F1 to launch their own all-female series

Formula 1 is planning to introduce its own female-only championship as early as 2023 – and be a low-level F4 series

It will be for  younger drivers of around 16 and older, and it will be seen a direct feeder series to F3 and subsequently to F2.

Sources said the new category would be aimed at drivers in their teens, with a feeling existing at F1 that many of the women who enter W Series are already too old to have a realistic chance of making F1’s feeder categories or the main championship itself.

Although nothing has been confirmed, it is likely that F4 machinery will be used, and the series will be run under the umbrella of the existing F2/F3 organization.

W Series has hit financial difficulties this year and was unable to finish the current season. It hopes to resume racing in 2023, although its status remains unclear.