News Details

Ecclestone: 'F1 is ready for a female driver'

The idea of a female Formula 1 driver has been bandied about for many years now, but F1 CEO Bernie Ecclestone believes the time is now right. The 82-year-old has backed the idea, mainly from a marketing perspective, for almost a decade, yet the sport isn't any closer to seeing a women infiltrate the ranks. That could change if a team were willing to take the risk, according to Ecclestone who highlighted NASCAR driver Danica Patrick as a potential candidate. "There should be no reason why not, providing that we find a team to take her [a female driver]," he told the official F1 website. "Danica would be good to have with one of the teams now. All the things that people worry...
Full Story »
11y ago from TheF1Times.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Mateschitz wouldn't stop Seb leaving

Red Bull owner Dietrich Mateschitz insists he would let Sebastian Vettel...
11y ago from PlanetF1.com

Webber not Vettel's number 2 - Mateschitz

March 11th .- He might have won the last three world championships on the...
11y ago from F1Plus.com

Ecclestone understands Danica’s reluctance to move...

Ecclestone understands Danica's reluctance to move to F1 13 March, 2013...
11y ago from YallaF1.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

F1 owner Liberty Media set to finalise purchase of...

Formula 1 owner Liberty Media are in talks to buy Madrid-based company...
10h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Rosenqvist: Confidence within MSR growing with every...

Felix Rosenqvist has started off his time with Meyer Shank Racing on a...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Neuville pips Tänak in Safari opener

FIA World Rally Championship leader Thierry Neuville took a slender...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Crunch time: Easter games that have shaped the Premier...

the sharp end of the season fast approaches, here are four classic matches...
3h ago from TheGuardian.com

Key Manchester City duo miss training ahead of Arsenal...

Manchester City train without defenders Kyle Walker and John Stones ahead...
1h ago from SportsMole.co.uk

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.