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**massons** · 08-18-2008, 09:07 PM

If we compare the number of young boys with the number of young girls that go into motorsport I think its easy to see why its harder to find a woman in top level motorsport.

Out of all the young boys that start Karting a number will drop out because of lack of talent/interest/money the rest will move to junior formulae where the same apply and as they move up the development ladder they become fewer and fewer until there are the only 1-2 left each season that are good enough for F1.

The same elimination process applies for girls but since much fewer girls go into racing to begin with the chances of finding 1 woman that can go all the way to F1 are much less.

I think its possible that the most naturally talented woman driver may never sit in a racing car (and the same also applies for men)

08-18-2008, 09:07 PM	#9
massons Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 383 Senior Member	If we compare the number of young boys with the number of young girls that go into motorsport I think its easy to see why its harder to find a woman in top level motorsport. Out of all the young boys that start Karting a number will drop out because of lack of talent/interest/money the rest will move to junior formulae where the same apply and as they move up the development ladder they become fewer and fewer until there are the only 1-2 left each season that are good enough for F1. The same elimination process applies for girls but since much fewer girls go into racing to begin with the chances of finding 1 woman that can go all the way to F1 are much less. I think its possible that the most naturally talented woman driver may never sit in a racing car (and the same also applies for men)
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