Susie Wolff to Williams
04-12-2012, 12:56 AM
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Hoggel, I hear you. My wife is an engineer. Somewhere there might be a young woman who can flat-out drive that deserves a shot, is this her? Put her in the car if she is. I don't believe in token gestures and if I were a talented female driver I'm not sure I'd feel good about this precedent. I'm not criticizing her either, it is the circumstances of her appointment that are problematic.
04-12-2012, 01:17 PM
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Men don't have the genetics to have babies, and women don't have the genetics for the hand/eye coordination to be racing chanpions. If you disagree, show me examples of female racing champions at the highest levels of motorsports, otherwise STFU. I'm sick of seeing women who come in last get a seat when there are others who are way more qualified who don't have the female parts.
04-12-2012, 01:28 PM
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So is she the new face of F1 even though she comes in last? Is F1 copying Indycar and NASCAR with a Danika move purely for publicity? And if Danika is an inspiration to women but can't really win anything, then racing is going off the rail to promote this kind of situation.
Men don't have the genetics to have babies, and women don't have the genetics for the hand/eye coordination to be racing chanpions. If you disagree, show me examples of female racing champions at the highest levels of motorsports, otherwise STFU. I'm sick of seeing women who come in last get a seat when there are others who are way more qualified who don't have the female parts.
Men don't have the genetics to have babies, and women don't have the genetics for the hand/eye coordination to be racing chanpions. If you disagree, show me examples of female racing champions at the highest levels of motorsports, otherwise STFU. I'm sick of seeing women who come in last get a seat when there are others who are way more qualified who don't have the female parts.
These two certainly are the exception to the rule and might even be the only ones but they were both on top level and successful.
04-12-2012, 02:42 PM
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No thong?
04-12-2012, 03:57 PM
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In regards to the mid-air Audi, both a badass and a multi-champion.
some highlights I was able to quickly look up, sure there is more:
Michèle Mouton former rally driver. Competing in the World Rally Championship for the Audi factory team, she took four victories and finished runner-up in the drivers' world championship in 1982.
Won the two-litre prototype class in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. In 1977, finished runner-up to Bernard Darniche in the European Rally Championship. She went on to win the 1978 Tour de France Automobile and record consistent results in her home events in the WRC; the Tour de Corse and the Monte Carlo Rally. In 1981, her first year with the Audi Quattro, won the Rallye Sanremo.
In the 1982 season, Mouton finished a close second overall to Walter Röhrl, after wins in Portugal, Brazil and Greece, and helped Audi to its first manufacturers' title.
In 1985, she won the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in the United States, setting a record time in the progress.
In 1986, she moved to Peugeot and won the German Rally Championship as the first female driver to win a major championship in rallying.
some highlights I was able to quickly look up, sure there is more:
Michèle Mouton former rally driver. Competing in the World Rally Championship for the Audi factory team, she took four victories and finished runner-up in the drivers' world championship in 1982.
Won the two-litre prototype class in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. In 1977, finished runner-up to Bernard Darniche in the European Rally Championship. She went on to win the 1978 Tour de France Automobile and record consistent results in her home events in the WRC; the Tour de Corse and the Monte Carlo Rally. In 1981, her first year with the Audi Quattro, won the Rallye Sanremo.
In the 1982 season, Mouton finished a close second overall to Walter Röhrl, after wins in Portugal, Brazil and Greece, and helped Audi to its first manufacturers' title.
In 1985, she won the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in the United States, setting a record time in the progress.
In 1986, she moved to Peugeot and won the German Rally Championship as the first female driver to win a major championship in rallying.
04-12-2012, 04:04 PM
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the really sad thing is how Williams has gone from perennial WDC/WCC contenders to a farce of a team with pay drivers, inability to find $$ for quality drivers (i.e. Rubens) and now nepotism of the highest order.
04-12-2012, 04:27 PM
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In regards to the mid-air Audi, both a badass and a multi-champion.
some highlights I was able to quickly look up, sure there is more:
Michèle Mouton former rally driver. Competing in the World Rally Championship for the Audi factory team, she took four victories and finished runner-up in the drivers' world championship in 1982.
Won the two-litre prototype class in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. In 1977, finished runner-up to Bernard Darniche in the European Rally Championship. She went on to win the 1978 Tour de France Automobile and record consistent results in her home events in the WRC; the Tour de Corse and the Monte Carlo Rally. In 1981, her first year with the Audi Quattro, won the Rallye Sanremo.
In the 1982 season, Mouton finished a close second overall to Walter Röhrl, after wins in Portugal, Brazil and Greece, and helped Audi to its first manufacturers' title.
In 1985, she won the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in the United States, setting a record time in the progress.
In 1986, she moved to Peugeot and won the German Rally Championship as the first female driver to win a major championship in rallying.
some highlights I was able to quickly look up, sure there is more:
Michèle Mouton former rally driver. Competing in the World Rally Championship for the Audi factory team, she took four victories and finished runner-up in the drivers' world championship in 1982.
Won the two-litre prototype class in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. In 1977, finished runner-up to Bernard Darniche in the European Rally Championship. She went on to win the 1978 Tour de France Automobile and record consistent results in her home events in the WRC; the Tour de Corse and the Monte Carlo Rally. In 1981, her first year with the Audi Quattro, won the Rallye Sanremo.
In the 1982 season, Mouton finished a close second overall to Walter Röhrl, after wins in Portugal, Brazil and Greece, and helped Audi to its first manufacturers' title.
In 1985, she won the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in the United States, setting a record time in the progress.
In 1986, she moved to Peugeot and won the German Rally Championship as the first female driver to win a major championship in rallying.
04-13-2012, 12:06 PM
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Just look at this year's Friday practice results, their 3rd driver, Waltteri Bottas has been faster than Maldonado on all three Friday practices...
