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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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     09 Dec: Hayden Paddon feels the odds are stacked against him for his World Rally Championship return next month
     08 Dec: Max Verstappen won the battle but Lando Norris has won the war for the Formula 1 crown
     07 Dec: No clear signs of nerves from Formula 1 championship leader Lando Norris ahead of the do-or-die season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix overnight
     07 Dec: To the Formula One season finale in Abu Dhabi..
     06 Dec: A long-awaited return to the World Rally Championship for Kiwi driver Hayden Paddon
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