After learning that a team with an equal number of men and women on staff was considering entering the sport, Christian Horner, the CEO of Red Bull, argued on Friday that gender equity in Formula One was inevitable.
Former British American Racing (BAR) founder Craig Pollock announced last week that he plans to start using "Formula Equal" in the 2025 or 2026 season.
The objective was to have a 50/50 balance of male and female employees throughout the entire organisation, from the boardroom to the cockpit.
The FIA, which regulates motorsports, began looking for a potential 11th team earlier this year, and he is rumoured to have sent an expression of interest to them.
According to racing media, Saudi Arabia is expected to eventually host a new Formula 1 team that is "gender equal."
The first F1 team to be headquartered "really outside Europe" will be the Formula Equal squad, which will have 50/50 parity between male and female drivers, according to Scottish investor Craig Pollock.
When asked about Pollock's suggestion, Horner stated that he thought gender equality will happen "naturally" in the historically male-dominated sport in any event.
The Briton stated in Melbourne, ahead of the Australian Grand Prix, "I think it's amazing to see the number of ladies, females, that are expressing interest in Formula One now and we're seeing it at all levels."
Pollock, the former manager of Jacques Villeneuve, acknowledged that funding such a project would be quite pricey but asserted that he was in active discussions with 'a Gulf-area country' about doing so. Villeneuve won the F1 championship in 1997.
The Alpine team manager, Otmar Szafnauer, declared that everyone in Formula One thought gender equality was crucial.
Thus, he told reporters in Melbourne, "I think everyone here would appreciate anything we can do to improve diversity in F1."
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