“They don’t actually care about women” – Fans outraged as the all-female F1 Academy series will not be broadcasted live

F1 Academy will not have any sort of live coverage and only highlights will be made available.

“They don’t actually care about women” – Fans outraged as the all-female F1 Academy series will not be broadcasted live

The 2023 F1 Academy grid

Formula 1 recently announced the all-female F1 Academy series. The championship will provide a ladder to F1 for female drivers and encourage the participation of women in motorsport. Moreover, F1 has taken a major role in the series as the sport advocates for more women in the male-dominated world of motorsport. However, a recent announcement enraged fans.

The all-female championship posted about where fans could watch the races. Unfortunately, the F1 Academy series will not be broadcasted live anywhere in the world, even not online. Instead, the sport mentioned that fans could watch the highlights of the race on social media handles and on YouTube. This highlight program would be of a duration of 15 minutes.

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Additionally, the highlights of the races will only be released on the Monday after its first race weekend at the Red Bull Ring. This further decreases the accessibility of F1 Academy to larger audiences which in turn hampers the target of promoting female racers. The Susie Wolff-led series must address this issue and ensure that the sport’s coverage can reach as many viewers as possible.

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“They were never serious” – Fans furious over lack of F1 Academy’s live broadcast

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Fans are concerned that F1 Academy might become just another unsuccessful championship, such as the W Series

Fans on Twitter were far from happy after hearing this news. One user alleged that F1 took F1 Academy casually to show that the sport cares about female racers. The user wrote, “They were never serious about this.” One fan even stated how they weren’t surprised by this information. The fan replied, “Massively disappointing but unfortunately not surprising… It’s a shame. Let’s make a new project, and hype it up but let’s not provide any way to watch it.”

Moreover, one fan believed that F1 Academy is on the path to having the same faith as the W Series that shut down abruptly last season. The fan commented, “It was unfortunately clear from the start that F1 Academy is going to end up like W Series.” At the same time, another user called out the sport for not caring about female representation in the racing world. The fan said, “Just shows they don’t actually care about women in motorsports.”

Thus, fans believe that the decision not to provide live coverage of the F1 Academy will only lessen the series’s prospects. Fans must wait until after the weekend to see action from the races. That, too, will only consist of 15 minutes of highlights rather than the full-fledged coverage the viewers were hoping for. Perhaps the sport will make amends after such widespread public backlash.

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