It may seem counterintuitive, but the retirement of Susie Wolff—the only woman to have driven a Formula One car on a grand prix weekend in the last two decades—does not alter the chances of another female driver starting an F1 race. In fact, there is no impact at all, as we have known since March that Wolff was not going to be the one to break through and line up on the starting grid. When Valtteri Bottas was injured in Australia and there was speculation he might not be able to race in Malaysia, deputy team principal Claire Williams (ironically, one of the highest-ranking women in the sport) went out of her way to tell the BBC that Wolff would not take his place. Soon after, the team signed former Force India and Sauber dr...

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It may seem counterintuitive, but the retirement of Susie Wolff—the only woman to have driven a Formula One car on a grand prix weekend in the last two decades—does not alter the chances of another female driver starting an F1 race. In fact, there is no impact at all, as we have known since March that Wolff was not going to be the one to break through and line up on the starting grid. When Valtteri Bottas was injured in Australia and there was speculation he might not be able to race in Malaysia, deputy team principal Claire Williams (ironically, one of the highest-ranking women in the sport) went out of her way to tell the BBC that Wolff would not take his place. Soon after, the team signed former Force India and Sauber dr...

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