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Ferrari Driver Academy recruits first woman driver

16-year-old Maya Weug is about to make history with Ferrari. The Dutch girl, born in Spain, with a Belgian mother and a Dutch father, is the first woman driver to join the Ferrari Driver Academy. Weug outshone the other girls at the evaluation camp which took place last week at the Scuderia headquarters in Maranello, as the final stage of the FIA 'Girls on Track-Rising Stars' programme. The initiative was set up by the FIA Women in Motorsport Commission, in conjunction with the FDA. It aims to promote women in motor sport and support the most talented young girls between the ages of 12 and 16 on the road to a career as a professional driver. The four girls - Weug along with France's...
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