“We have an ambitious goal at More than Equal – find and develop Formula 1’s first female world champion. There are wide ranging opinions in the sport on why women have not progressed to the elite level, but you need facts and data to make any meaningful change to the status quo.

This report represents the first significant step towards removing the many barriers that have stopped the best female drivers rising to the top, and gives us important evidence so we can build a programme to make our goal a reality.”

Ali Donnelly
More Than Equal, CEO

“My passion for wanting to support female racers to success at the top level goes back to my childhood when I saw how talented my younger sister was at karting. When I began to achieve a degree of success, all the family’s support went on me and she was not given the same opportunity as a consequence, yet I know that she was just as good as me if not better.

Motorsport is an incredibly difficult sport to take part in – regardless of gender. To get to the top requires immense skill, financial backing and ultimately, some luck.

What this research makes clear is that female drivers face a range of challenges and barriers that extend beyond those faced by their male counterparts. This report provides all the insight we need to help the sport to catch up.

We should all work to try to make sure that other talented girls don’t get left behind.”

David Coulthard
Former F1 driver and More than Equal founder

“David and I founded More than Equal to ensure that we can celebrate elite racing successes by female drivers sooner rather than later. This research marks our first step in helping to make that happen.

We asked some tough questions, and we got back some tough answers, but if the sport can come together to solve some of the difficult issues, the rewards will be enormous.”

Karel Komárek
Entrepreneur and More than Equal founder