WHY ARE THERE NO FEMALE DRIVERS IN F1?

[Anonymous]

Are women not good drivers? Are women scared of f1 cars?

[ChrisMaster69]

Attrition really.

it’s very very very hard for a very good motorsports driver to get to Formula 1.

there needs to be really great skill, luck, sponsorships etc and they need to start young.

the following article is pretty good

https://flowracers.com/blog/why-no-female-f1-drivers/

it’s a bit like I am watching Womens Euro Cup finals held at Wembley.

The crowds and support would have not been there 10 years ago.

With Formula W, it will be the same thing, give it 10 or 20 years and you will see women moving into mainstream F1.

At present there are none that are good enough to take part and be consistent, a constructor is not going to take someone who is not the best they can get.

For every woman driver there are currently double figure guys who are as good, this is mainly down to numbers starting at a young age, keeping it up and also access to facilities, sponsors etc.

To be clear though a Formula W driver (all women) will be better than any guy on GaG by a huge margin.

There is a difference in lap times for say Silverstone for Women’s and F1

Lewis Hamilton 1:30.510

Jamie Chadwick 1:56.696

However there is also a big difference between the cars

https://flowracers.com/blog/f1-vs-w-series/

The F3 record for Silverstone 1:43.902

Usually circa 1:46 mark.

At some point in the future there will be women in F1.

[Astarlessnightsky]

I got no, idea. There are women in other racing sports though.
So i guess there is a burocratic hinderance, which exclude women.

[KrakenAttackin]

Because they aren't good enough to compete.

[Anonymous]

That would be too dangerous to have a female driver in F1.

[d3n0939]

lmao

[ZS007]

surely there were some female drivers

[ChrisMaster69]

@ZS007 there are in various motorsports and Formula W