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The Undercut: Every female only driver initiative should be axed

It's not a particularly impressive boast in our oh-so-woke year of 2020, but I'll say it anyway: many, many women inspire me (and not just my wife, Mum, daughters and sisters). Margaret Thatcher was a controversial figure, but she definitely inspired women to think just as big as the men – and potentially achieve much, much more. And now, although standing three centimetres shorter than The Iron Lady did, Sophia Florsch has a similarly lofty message for every girl just like her: Think bigger. If you look at the official initiatives doing the rounds in Formula 1 and world motorsport today, a cynical onlooker might smell the foul and unfair whiff of tokenism. Think about it this way:...
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