Formula 1 has decided to organize a competition reserved for women drivers starting next year, which will be called the "F1 Academy" and will be integrated into the pyramid of categories that lead to the motorsport elite.
The goal is to try to facilitate the access of women who, if in theory they have no preclusion to participate in the main championships, in practice they are very rare presences, so much so that in Formula 1 the Italian Lella Lombardi still remains a legend, which competed in several grands prix between 1975 and 1976. The new series will be made up of five teams, chosen from the current F2 and F3 teams, and each will put three single-seaters on the track to form a 15-car grid, Formula said 1, for a mini championship that will be played over seven weekends for a total of 21 races.
The competition, the CEO of Formula 1, Stefano Domenicali explained in Abu Dhabi, "will have the aim of giving young