Former F1 driver Glock suggests motorsport series for women

Former Formula One driver Timo Glock has called

for women to have a separate series of competition within motorsport.

"The question is whether to introduce a parallel women's DTM (German

Touring Cars) or a women's Formula 1," he told the Rheinische Post on

Thursday. "As in men's and women's football."

Glock, who now drives in DTM for BMW, questioned whether there would

be enough drivers but said "in almost every sport there's something

equivalent."

A handful of women have competed at the elite Formula One level but

Susie Wolff's appearances for Williams in free practice in 2014 was

the first female participation in an F1 weekend for two decades.

The Colombian Tatiana Calderon is currently signed as a test driver

with the Sauber F1 team.

David Coulthard, another former F1 driver, backed the idea. He also

told the paper: "Formula 1 for women will come. Just as it is in

tennis, as it is in football, as it is in many other sports - women

compete in their own competition. I think that's a very sensible

idea."

dpa