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 to speak with Maria Teresa de Filippis, seated in the open cockpit of her race car. The vehicle is an RSK-based Porsche Special FII with an Italian body, known as a "Behra-Porsche," and bears the number "4." Behra, who wore a plastic ear as a reminder of an earlier accident, converses with de Filippis, who ultimately did not qualify for the race.

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GPMonaco, Racing

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