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Claire Williams: It's not because F1 is a man's world

Formula 1 is not the 'man's world' it once was, according to female deputy team boss Claire Williams who has witnessed a shift in the gender balance of power at the pinnacle of the sport. 'Formula one is quite different to how it was ten years – or even five years – ago,' she told Der Tagesspiegel. As well as 39-year-old Williams' prominent role at her father's Grove based team, Monisha Kaltenborn is the boss and co-owner at Sauber. And Williams' test driver is Susie Wolff. 'There are now many influential women in motor sport,' Williams insisted. 'We have mechanics, engineers, aerodynamicists. Eight per cent of our engineers at Williams are women. 'That might not sound a lot,...
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