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Drive to Survive: Claire Williams helps make season six the second-best for women’s speaking time

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By Gemma Roper
| Females in Motorsport
Women’s speaking time across the six seasons remains below 3% of total run time Claire Williams is a welcome addition to Season 6 Women spoke for 3.1% of Season 6 of the hit Netflix show Drive to Survive, the second highest proportion out of all the seasons so far. They totalled just under 14 minutes of speaking time out of a running time of seven and a half hours across 10 episodes. Across all 60 episodes of Drive to Survive, women have spoken for slightly over an hour in total.
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Drive to Survive: Netflix F1 show criticised for lack of women Original

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By Sam Harris, Gemma Roper
| BBC Verified
Image source, Getty Images By Sam Harris & Gemma Roper BBC Newsbeat The new Formula 1 season gets under way this weekend in Bahrain. And to get into the spirit a lot of people are tuning in to the hugely popular Drive to Survive on Netflix. The behind-the-scenes F1 show dropped its fifth series last week and went straight into the streamer's Top 10 charts. There are plenty of drama and deals behind closed doors, but one thing's missing - women.
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Drive to Survive Season 5 lowest so far for female representation

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By Gemma Roper
| Females in Motorsport
Decline in women shown on screen continues downward trend since Season 2 Women spoke for only 1.54% of Drive to Survive’s Season 5 run time. This totalled just six minutes and seven seconds out of a total time of over six and a half hours. Only six women are identified on screen throughout the season. In four episodes no women are identified at all. Formula 1 journalist Jennie Gow provides insight in four episodes but, in the other six, this is done by Will Buxton.
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