Formula 1 chairman and CEO Chase Carey has put $1 million (£797,000) of his own money into a new foundation offering apprenticeships to promote diversity in the sport.
As part of the ‘#WeRaceAsOne’ initiative announced earlier this week, Formula 1 is establishing a task force to determine how best to broaden participation among under-represented groups.It is forming a foundation which will provide funding for, among other things, internships and apprenticeships to those it wishes to attract into the sport.
“We fully recognise that Formula 1 needs to be more inclusive and diverse,” said Carey. “While we set out our strategy last year to improve the position of our sport, we need, and want, to do more.
“That is why we will establish a task force to listen and ensure the right initiatives are identified to increase diversity in Formula 1. We want to ensure we give people from all backgrounds the best chances to work in Formula 1 regardless of their gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or physical abilities.
“We are therefore also taking the initial step of creating a foundation to support key educational and employment opportunities across Formula 1 that will give under-represented talent the chance to work in this incredible sport and build an exciting career.”
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Dave
25th June 2020, 13:44
It’s great to see the world seems to have changed almost overnight after George Floyd was murdered. People have stopped saying ‘racism is terrible, but what can I do about it?’ and started saying ‘racism is terrible, so what can I do about it?’
ruliemaulana (@ruliemaulana)
25th June 2020, 13:45
F1 should set a threshold to determine how many different sexual orientations and other under-represented criteria should consider diverse enough.
BasCB (@bascb)
25th June 2020, 21:18
Why? And why would a sport be the one to decide on that?
Instead, the target is to come closer to a representation of all the people in this world.
bob (@riptide)
25th June 2020, 21:34
Maybe you should suggest who shouldn’t be included? Right after you’ve donated of course.
ruliemaulana (@ruliemaulana)
26th June 2020, 4:02
We should have diverse opinions from all background. Not only from donors class.
Roger
25th June 2020, 15:03
Will they be helping out the ‘white privilege’ people who are living in poverty and would love a chance to enter motorsports? Or do you have to have a skin colour to qualify?
Josh (@canadianjosh)
25th June 2020, 15:54
God do I miss the days when you could turn on your favourite sport and forget about politics or racism and just enjoy it for a couple hours.
Sensord4notbeingafanboi (@peartree)
25th June 2020, 16:30
@canadianjosh YES
KaIIe (@kaiie)
25th June 2020, 16:41
Have to ask: when was this?
GongTong (@gongtong)
25th June 2020, 20:38
@kaiie @canadianjosh
I’m a straight, white male, 35 years old. I can do it any time I like.
#Privilege
DonSmee (@david-beau)
25th June 2020, 15:59
Much respect. Big up you self Chase Carey.
Jeffrey (@jeffreyj)
26th June 2020, 0:42
$1m of his own money is significant. Putting his money where his mouth is. I have respect for that.
Big Joe
26th June 2020, 1:04
Respect for his ego. That is all. Nothing much will change
Nik (@nickelodeon81)
26th June 2020, 12:37
His own money. He can do with it as he likes
kenji
26th June 2020, 13:09
According to the transgender movement , included in the diversity conglomerate, ones chromosomes mean zippedy doo dah and that if you self ‘identify’ as a female then you are a female! XX means nothing. So if this is the case then as a hypothetical, let’s say a former F1 driver decides to make a comeback only this time he’s been on the hormones for a year or so, let his hair grow and wears make up and identifies as a female. He picks up a drive with a top team and wins a race. Would ‘they’ be classified as the bona fide world’s first female winner of an F1 race ? From what i understand to be the relevant criteria it would be so…
Nik (@nickelodeon81)
26th June 2020, 14:20
The transgender movement would probably suggest that you recognise this persons achievements’ as a human being, working hard to overcome challenges (both shared with all humans plus those unique that person’s personal experiences). It’s not about XY or XX chromosomes.
Labels of Difference are usually given by those who seek to Divide. But in response, the uniters, by saying those who are judged “different” are actually not so…we end up adopting the language of the Dividers.
At the end of the day we are all humans, each with hopes, dreams and ambitions. If we talk of differences, it’s because the dividers WANT to treat us as different.
An ideal world is one in which a person’s achievements are recognised regardless of what colour, race and/or and gender etc they are. It’s to shed the artificial divisions, and look to the common real world common humanity that which we all share.
Right now, ones hopes dreams and ambitions are only taken seriously if they belong to a exclusive club. And plenty seem eager to maintain this discrepancy.
kenji
26th June 2020, 15:01
Humanity is made up of two genders…male and female, decided on a universal understanding of our chromosomic make up. That is a basic scientific no brainer. Yes, there are some miniscule aberrations but in total context they are meaningless. You still haven’t addressed the question? If my example of a self indentified trans gender ‘woman’ is to be valid then would ‘she’ be accepted as a winning F1 driver ? A simple yes or no would suffice.