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Female driver slams Hamilton over F1 ‘diversity'

Dec.6 Sophia Florsch, a female open wheeler driver, has hit out at seven time world champion Lewis Hamilton. Recently, the 24-year-old German, who competes against male competitors in the FIA Formula 3 series, hit out at Formula 1 for 'pinkwashing' via the all-female F1 Academy series. She slammed the fact that the inaugural F1 Academy series champion, Marta Garcia, was wrapping up her open wheeler career after running out of funding. 'It looks like they used you (in) 2023 for short term marketing with female drivers,' Florsch said. Just over a week ago, F1 announced that it – along with the FIA and all ten teams – had signed a formal ‘Diversity and Inclusion charter',...
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