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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Giles Richards

F1 Academy season climax in Austin speeds women closer to main grid

F1 Academy managing director Susie Wolff
F1 Academy managing director Susie Wolff is a former Williams development and test driver who hopes the series will result in the first woman taking part in an F1 grand prix since 1976. Photograph: Jared C Tilton/Formula 1/Getty Images

With the Formula One championship done and dusted, the tension and urgency of a title fight will be sorely lacking at this Sunday’s US Grand Prix. However, another championship will be decided in Austin where F1’s attempt to return a woman to the grid reaches the climax of its first season at the Circuit of the Americas. For the all-female F1 Academy this is both a finale and also a precursor for grander ambitions.

The series’ managing director, Susie Wolff, is fired up by bringing her drivers to the F1 undercard and encouraged by the positive results from the Academy’s inaugural season.

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