• Dave@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Long, long overdue but I’m so nervous for the first woman who makes it to the grid, going to be so much attention and scrutiny.

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      1 year ago

      There have been female drivers before. 5 in fact. But yes the next female driver to get a race seat is gonna have one hell of a media storm around them.

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      1 year ago

      Well she’s in F1 academy next year so we’ll see how she compares to other drivers, but realistically dozens of drivers drop out every year due to funding and we’ve not seen any of them to be diamonds when given the chance.

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          1 year ago

          The BBC news article about the test said she was driving for Aston in academy, but the sky article about her more recently doesn’t say drive but “playing a role” so could be crossed wires between journalists or waiting an official announcement