." De Filippis, her goggles pushed up on her helmet, looks back with a serious, focused expression at Behra, who wore a plastic ear after an earlier accident. Despite the concentrated exchange, de Filippis would ultimately fail to qualify for the race.

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