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W Series: What you need to know ahead of Race 1

The year is 2030 and Formula 1 is celebrating its 1,250th championship race. The grid consists of 22 drivers, all of which are male. Lella Lombardi is still the most recent female to have competed in an F1 race, more than 50 years ago… Although there are plenty of talented female racers, the opportunities to reach F1 remain very limited and even more so for women. Hoping to change that future is a new racing series, entirely dedicated to female drivers, the vision of founder Catherine Bond Muir with the backing of ex-F1 driver David Coulthard, born out of a desire to see women break down the barriers to completing in top-level motorsports and, finally, give them the tools and...
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