F1 organisers are considering allowing female drivers to race

Formula One organizers will launch this year's F1 Academy project, a racing series and training program for female drivers. It is reported by Bloomberg.

According to the agency, there will be 21 races in one season of "F1 Academy", in which 15 cars from five teams will take part. For each car Formula 1 will allocate $156,000 - the same amount participants will have to contribute from their own funds or through sponsorship.

Organisers will recruit talented female drivers from karting and junior racing series, train them in modified F4 cars, later send them to Formula 2 and Formula 3, and two or three years later to Formula 1.

"We will prove that female racers have what it takes to compete at the highest level," said F1 Academy head Bruno Michel, who is also the CEO of Formula 3 and Formula 2.

When the F1 Academy racing schedule and the list of drivers in the series will be announced was not specified. As noted by Bloomberg, the most likely candidates - 18-year-old Dutchwoman Maya Veug, who in 2021 became the first woman in the academy racers Ferrari, and 18-year-old French champion karting Dorian Pin.

Only two women have ever raced in the history of the Formula One championship - Maria-Theresa de Filippis, who ran five races in the 1950s, and Lella Lombardi, who competed in 12 races, her last race being in 1976.