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We are adding the mention of women in motorsport to the formula 1 mainpage.
Women in Formula 1
[edit]Since the creation of Formula 1, in 1950, there have been five women to compete in a grand prix, and only one managed to scored. The involvement of women in the F1 paddock ranges from race engineers and strategists to media and communications personnel and so much more. With the release of the Netflix show, Drive to Survive, the female viewership of the sport has risen. In 2019 20% of the total F1 viewership was female, and in 2022 this number increased to 40%.[1]
F1 Academy
[edit]F1 Academy is the only female single-seater racing championship created by Formula 1. It was created in 2023 set and during its first duration the championship winner was Marta Garcia who was representing the Prema Racing Team. Also the creation of the F1 academy has attracted more attention to women in motorsport so much so that their is going to be a Netflix docuseries release in 2025 about the academy. In addition to this companies such as Tommy Hilfiger, Charlotte Tilbury,[2] Puma, and Red Bull have become sponsors of F1 Academy due to its increasing popularity.[3]
Notable Women
[edit]Female F1 Drivers
[edit]Maria Teresa de Filippis was the first female to compete in a Formula 1 Grand prix at the 1958 Monaco Grand Prix. She competed in a total of 5 Grand Prix, racing under the Italian flag and has been hailed a pioneer of women in motorsport.[4]
Lella Lombardi is still the only female to place within the points at a Formula 1 grand prix. She competed in 3 seasons, entering 17 races, and starting 12. After finishing 6th in the 1975 Spanish Grand Prix, Lombardi became the first and only female to place within the point of a grand prix. Due to the race not reaching full completion half points were awarded and Lombardi only gained .5 points, regardless, this achievement is still important in the progression of women in motorsport.[5]
Desiré Wilson the only women to win a F1 championship race of any kind winning the 1980 British Aurora F1 championship.
Race Engineers
[edit]Hannah Schmitz hold the role of principal strategy engineer at Red Bull Racing. She has been with the team since 2009 and played a strong presence in the its victories in 2021, 2022, and 2023. In 2023 Schmitz won the McLaren Applied Female Engineer of the Year Award winner for her role within Red Bull Racing.[6]
Team Principals
[edit]Susie Wolff is the current managing director of F1 Academy, however her presence within the F1 paddock has lasted several decades. In the beginning of her career she was told to drive a pink car, although she was skeptical, Wolff obliged figuring that young girls would see the car and feel more inspired to begin racing.[7] In 2012 Wolff was a Williams Grand Prix Engineering development driver, during her four years at Williams, she competed in several free practice sessions for the team. After her time at Williams, Wolff became the team principal of Formula E team Venturi Racing, and saw the team to their most successful season to date.
Austrian Monisha Kaltenborn became the sport's first ever Female Team principal when she took over the role at Sauber Formula 1 Team in 2010.[8]
Media and Presenters
[edit]Natalie Pinkham is a British television presenter and pit lane reporter for Sky Sports F1. She joined the television channel in 2012, and became the first woman commentator on British TV.[9]
Naomi Schiff is a retired racing driver who is currently working as a television presenter for Sky Sports F1. After her retirement in 2020 she worked as the diversity and inclusion ambassador for the W Series, before joining the UK based television channel in 2022.[10]
Grid Girls
[edit]Grid girls are cheerleaders for the racers, posing by their cars before races to hype them up and welcome them to the track.[11] They were a staple of Formula 1 races from the late 1960s until early 2018 when F1 formally announced that they would no longer have grid girls at their races due to them no longer representing the company’s values nor societal norms.[12] While this sparked some controversy among the grid girls who claimed to have loved their jobs and did not view how they were treated in a bad way,[13] F1 ultimately decided it was not right to continue.
References
[edit]- ^ "'Leading the way to change' – How the growth of female fans and F1 ACADEMY are encouraging women to explore opportunities in motorsport". F1® Academy. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
- ^ Tilbury, Charlotte (2024-02-16). "Charlotte Tilbury X F1 Academy". Charlotte Tilbury. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
- ^ Adgate, Brad. "Here's Why Formula 1 Racing Is Growing In Popularity With Women". Forbes. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
- ^ hr. "Information about Maria-Teresa de Filippis from historicracing.com". www.historicracing.com. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
- ^ Motorsport, Females in (2023-12-25). "Women in Motorsport: Lella Lombardi | History of Motorsport". FinM. Retrieved 2024-09-29.
- ^ "mclaren-applied". mclarenapplied.com. Retrieved 2024-10-01.
- ^ "Susie Wolff". Lean In. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
- ^ "Ms Monisha KALTENBORN, AUSTRIA". Federation Internationale de l'Automobile. 2012-04-16. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
- ^ Hicks, Helena (2023-12-25). "Natalie Pinkham on balancing motherhood and working in Formula 1". FinM. Retrieved 2024-10-02.
- ^ GPfans.com (2024-09-21). "Who is Naomi Schiff? All you need to know about the now married Sky Sports F1 presenter". GPfans. Retrieved 2024-10-08.
- ^ "Redirecting". login.microsoftonline.com. Retrieved 2024-10-07.
- ^ "Formula 1 to stop using grid girls". Formula 1® - The Official F1® Website. Retrieved 2024-10-07.
- ^ Tippett, Anna (2020-02-17). "Debating the F1 grid girls: feminist tensions in British popular culture". Feminist Media Studies. 20 (2): 185–202. doi:10.1080/14680777.2019.1574859. ISSN 1468-0777.