[Flyboy]

I was aware of these ladies, but I was referring to a concerted and contracted effort to included women in Formula One. The unfortunate record of women in the sport has not exactly set the world alight, the sport's most successful woman driver, Lella Lombardi, scored only half a point, in the nineteen seventies. But in the modern guise of the sport there has to be a different breed of driver, not just women, but men as well. I think the competitiveness of the men in today's sport is variable and needs shaking up. I do believe actively encouraging the inclusion of women into the sport will show how far it has come in today's world. The apalling displays of racism shown by many fans in Spain and in other country's around the world, shows that now, more than ever, the sport HAS to show that it supportively encourages equality, fairness and inclusion. Change HAS already happened, but it needs to sustain and grow for the sport to survive. In today's media world, where access to the sport has never been wider, any woman coming into the sport will have one hell of a point to prove and will be scrutinised, examined and dissected more than any other driver. We thought that had happened (pointlessly, in my opinion) with Lewis Hamilton, but this will be something very different.

When this happens, it will leave only one more bar to becoming a Formula One driver and that will be money.