Making a big difference is often the summation of a series of small steps and the all-female W Series is putting its best foot forward as the new season opens on the Formula One bill in Miami this weekend. The drivers are, of course, pursuing individual ambitions but in so doing this generation of women are breaking the ground for the real change that is to come.
The W Series held its first season in 2019, a concerted effort to address the paucity of female drivers in motor sport. F1 has not had a woman compete at a grand prix since Lella Lombardi raced in Austria in 1976. The stated goal of W Series was to address that deficit.
