now, as you've been hearing on bbc news, it is three years plight than elina svitolina.mer two—time wimbledon semi—finalist has refused to shake hands with russian or belarusian opponents since the start of the conflict. many of her family and friends are impacted we are all people that are representing our countries. and me as ukrainian, it's incredibly tough you know, i cannot go back home and practice there. i cannot, you know, live a normal life. of my friends in the front line is extremely difficult. for me, it's just another platform to show and to remind people that the war in ukraine is still ongoing. and we need help on every aspect of this. elina svitolina. engineer in formula one. has been to mercedes hq to speak to one of their graduate engineers. like, i tell them i work at mercedes f1 and they definitely don't assume i'm an engineer. i immediately get the questions like, "have you ever "been in the car?" or anything like that, which i have not. because it's more around the internals yeah. so i work in vehicle thermal performance so you can kind of imagine a

elina svitolina. engineer in formula one.sport can often feel out of reach to many, especially women, but that is gradually changing. people quite often don't believe me or, like, i tell them i work at mercedes fi been in the car?" or anything like that, which i have not. talk to me a bit about what you do do then, of the car, right? yeah. as a graduate performance and simulation engineer. so part of myjob isjust making sure it's not getting too hot and it doesn't become a reliability issue. what has been your highlight so far? so i got to go to silverstone, so i got to go down it was kind of nice. so it was nice seeing the car and seeing my work, you found in the workplace or in pursuing your goal to be an engineer? i think before starting, it seems very scary or, like, intimidating to go into engineering, i guess. and i think the message that it's intimidating for women scarier than it actually is. everyone�*s treated the same and you're alljust a team trying to work together. they might think, for example, formula one is q

now, as you've been hearing on bbc news, it is three years plight than elina svitolina. the start offlict. many of her family and friends are impacted ifeel like this is really a principle because you cannot separate things. to live a normal life. you know, i cannot go back home and practice there. of my friends in the front line is extremely difficult. so it cannot be just business as usual. and we need help on every aspect of this. engineer in formula one. to many, especially women, but that is gradually changing. graduate engineers. people quite often don't believe me or, like, i tell them i work at mercedes f1 and they definitely don't "been in the car?" or anything like that, which i have not. talk to me a bit about what you do do then, because it's more around the internals of the car, right? yeah. so i work in vehicle thermal performance so you can kind of imagine as the car is going around too hot and it doesn't become a reliability issue. what has been your highlight so far? so i got to go to silverstone, so i got to go down which was really fun. i sit at a desk a lot of the