Chadwick wants to help sweep away female stereotypes

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W Series winner Jamie Chadwick wants to help sweep away stereotypes about women racers in the virtual world as well as the real one.

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The 21-year-old Briton, inaugural champion in the all-female series this year, is an active gamer who sees esports as another way to get more women into the male-dominated world of motorsport.In the three years of Formula One's esports Pro Series, which has a total prize pot of US$500,000, no women have made it through qualifiers and a breakthrough in 2020 also looks unlikely.

"Not in a negative way, but I’ve never experienced sexism like that," she said of her experience."I've never had so many ‘you’re good for a girl’ comments. She said Ferrari's new F1 esports champion David Tonizza was proof of how successfully some stereotypes had been overcome. Julian Tan, Formula One's head of esports, recognised the gender gap in participation was a big challenge.

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