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Episode 114 of the Paddock Pass Podcast is out, and this is a special episode covering the first-ever Women in Motorsports conference, put on by both the FIA and FIM in Finland.

Our colleague Tammy Gorali was in attendance at the historic meeting, and held a roundtable discussion with several key women in the motorcycle racing community.

The insights shared by Vanessa Guerra, Shelina Moreda, Nita Korhonen, and Maria Herrera to be very interesting. We also have an short interview with FIM President Jorge Viegas.

This past weekend was an historic one for motor racing, as the Federation Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) and the Federation Internationale de L’Automobile (FIA) combined their forces to hold the first-ever motorsport conference for women.

The conference was held in Vierumäki, Finland, and aimed to bring conversation around women empowerment, leadership, women’s role in the industry, and the future task of involving girls in motorsports.

The two-day event saw nearly 40 speakers (mostly women) from 25 countries and 5 continents sharing their stories and experiences in motorsport. 

Attention female readers, if you can spare €500 ($683 USD), and can manage to pay your way to Spain’s Almeria circuit, the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM), together with its Women’s Commission (CFM), wants to provide you training for road racing motorcycles.

In partnership with BMW Motorrad and Bike Promotion, there will be a series of training camps will run from February 17th through the 19th  — with 3 total days of instruction, training, track sessions and workshops. Hotel accommodations, meals, tires, fuel, etc included. Participants will ride BMW’s S 1000 RR during the event.