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    Six-time world champion Lewis Hamilton has called for more women in motorsport after the all-female W Series announced that its races will be supporting Formula One at eight grands prix next season

    Six-time world champion Lewis Hamilton has called for more women in motorsport after the all-female W Series announced that its races will be supporting Formula One at eight grands prix next season


    There are no female drivers in F1 with Italian Lella Lombardi the last to compete in a race in 1976, and women racers are a rarity in the junior series that feed into the top category.

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     Other Hamilton News
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     27 Dec: A person has suffered serious injuries after they were assaulted in Hamilton, by someone known to them
     26 Dec: The local T20 Super Smash has begun in Hamilton, where the Auckland Aces made 201 for eight before rain delayed the Northern Brave's run chase ... and the match was declared a no result
     25 Dec: Two people are injured after a stabbing in Ngaruawahia, north of Hamilton, overnight
     25 Dec: Three people will appear in Youth Court in the coming days after an aggravated robbery in Hamilton yesterday morning involving a stolen vehicle
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