• Atin@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      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.

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        8 months ago

        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.

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          8 months ago

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

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            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.

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          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.