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Motorsports like Formula 1, supercars and drifting have long been dominated by men. But with more women competing at the sport's highest levels and grassroots programs teaching girls basic skills, female participation is growing.

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00:01After getting in the driver's seat two years ago George Atelier fell in love with drifting.
00:11As soon as I flicked the car out for the first time and just that pure adrenaline I was like
00:16oh this is awesome. Starting as a track photographer the 21 year old was asked one
00:21day why she wasn't driving. The next following week I bought this 86 that I'm sitting in right
00:26now. Now she's often the only woman on the track. People don't think oh you know it's
00:31a chick versus a guy it's it's 86 versus whatever it's you know skill level. At Sydney Motorsport
00:37Park this month a group of women was taught basic car control. You get a lot of happiness
00:42from being able to do it for the first time you feel very proud of yourself. It's a national
00:46program introducing women to motorsport. Losing control of a car is never a fun experience
00:51unless you know what you're doing so to have our coaches there in the car with them we'll
00:55settle them down. Alice Buckley is a rising star of supercars. People do come up to me
01:01and say oh my gosh I want to be like you. She's the fourth woman to compete in the Super
01:052 series.
01:06There's an interest for it and there's more of an audience for females to watch it it's not just
01:12about the men anymore. Motorsports most prestigious division is Formula One and almost half of the
01:19people that went to watch this year's Australian Grand Prix were women. It comes as an all-female
01:24Formula Four series called F1 Academy enters its fourth year. However Georgia will keep going
01:30head-to-head with the boys. It's always nice going on the track and showing them how it's done.
01:36And she's not hitting the brakes anytime soon.
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