They also uncover what F1 governing body, the FIA, are planning in order to get more females into motor racing.
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Showing posts with label Female drivers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Female drivers. Show all posts
Wednesday, 8 March 2017
Women In Racing, by Select Car Leasing
With the recent retirement of Susie Wolff from F1 testing and the buzz surrounding up and coming talent Marta Garcia, Select Car Leasing thought they'd take a look at women in motorsport as a whole and see who were the trailblazers of the sport, which females are considered the best of today and the drivers who we could all be talking about in the not too distant future.
They also uncover what F1 governing body, the FIA, are planning in order to get more females into motor racing.
women-in-racing by SELECT CAR LEASING.
They also uncover what F1 governing body, the FIA, are planning in order to get more females into motor racing.
women-in-racing by SELECT CAR LEASING.
Tuesday, 7 September 2010
Why the lack of real grid girls?
I spent last weekend at Brands Hatch doing my marshal thing at the DTM. Had a jolly good time thanks for asking.
One of DTM's distinguishing features (kind of) is that there are two female drivers on the grid, in the shape of Susie Stoddart and Katherine Legge. This reminded me of the question that is often asked of me (and others) by the uninitiated: why there are no female drivers in F1.
I have to say it's a good question. Historically there have been very few, only five in the history of the World Championship, and only two who have started a race.
Busting some myths
For one thing, I believe we can relatively quickly dismiss the Vitantonio Liuzzi claim that women aren't psychologically or physically equipped to take part in F1. The psychological claim can be dismissed out of hand, and I'm not convinced by the physical argument either. There are many female fighter pilots, astronauts etc etc operating at the top level of their professions. Hell, there are even female weightlifters in the Olympics. Further, there is evidence that women with their lower centre of gravity etc are actually better equipped in general to deal with extreme G-forces. So I can see no reason why women can't develop the physical fitness required to operate in F1.
Supply and demand
In many debates in professions in which women are underrepresented, such as in politics, there is discussion about whether the shortfall of women is down to supply (i.e. women aren't putting themselves forward to participate in the same numbers as men) or demand (i.e. the profession itself is making it disproportionately difficult for women to participate and to 'get on'). The supply point is probably worthy of more investigation in F1 and in motor sport more generally. Part of any supply problem is cyclical in that there being so few female drivers will likely mean that many other females won't see race driving as an option for them.
One of DTM's distinguishing features (kind of) is that there are two female drivers on the grid, in the shape of Susie Stoddart and Katherine Legge. This reminded me of the question that is often asked of me (and others) by the uninitiated: why there are no female drivers in F1.
I have to say it's a good question. Historically there have been very few, only five in the history of the World Championship, and only two who have started a race.
Busting some myths
For one thing, I believe we can relatively quickly dismiss the Vitantonio Liuzzi claim that women aren't psychologically or physically equipped to take part in F1. The psychological claim can be dismissed out of hand, and I'm not convinced by the physical argument either. There are many female fighter pilots, astronauts etc etc operating at the top level of their professions. Hell, there are even female weightlifters in the Olympics. Further, there is evidence that women with their lower centre of gravity etc are actually better equipped in general to deal with extreme G-forces. So I can see no reason why women can't develop the physical fitness required to operate in F1.
Supply and demand
In many debates in professions in which women are underrepresented, such as in politics, there is discussion about whether the shortfall of women is down to supply (i.e. women aren't putting themselves forward to participate in the same numbers as men) or demand (i.e. the profession itself is making it disproportionately difficult for women to participate and to 'get on'). The supply point is probably worthy of more investigation in F1 and in motor sport more generally. Part of any supply problem is cyclical in that there being so few female drivers will likely mean that many other females won't see race driving as an option for them.
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