Red Bull crew principal Christian Horner on Friday stated that it was virtually a foregone conclusion that gender equality would quickly be embraced in Formula One, following rumors of a crew trying to make an entrance into the game with an equal stability of female and male racers.
Former British American Racing (BAR) founder Craig Pollock advised CNN final week he needed to debut “Formula Equal” from the 2025 or 2026 season onward.
The intention was to have a 50% cut up between women and men throughout the entire group, from the cockpit to the engineers and the boardroom.
He has reportedly submitted an expression of curiosity to racing’s governing physique, the FIA, which opened up the method for locating a possible eleventh crew earlier this 12 months.
Horner, when requested about Pollock’s plan, stated he believed gender equality within the historically male-dominated sport would occur “naturally” anyway.
“I think it’s fantastic to see the number of girls, females, that are showing interest in Formula One now and we’re seeing it at all levels,” the Briton stated in Melbourne forward of the Australian Grand Prix.
“I believe the curiosity is rising… it is interesting to extra ladies to get entangled within the sport, whether or not that is from an engineering foundation or throughout all points of the group.
“As the sport becomes more accessible, and we are pushing to make it more accessible, I think it is something that will naturally happen, anyway.”
Pollock, previously the supervisor of 1997 F1 champion Jacques Villeneuve, acknowledged funding such a enterprise could be massively costly however stated he was in intense discussions with “a Gulf-area country” about bankrolling it.
Alpine crew boss Otmar Szafnauer stated gender equality was “important to everybody in Formula One”.
“So anything we can do to increase diversity in F1 I think everyone here would welcome it,” he advised reporters in Melbourne.
“But I don’t know anything other than what I briefly read about their (Formula Equal) entry.”
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