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Topic: Advocacy - January 30 2024
F1 Academy: The Future of Women in Motorsport

A new motorsport league for women has been created, called F1 Academy. Made up of 15 drivers from around the world, F1 Academy aims to provide young women with the opportunity to get involved in the world of motorsport. The mission of the F1 Academy is to give girls a seat in motorsport, a predominantly male sports league, while influencing other girls and women to join the sport.

By Jordan Liverant

VIS Creator

Topic: Advocacy

January 30 2024

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We’ve never seen a woman in Formula 1. We’ve seen 20 men line up on the grid for the past 73 years while we watch from the sidelines, some of us with dreams to someday be one of those 20.  F1 has taken the world by storm in the past couple of years, its popularity increasing heavily amongst girls. With some help from “Drive to Survive,” the Netflix docuseries chronicling F1 teams and drivers, around 40% of F1 fans are now women, up 8% from 2017,
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