Lewis Hamilton project aims to help girls and black students enter motorsport

Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes’ Ignite partnership has announced its first grants, targeting 8,000 girls in the UK in a bid to increase women’s participation in motorsport. More than £500,000 will go to both initiatives – the first will expand the Girls on Track scheme launched by Motorsport UK in 2016, while the second will establish a motorsport scholarship programme for 10 black students to study MSc (Masters) courses at the Royal Academy of Engineering between 2023 and 2025. Ignite was co-founded by Hamilton and Mercedes in 2021 to increase diversity and inclusion within motorsport, and has established a fund of more than £5m for grassroots projects.

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