“So to come to a championship where it’s actually 50/50 and you can see the girls beating the guys sometimes, I think it’s super cool.
“It just shows what I love about this sport and it doesn’t matter if you’re a female or male, young or old. It’s all about determination, passion and the love for the sport.”
Andersson only stepped up to the top level of the WRX championship this year, driving for the series’ first gender-equal team and taking a debut podium in Portugal.
However it’s Extreme E where she feels female competitors are really given the chance to shine.
“I think it’s a great platform to showcase the talent of many of the females in this paddock and hopefully open up new windows for them to proceed in other championships, for example as I have done in WRX – I’m super thankful for that,” she said.
F1 is launching an all-female junior series in 2023 with the aim of developing talented racers, but the unique gender-equal policy of Extreme E means that a number of female competitors have been able to learn from some of the best drivers in the history of sport. Both Sanz and Gutiérrez expanded on what it was like to work with Carlos Sainz and Sébastien Loeb respectively.
“He’s [Sainz] helping me a lot, I’m really liking to start this this four wheel career with him,” said Dakar motor cycle ace Sanz.