Eddie Jordan and David Coulthard spoke about the subject of female Formula One drivers in the 'Formula For Success' podcast. Jordan thinks Max Verstappen's mother could have been an excellent driver, and Coulthard thinks it won't be long before we can expect a female racer on the grid.
"I believe that in the next decade, if not before, there will be a worthy woman racing in F1. It's about being able to create opportunities and develop your skills in the same way as a Verstappen or a Lewis Hamilton," Coulthard said.
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Jordan does come up with a very striking statement. "The only person that I think they could have done that with in my time is with Max’s mum, because I think that Max Verstappen’s mother was a serious, absolutely wonderfully quick girl, and she, without any question, could have made it, in my opinion, into F1. But there wasn’t a mechanism there to help her."
At least the British men are more hopeful than Susie Wolff who told them it could be more than a decade away.