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F1 Academy: Involvement of F1 teams in all-female series must go beyond branding, says Naomi Schiff (www.skysports.com)

submitted 8 months ago by BlackEco@lemmy.blackeco.com to c/formula1@lemmy.world

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[–] dlpkl@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Are women not allowed to compete in F1?

[–] Atin@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It's been a long time since any have been good enough. Katherine Legge and Danica Patrick might have been good enough for a back marker seat 20 years ago.

The only things stopping a woman from driving in F1 are money and talent.

[–] CodeMonkeyUK@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago (2 children)

It comes down to the talent pool and its size. There are not enough female racing drivers yet.

Need more young girls/women in karting/feeder series. Unfortunately, that likely won't happen until a talented woman "makes it" into f1.

For years, people have been pinning hopes on different upcoming drivers to be the one.

Its probably going to take a talented woman who is capable of beating more than half the field of men before they get a chance, unfortunately. Rather than just being better than a few of the current drivers, which is unfair.

[–] kylian0087@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Also physical difference between men and woman play a big role in it. F1 is a very physical demanding sports.

[–] Microw@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

It's not so much about the g forces but rather about things like steering wheel sizes and other factors that make it difficult with the physical differences.

[–] Eideen@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

I disagree.

For formula sports we need to look at in a combined pool. There is no need to have groups that preference selection, do to lack of talent or size.

When it comes to who is selected for a formula serie, no one is selected if they can only beat few of the drivers.