Women in Motorsport

It has been a common trend more often in motorsport than anywhere else where women have historically been pushed aside, in particularly working in the media and coverage side of the community. I was lucky enough to talk to someone who is currently just over a year working in the industry as a full time occupation and spoke about her time in, and her journey into, the motorsport world from a media perspective.

The conversation started talking about the obvious of what it has been like breaking into an industry that has historically been male dominated. To which they had a very positive response that is reassuring that a difference is and has been made after stating; 

“To be honest I think that this industry is very hard to get into whether you are male or female. I don’t feel I’ve personally faced any barriers in work because I am a woman. It’s all about having the skills and the attitude”.

“I don’t personally work in the FE(Formula E) paddock as I do the majority of work for that series from home. However I do see some really inspiring and talented women working in the paddock every weekend. In Formula E women are no longer taking up the more traditional idealogical roles. There are some brilliant engineers and mechanics and it is fantastic to see their achievements”.

“I personally love the idea that I’m part of a group who are paving the way for future women. What I brilliant feeling. It still blows my mind when girls and women get in touch asking me for advice about the industry. It was only a year or so ago when that was me!”.

Nowadays with the experience we see people getting there has been relatively no difference between career paths dependant on gender whereas that would have been the case years ago.”I would say my route has been relatively identical. Obviously I haven’t experienced the male route but from what I’ve seen and heard it is similar. It shows the progress this industry has made!”.

On top of all of this, it is never about who you are, it is about enjoying what you are doing. That is no different in this instance, “My jobs are SO enjoyable. I never thought I’d love my job so much. Each team and driver mean a lot to me and and it’s fantastic to be a part of their motorsport journey.”