Women drivers are not capable: Ecclestone

“I don’t know whether a woman would physically be able to drive an F1 car quickly and they wouldn’t be taken seriously,” the 85-year-old told an audience at Advertising Week Europe. But he predicted a rise in female chief executives, saying: “Women are more competent and they don’t have massive egos.” 

There are currently no female drivers in Formula One, with test driver Susie Wolff, who retired last November, the last woman to be employed in a driving capacity by an F1 team.  

But women have enjoyed greater success at boardroom level, with Claire Williams notably the current deputy team principal at Williams. He declared that he was “100 percent” in favour of Britain leaving the European Union ahead of the June 23 referendum.