They did a poor job marketing this series. I am an avid F1 fan and I'm interested in other motorsports as well. I BARELY knew that W Series even existed. I hope they learned their lesson and F1 Academy will do better, although I'm not too optimistic as you can't even watch the races live.
this post was submitted on 15 Jun 2023
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AKA the Jamie Chadwick series. I shouldn't joke I guess, we have the Max Verstappen series at home.
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Stupid question from someone not into this sport at all. Why is there a division between men and women in this sport if the thing "actually" competing is a genderless vehicle?
As the other person posted no rules against, it’s all opportunity and money. This is a rich persons sport. Drivers have to pretty much supply their own sponsors through all the lower racing series into F1. Like it or not, young girls are not often pushed into racing. These drivers start young, like 8-13. Folks definitely need to see they can do something to believe they can do something so the W series hopefully helped with that.
I believe that Hamilton Commission and Mission 44 are working towards addressing these issues of access for minority and disadvantaged folks. It’s a long road though due to money, sexism, and racism.
There's nothing in the rules stopping women compete in F1 or the lower categories, it's just that it's such a male dominated sport. The idea behind W series was to put a spotlight on women in motorsport and hopefully generate interest and ultimately get more women / girls partaking in the more junior categories / karting.