There have been F1 women drivers (only one of whom scored points) but I'm very attached to this woman's story (Women's Grand Prix):
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/45796892
However, for me, a lot of this comes down to equipment and coaching. It's only comparatively recently that there has been decent money on the equipment and different training that women need.
A family friend is an Olympian and World Medallist. She competed in the first women's rowing events in the Olympics and took a silver. They were competing in a men's boat that was far too heavy for them and had had negligible access to the training facilities at their university. But, after they took the Silver, suddenly, they were given a boat of the right weight (and oars of an appropriate size) and they had someone who understood female physiology to train them. They won the World Championships.
In sport, we're nowhere near equality of opportunity in access to equipment and/or training. And we'll never get anywhere if all of the new female athletes respond well to the current coaching etc. - there'll be no incentive to research the actual needs of females and their specific problems (e.g., the female athlete triad that involves amenorrhoea), specific pattern of ligament injuries and micro fractures.