Valtteri Bottas’ Injury Highlights the Struggle to Find a Female F1 Driver

Despite Bernie Ecclestone's assertion that, "It is inevitable that there will be another female [Formula One] driver," as reported by Luke Smith and Christian Sylt in Forbes, recent developments mean a woman on the F1 starting grid is anything but inevitable—at least in the near future. Williams test driver Susie Wolff is currently the closest female driver to a race seat. Last season, she became the first woman since 1992 to take part in an official F1 session during free practice at the British Grand Prix. For 2015, she was promoted from reserve driver to test driver, with the promise of further practice outings. Then, at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix last week, Williams race driver Valtteri Bottas injured his back durin...

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