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Lack of money preventing W Series revival – driver

Jun.5 The female drivers signed up to race in the all-female ‘W Series' are still waiting to see if the financial problems can be resolved. Although the FIA is now pushing ahead with its own female-only ‘F1 Academy' series, the original concept – W Series – collapsed late last year. One of the drivers, Finnish 33-year-old Emma Kimilainen, admits the future of W Series is still under a cloud with the engines completely silent at present. 'We are in this situation for reasons independent of the series,' she told Iltalehti newspaper. A key aspect of the business model was that all the drivers were actually paid by the series. The newspaper said Kimilainen made...
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