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Through its recent International Women’ s Day campaign, the governing body highlighted a growing range of initiatives designed to open motorsport to more women and girls – from grassroots programmes such as the Motorsport UK Girls Karting Academy, a girls-only introduction aimed at 8 – 15-year-olds that combines karting sessions with offtrack activities, to the Girls on Track UK community, which celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2026 with hub events embedded within major fixtures across the UK.
Steph Beeken started her motorsport journey in 2018, joining a male-dominated team of marshals, but in the relatively short period of time since then she has noted a marked increase in female involvement, both on track and off.
Williams with the Lord Wakefield Challenge Trophy
“ It’ s going in the right direction,” she says.“ When I started, there was a lot more men than women, but many more women have come in now. Not so numerous on the bank – there’ s still a lot of men in those roles – but more in off-track positions, assembly and the pits. I’ ve also seen it on the track at events like the British Touring Car Championship( BTCC), with a lot more female drivers coming through in the support races, the Porsches and the Minis. There used to be just one, now there’ s four or five, and that’ s brilliant to see.”
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James Roberts