A dozen girls whizzed around an English karting track, part of a pioneering drive to draw women into motorsports and maybe even race to the top in male-dominated Formula 1.
A special test day last October in Nottingham aimed to address a major gender gap in F1, one of the flashiest of sports.
Italian Lella Lombardi was the last woman to compete in an F1 Grand Prix in 1976, and the absence of women on the circuit is linked to young girls' limited exposure to motorsports, according to gender parity organisations.
More Than Equal, a non-profit that supports women drivers, said girls start karting two years later than boys on average.
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