Participation of women and girls in motorsport at all levels is depressingly low, but even those women who are competing are struggling to progress to elite levels.
A recent report by More Than Equal explored the data involving women and girls in motorsport and identified two key challenges for female drivers - the participation gap and the performance gap. The performance gap was highlighted by the fact that their research found that women currently represent on average just 10% across all categories of competition, with the highest in karting – a format that contributes 40% of overall female participation.
This industry is hugely financial, and a huge percentage of male drivers struggle financially, not just females. “So I get that women seem to be dropping out, but there's less of us to begin with, so therefore, it highlights it a lot more.” Ferrari junior Maya Weug, who currently competes in the Formula Regional European Championship, agreed that low numbers of participation is a key challenge.
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