Formula One chief and crusty barnacle imitator, Bernie Ecclestone, floated the possibility of starting a female drivers-only Formula One championship while in attendance at last weekend’s 2015 Malaysian Grand Prix won by Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari.
Although the last female driver to compete in a Grand Prix-scoring race was way back in 1976 [Lella Lombardi, who also scored points that year], Ecclestone floated the idea to current team bosses as a possible companion race on a typical Formula One racing weekend.
The list of potential legitimate F1 drivers, however, is small and in all likelihood, would make the idea untenable for anything more than a diminutive 10-car field.
The 2015 Formula One season continues with the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai on April 12, 2015.