Hopefully it can be me – Abbi Pulling hungry to end wait for female driver in F1

Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. And Pulling told the PA news agency: “I can’t tell anyone how hungry I am to achieve that, and not just get to Formula One but be very competitive in it as well. “I’d like to say it will be five years and it will be me, but who knows?” In 2022, Pulling’s compatriot Jamie Chadwick, the three-time W Series champion, spoke about the potential challenge for women of the “extremely physical” nature of Formula One, Two and Three, and a need to look at technical changes that could aid female drivers. Pulling said: “When we see a woman in Formula One, I don’t think you’ll have a Max Verstappen-esque 17-year-old just because the Formula Two car and probably Formula Three – I don’t think a 16-year-old can drive it, it is a big physical step for a female. “So I think a more developed mid-20s, even late-20s, is the age range of what we’ll see going into a Formula One car.