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W Series chief defends Ferrari's female driver plans

Ferrari principal Mattia Binotto's desire to add a female driver to the Academy received some criticism, but W Series chief Catherine Bond Muir has defended the team's intentions. The Scuderia have confirmed their Academy line-up for 2020, one which included Charles Leclerc's newly recruited brother Arthur. But Binotto also made it clear that the team wanted to add a female driver to their Academy soon, an announcement which some people saw as just some marketing. Bond Muir though, who runs the all-female W Series, has defended Ferrari and doesn't think their desire to recruit a female driver is 'just a marketing tool'. “Obviously I would hope that driver would come from W Series,”...
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