Beitske Visser happy with new FIA and Ferrari program: "Good step forward"

The W Series will not continue this year because of the coronary pandemic, but hopes to return stronger in 2021. Meanwhile, a new initiative has been launched by the FIA and Ferrari to get female drivers into motorsport. A programme that can count on the approval of Beitske Visser, who finished second in the W Series last year.

FIA Girls on Track

The program of the FIA and Ferrari is called "Girls on Track" and that, in addition to the W Series, should be a new entry for women to make careers in motor racing. Ferrari makes its contribution to this by including two female drivers in his 'driver academy' over a period of four years. One of them will then compete in the FIA Formula 4 Championship.

It's a good step forward for Visser. In conversation with Motorsport Magazine the Dutch driver says: "I think it’s a very good step. Like W Series, they just want us to progress and go further in motor sport and that’s what this new programme that the FIA and Ferrari are launching together has the same goal. Hopefully some good girls will come out of that."

Platform

It is very important for female drivers to get a platform to demonstrate their qualities. Last year's champion, Jamie Chadwick, is a test driver for Williams and this year she will participate in the Formula Regional European Championship with Prema.

Visser: "It’s not about separating us from the men, what we want to do is give us another platform to show what we can do and make us better. Then, hopefully in the future, we can go to bigger championships. In the end, I’ve always said the more you can drive the better is."

"I’m only getting better from it, I’m showing what I can do and many people have changed their minds over the years on it, the most important thing is W Series doesn’t want to separate us from the men, they just want to help us grow and to get better," says Beitske Visser.