Young American women are among the biggest drivers of F1’s current popularity boom, and their wide-eyed enthusiasm for the sport is forcing the hidebound male gatekeeper fans of the sport to get with the times. In this episode of Ready for the Big Time: F1, we’ll examine the communities that these young women have formed around F1 and how it’s unlike anything this sport, or rival men’s pro leagues, have ever seen.

This episode is hosted by Scott Speed and co-host Toni Cowan-Brown, aka @F1Toni, who speaks with culture writer Lily Herman, author of the newsletter Engine Failure and co-host of the podcast Choosing Sides: F1 (SI and iHeartRadio) and content creator Mikaela Kostaras, aka @SheLovesF1.

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