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Ecclestone: Female drivers wouldn t be taken seriously
On the weekend when former Williams F1 test driver Susie Wolff launches her 'Dare to Be Different' campaign to increase female participation in all areas of motorsport, Bernie Ecclestone says a woman racer 'wouldn't be taken seriously' if they were to secure an F1 race seat. The last female driver to compete in an Formula 1 Grand Prix was 40 years ago when Lella Lombardi finished 12th in the 1976 Austrian Grand Prix. Since then a small handful of women have come close, in 1992 Giovanna Amati entered three Grand Prix for Brabham but failed to qualify while in 2014 Susie Wolff took part in FP1 at the British Grand Prix. Wolff wants to encourage and inspire young women to take a bigger role...
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