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OnlyFans sensation Renee Gracie believes Australian motorsport must follow the blueprint of F1 by launching an all-female academy series.
Gracie, 29, who competed in the Bathurst 1000 twice before launching a career in the adult entertainment industry, said now is the opportune time for change.
Emulating what F1 are trying to do - offering an elite pathway for women to eventually compete against the likes of Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton - should be applauded.
'After seeing the F1 Academy and how amazing that's been — I mean, if Australian motorsport isn't copying what they're doing, it's obvious they just don't care,' she told Wide World of Sports.
Gracie, who is also currently competing in the GT World Challenge Australia, added there is still the need for AFLW and NRLW-style racing.
'If you actually dedicate something for women, all of a sudden women feel like they have got their safe space, they are comfortable, they are happy – just like they have with AFLW and football at the moment,' she added.
'If there's nothing in the making and the plan is not to have something related to women only in motorsport at this stage in the near future, I think it's a clear representation of how they feel about women in motorsport.'
In May this year, Gracie declared she will never return to the V8 grid as she doesn't feel respected.
OnlyFans sensation Renee Gracie believes Australian motorsport must follow the blueprint of F1 by launching an all-female academy series
Gracie, 29, who twice competed in the Bathurst 1000 before launching a career in the adult entertainment industry in 2019, said in her recently released documentary on Stan she suffered sexism when competing as a V8 driver
'Unfortunately, I don't think in Australia much has changed around women in general,' she told News Corp.
'Obviously I [personally] put a target on my back having OnlyFans as a sponsor.
'But that is totally fine....I'm happy to take the heat.
'But I will say this...I have been bullied in person, I get people calling me fat and ugly to my face still to this day.'
She went onto label her 2019 move into adult content creation 'life-changing' - and has no regrets about the move which saw Gracie become a highly polarising figure.
It is understood Gracie also has the support of her father when it comes to explicit content, as he 'runs her business accounts, so he knows exactly what's going on.'
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