![]() This isn't entirely due to the evils of sexism: There aren't as many women as men applying for racing jobs, and often young women studying engineering and mechanics don't even realize motorsport work is an option. ![]() So it is improving, but at that rate, it's going to take nearly a century to achieve anything close to parity. Data graphs on the career site Zippia show that the balance of male to female motorsports techs has gone from 96.1 percent male in 2010 to 92.3 percent in 2021. ![]() Now I can say from personal experience-almost 20 years covering various forms of racing-that it's noticeably better than it was when I was a baby motorsports reporter, and that's not just me imagining things. Hang out at the track, any track (although some forms are doing better than others) and it becomes clear that there aren't too many women working in the garages or suiting up for the hot pits. It's easy to talk about improving diversity in motorsports, harder to make any lasting change.
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