More than Equal

Inside Track: Exploring the Gender Gap in Motorsport

This report is the combined result of the most comprehensive research ever undertaken into women’s participation in motorsport. It shows that there exists a great opportunity for the sport to capitalise on a clear call from its fanbase to improve opportunities for women and girls and to do much more to attract and retain female drivers. What are the specific barriers that mean a woman hasn't competed in F1 for over 40 years? Read the entire report, available to download now.

THE STATE OF PLAY

What's stopping women from racing at the highest level of motorsport? There is no single, insurmountable barrier stopping this from happening, but rather there are a multitude of factors at play. Our research makes clear that these are far and wide-ranging, including far too few women and girls participating and a lack of female role models within the sport, lack of dedicated training and development, difficulty accessing funding, inferior track time and outdated perceptions and stereotypes within motorsport.

Our goal is to help identify, remove or mitigate those barriers, so talented female drivers have an equal opportunity to succeed.

OUR FOUR PILLARSPROGRAMMES AND INITIATIVES

RESEARCH AND DATA

DATA-DRIVEN TALENT IDENTIFICATION

Driver development programme

Connecting talent with INVESTMENT

THE FUTURE BUILDS ON THE FOUNDATION OF THE PAST

772 DRIVERS, 5 WOMEN

Across 1000+ FIA World Championship races since 1950 British Grand Prix, only five female drivers have competed in qualifying in a Formula 1 Grand Prix. Only two have made it to race day. Maria Teresa de Filippis finished 10th in the 1958 Belgian Grand Prix and 17 years later, Lella Lombardi took home points in the 1975 Spanish Grand Prix.

NO WOMAN HAS RACED IN F1 IN NEARLY 50 YEARS.

We are committed to changing this over the next decade. From fighter pilots to astronauts, significant strides have been made to champion gender equality in traditionally male-dominated spaces. Women's sport sits higher on the cultural agenda than it ever has. The quest is on to rewrite the unwritten rules in motorsport.

GET INVOLVED

BRANDS, SPONSORS AND PARTNERS

Motorsport, especially Formula 1, has a growing female fanbase. Female fans are 70% more likely to engage with motorsport through social media. 56% of female fans are more likely to purchase products from companies who support women in sport. If your brand resonates with this opportunity and the mission behind More than Equal, we'd love to talk at [email protected].

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FINDING THE FIRST FEMALE F1 WORLD CHAMPION

More than Equal delivers outstanding support that enables female drivers to excel.