Women In Motorsport Event

Television presenter Louise Goodman joined some of the leading names in women’s motor sport and their cars at Silverstone to celebrate their participation in motor sport for International Women’s Day.  Motor sport is one of the few sporting activities in which men and women compete alongside each other on an equal footing, yet as they make up only 8% of registered licence holders, women are hugely under-represented among motor sport drivers.

There are, nonetheless, an estimated 50,000 women actively involved in British motor sport, organising events, running clubs and associations, timekeeping, marshalling and fulfilling a host of other support roles without which the sport itself could not continue.

To celebrate their importance to motor sport, more than 50 female competitors, marshals, officials and volunteers gathered at Silverston to support the Motor Sports Association's Women in Motorsport Group.

Sarah said "It was great to see so many women involved in different area's of the sport, particularly the officials and marshals as they do such a great job and often don't receive the recognition they deserve."