MARKING INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
NICKI SHIELDS
ON THE IMPORTANCE OF REVVING UP THE NUMBER OF FEMALES IN MOTOR SPORT
Nicki Shields is a presenter and commentator for the BBC coverage of the electric racing series Formula E, and host of Supercharged on CNN. Here, she writes about the need to get more women into motor sport…
Nicki looks the part in the pits and (below right) interviews singer Rita Ora trackside at the Formula E Chilean E-Prix in 2019
‘It would be incredible to see a female F1 driver - the last one was in 1992’
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This week we celebrate International Women’s Day, so it’s the perfect opportunity to raise awareness and encourage more women to take part in what has traditionally been a male-dominated sport: motor racing.