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She becomes Andretti’s second fulltime female driver alongside Catie Munnings, who competes for Andretti United in the Extreme E Series.

"You see the Munnings painting and you see a woman and a monarch who was able to just share with people an occasion, the glory of watching a magnificent animal do what it does best," the princess said.

So it's 1-0 to Rosberg in the semi-reignited battle with old Mercedes F1 team-mate Lewis Hamilton, whose X44 team - piloted by nine-time world rally champions Sebastien Loeb and Spain's Cristina Gutierrez - came third behind Munnings' Andretti squad.

Munnings also kept the team in the hunt for the final after nursing the car home with a puncture during qualifying.

And Britain's Catie Munnings of Andretti United recorded better split times across the final than her team-mate Timmy Hansen, despite the Swede having the upper hand in earlier sessions.