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DC-backed women's racing series launched

David Coulthard has thrown his weight behind an all-female racing series, W Series, aimed at helping women racers make it into Formula 1. Launched on Wednesday, the W Series offers a prize fund of $1.5 million and is free to enter for the 18 to 20 ladies who will be chosen based on performance tests. The series will take place in Europe with six 30-minute races run in identical Formula Three cars that will be provided by the championship. The last woman to start an F1 grand prix was Italy's Lella Lombardi in 1976. Coulthard said: 'In order to be a successful racing driver, you have to be skilled, determined, competitive, brave and physically fit, but you don’t have to possess the...
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