The Spanish pilots Martha Garcia and Nerea Marti They participated this Friday in the first exclusively female test of the FIAmade in the Madrid Jarama-RACE Circuit with single-seaters Formula Emarking the eighth and thirteenth best times, respectively.
This Friday, the Jarama Circuit hosted a historic day for women’s motorsports, hosting the first test exclusively with women drivers, as part of the preseason tests of the ABB FIA World Championship of Formula E.
This Friday they had the opportunity to drive the new GEN3 Evo racing car for the 2024/25 season, which is capable of passing from 0 to 100 km/h in just 1.82 seconds30% faster than a current F1. The goal of the test was to provide women “not only a destination, but also an avenue to develop their careers and skills using current technology to its full potential.”
On this Friday’s day, Abbi Pullingdriving a Nissan and leader of the F1 Academywas the fastest, clocking a 1:30.889 in the last hour of the three that they completed in the test, in their first time in a Formula E car.
The two Spanish drivers improved their times in the final laps, with the best track conditions, so that Marta García finished eighth, 1.7 seconds behind Pulling’s time, and Nerea Martí, thirteenth, almost three seconds behind the lead.
Formula E is proactively launching this initiative as part of a broader long-term strategy to «remove barriers and expand opportunities for women in the all-electric championship.
«It is not just about creating a specific opportunity, but about actively analyzing and dismantling the structural inequalities “that have limited the participation and progress of women,” highlighted the FIA.
For Jeff Dodds, CEO of Formula E“There is no simple solution to achieving greater diversity in motorsports. However, if we really want to give women equality, opportunities and visibility in our series, the conditions for everyone must be the same to help their development and test themselves against those already on the starting grid.
“We are also aware that one test will not solve the problem, but we have to start somewhereknowing that there is a long way to go and ensuring that we take proactive and coherent steps to continue moving forward,” he added.
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