Having launched in February 2019 at the Mexico City E-Prix, and following more success with an event at the Berlin E-Prix early in 2019, Formula E partnered with Girls on Track initiative again for Season 6 at the season-opening Diriyah E-Prix and Round 3 in Santiago, Chile.
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When fans returned full-time to the grandstands in Season 8, Girls on Track made its comeback, too. The Mexico City E-Prix marked that return and saw some 150 girls head to the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez with them taking part in activities such as eKarting, simulator challenges, garage tours and wheel change practice, the girls got to sample the unique race experience at the iconic Mexico City circuit and saw robot building with ABB and entered virtual worlds with DHL. Berlin and Jakarta also played host, with London next on the schedule.
Driving the sport forward
Creating an all-electric race car that is designed and optimised specifically for wheel-to-wheel street racing but also setting the new standard for the world's first net zero carbon race car in the world's first net zero sport is no mean feat. This task was handed to Alessandra Ciliberti, FIA Formula E Technical Manager and Gen3 Project Lead.
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Ciliberti has a longstanding passion for motorsport, stretching all the way back to when she was a child and she was able to marry that passion to another - her love of applied physics. She chose to head into engineering for a career and says Girls on Track is key in inspiring young girls that motorsport can be the right place for them and raising awareness that a "level playing field" in the sport is a must if motor racing is to progress.