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Ecclestone offers support to find next F1 female driver

 XPB Images Bernie Ecclestone says he will do anything to support Susie Wolff’s ‘Dare to be Different’ initiative and help promote a female driver all the way to Formula One. Earlier this week, the 85-year-old supremo drew some flak for claiming at the Advertising Week Europe conference that women “would not be taken seriously in F1” and struggle to cope with the physical demands of the sport. However, Wolff, who became the first female driver to take part in an F1 race weekend in over 20 years when she ran in FP1 for the 2014 British Grand Prix, quickly moved to defend Ecclestone after speaking with him. Having retired from motorsport after spending four seasons in...
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