We talk to the Mercedes-AMG F1 team about its continuing efforts for diversity and inclusion
Lewis Hamilton shocked the entire paddock earlier this year, when he announced a last-minute switch to Ferrari for 2025. His move will mark the end of a partnership that has provided six drivers’ championships and eight constructors titles – but it’s been equally impactful off the track.
The reasons for the number were simple; attaching a real target behind the initiative meant it would be about more than conversations and awareness – as important as they are. ‘ the proportion of team members from minority ethnic groups or the number of female team members as well, we’ve seen an increase in quantity, and in overall percentage even with the overall growth of the team in the period.Accelerate 25 is all about widening the pool the team recruits from, but it’s also worked on making sure candidates from under-represented backgrounds end up studying STEM projects in the first place.
‘We realised we had three things: The team’s internal work, joint work and Mission 44 . So it’s just an efficiency and rationalising of it rather than any lowering of the level of ambition.’Over the years, cars have evolved to sprout wings, moved from ground-effect wedges to the wing-covered race cars of 2020 – and then back to the ground-effect all over again. Yet, the core of F1 has consistently focused on achieving peak performance.
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