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Driven The fastest women in the in the World
PAUL FISHER - 14/4/13 at 04:39 PM

On now BBC2 18.30HRS

theconrodkid - 14/4/13 at 05:35 PM

saw the last half,nice attitude ,i hope she does well

clanger - 14/4/13 at 06:15 PM

seemed decent enough, good attitude, proffesional outlook..................but thought she was gonna start blubbing at one point when she qualified last........ but can't get that nagging thought out of my mind that its a PR thing for the sponsors/race teams????

like some of the other high profile women drivers out there, they aint exactly fallen from the top of the ugly tree and hit all the branches on the way down..............
wonder if she was a pat butcher lookalike she'd get the same attention (not that Pat could squeeze into the cokpit of a Willaims though??)
glamourous sport, glamorous women, and now glamoros women drivers (never seen such a perfect set of gnashers!!!), sex sells as they say.............and adds to the racing funds no doubt?

[Edited on 14/4/13 by clanger]

[Edited on 14/4/13 by clanger]

tonym - 14/4/13 at 07:40 PM

Her career in motor would no doubt have been held back due to her husband owning 16% of Williams and being Executive Director of Mercedes Benz AMG Petronas Motorsport.

scootz - 14/4/13 at 08:34 PM

quote:
Originally posted by tonym
Her career in motor would no doubt have been held back due to her husband owning 16% of Williams and being Executive Director of Mercedes Benz AMG Petronas Motorsport.


Very unfair. She had already established herself as a serious competitor long before she met her husband.

david_hornet27 - 14/4/13 at 09:35 PM

quote:
Originally posted by tonym
Her career in motor would no doubt have been held back due to her husband owning 16% of Williams and being Executive Director of Mercedes Benz AMG Petronas Motorsport.


This chauvinistic attitude is probably why so few women are involved in motorsport as drivers.

I do quite a bit of karting and I am pleased to say there are some really talented young women involved at junior level and they are as good as anyone else. My friends daughter who is 10 is unbeaten this season...

There is absolutely no reason that a female should not be an elite driver. Unlike football or rugby it is a sport where a womans build is not a disadvantage.

Not Anumber - 15/4/13 at 08:11 AM

+ 1 . I'd encourage my daughters to go into motorsport. As far as I see it encouraging more women into motorsport can only be a good thing as it doubles the pool of competitive drivers which will continue to raise the bar.

I'm not convinced about the concept of women only events like the Rallye de Gazelles though- no criticism at all of this excellent endurance race or the quality of the driving - but I just cant see the point of dividing motorsport by gender when it would otherwise be a level playing field.

scootz - 15/4/13 at 09:57 AM

Wish they'd stop putting a mic in front of Stirling...

Ramblings Of An Out-Of-Touch Man

Surrey Dave - 15/4/13 at 11:45 AM

quote:
Originally posted by tonym
Her career in motor would no doubt have been held back due to her husband owning 16% of Williams and being Executive Director of Mercedes Benz AMG Petronas Motorsport.



Many excellent drivers over the years have not been able to get into F1 without cash or connections, so I completely agree with above comments.

And some very average drivers have made it into F1 with the right connections

Damon Hill
Jaques Villeneuve
Bruno Senna
Johnnie Dumfries
Michael Andretti
Ricardo Patrese

To name a few.....................................................

I think every driver in F1 should have been a Champion in another CREDIBLE formula as a minimum requirement for the superlicence.

FazerBob - 15/4/13 at 01:33 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Surrey Dave
quote:
Originally posted by tonym
Her career in motor would no doubt have been held back due to her husband owning 16% of Williams and being Executive Director of Mercedes Benz AMG Petronas Motorsport.



Many excellent drivers over the years have not been able to get into F1 without cash or connections, so I completely agree with above comments.

And some very average drivers have made it into F1 with the right connections

Damon Hill
Jaques Villeneuve
Bruno Senna
Johnnie Dumfries
Michael Andretti
Ricardo Patrese

To name a few.....................................................

I think every driver in F1 should have been a Champion in another CREDIBLE formula as a minimum requirement for the superlicence.


+1 he's right

Not Anumber - 15/4/13 at 01:44 PM

I wouldnt lump Damon Hill in with those others. Connected yes, average no.

mark chandler - 15/4/13 at 04:36 PM

By virtue of the complexities of modern formula 1 cars reaction times and instinct will only allow the best to compete, money aside it is just to hard today.

Agreed that a lady will gain a huge media following and bring in cash but someone who consistently finishes last will win few friends so unless they are assured of reasonable success the move to F1 will never happen.

She has proven talent, the more ladies promoting any sport the better.

Stirling did himself no favours today unfortunately.

scimjim - 15/4/13 at 09:57 PM

wow - a championship that TOTALLY revolves around money, started BY those with money, FOR those with money, favouring those with money and average ability (relatively speaking) over those with more ability than money

Absolutely no reason why the right women couldn't make it to the top of F1 one day - but it WILL require the kind of money and/or contacts that she has, to break the mould IMHO.

morcus - 15/4/13 at 10:07 PM

I missed it, but I feel the same as alot of people and would like to see more women in racing, Virgin tried to bring Danica Patrick to Formula one but she wasn't up for it (though that might be because she didn't want to drive in a third tier team). The marketing value of a woman who was actually scoring points in F1 would be incredible.