Women in F1
Ex F1 strategist Bernie Collins talks to design engineer Lisa Veltman about being a woman in the car racing industry.
Kim Chakanetsa meets two women who work on the world’s fastest cars.
Bernadette Collins is a strategy engineer from Northern Ireland. She worked for the Aston Martin Formula One team and with McLaren. She is currently a freelance engineer working on projects where she brings the lessons from F1 to other industries as well as continuing to work within the Formula One field.
Lisa Veltman is a Dutch design engineer working with Scuderia AlphaTauri, an Italian Formula One racing team and constructor. She previously worked with the French team Alpine.
Produced by Hetal Bapodra, Alice Gioia, Jane Thurlow.
(Image: (L) Lisa Veltman, credit Patricio Barroso. (R) Bernadette Collins, credit Glenn Dunbar.)
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