Speaking to Motor Sport, Cox says he has been galvanised by “the idea that anyone can, if you really believe in yourself, could be in that position too [at the top of professional motor sport].”
Lewis Hamilton’s Racing for All initiative, founded in association with Extreme E last year, placed young black mechanic Jacob Alexander at his title-winning X44 team, with provisions made for more people from ethnic minority backgrounds to do so this year.
“I think it’s really important that we see diversity within motor sport,” says Cox. “Because there’s so many people out there – that might see Lewis Hamilton, or even myself, in motor sport – who will feel that they don’t have a place.
“But they have the skills, and they have the desire to be able to do what everyone else can do.
“As we go along, the message should be the idea that anyone, if you really believe, can be in this position.
“This [the Extreme E paddock] is a really good starting point – to see it clear as day that there is a mixture of people here from all types of races, and they can do the job that is needed.”