Every 8 March we recognise International Women’s Day. The theme this year is ‘Inspire Inclusion’.
In recent years, the number of women involved across all sectors of motorsport has increased – but we want to see more women involved at all levels of the sport. Motorsport is more diverse and accessible than you might imagine! It offers equal opportunities at all levels, with many different ways to get involved behind the scenes as well as behind the wheel.
Susie Wolff, former Scottish professional racing driver and current managing director of F1 Academy, once said, “Your gender becomes irrelevant when you are in a performance-based environment.”
We are fortunate to have many incredible, talented women in Scotland at all levels and within all disciplines.
We have competitors, including (but certainly not limited to) Hannah Chapman, Chloe Grant, Logan Hannah, Ashleigh Morris, Emily Easton-Page, and Kerrie MacGillivray – they are all at the top of their game and making huge progress in their respective disciplines.
We have many volunteer marshals and officials undertaking a wide range of roles – medics, rescue crews, recovery crews, event secretaries, radio controllers, scrutineers, timekeepers, and safeguarding officers.
They all continue to break barriers and inspire change.
From the governing body down, we’re looking at how we get more women involved in the sport and how we manage talent and our culture.
Days like International Women’s Day can spur us on to be bolder: from challenging inappropriate behaviours to increasing our participation at all levels of our sport because that’s how we establish sustainable environments where everyone can thrive. The work has begun and there’s more work to do.
Find out how you can get involved!
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