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Aug 2019
19m 53s

Igualdad en la pista (Equality on the ra...

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Tatiana Calderón is the only female driver in Formula 2 racing, and she’s poised to make it to the top: Formula 1. In her career, she’s had to overcome many obstacles of a sport built by and for men–but now, she’s leading a revolution to go even further, and  adapt racing cars’ design to the female body.

A transcript of this episode is available at https://bit.ly/3HiUhyQ.

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