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Re: Female Racing Drivers

Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2021 1:43 pm
by DOLOMITE
So with the motorsport season starting to kick off and I would imagine the majority of seats confirmed here's what I know so far:

As one of the main discussion points here is around the prospect of a female F1 driver, these are ranked by superlicense points

INDYCAR
Simona de Silvestro (Indy 500 only)

FORMULA REGIONAL EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP
Lena Buhler

SUPER FORMULA CHAMPIONSHIP
Tatiana Calderon

FIA WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP (LMP2)
Tatiana Calderon
Beitske Visser
Sophia Floersch
Michelle Gatting
Katherine Legge
Rahel Frey

DTM
Sophia Floersch

F3 ASIA
Amna Alqubaisi
Ira Sidorkova

W SERIES
Abbie Eaton (England)
Alice Powell (England)
Ayla Agren (Norway)
Beitske Visser (Netherlands)
Belén García (Spain)
Bruna Tomaselli (Brazil)
Emma Kimilainen (Finland)
Fabienne Wolhwend (Liechenstein)
Ira Sidorkova (Russia)
Jamie Chadwick (England)
Jessica Hawkins (England)
Marta Garcia (Spain)
Miki Koyama (Japan)
Nerea Marti (Spain)
Sabre Cook (USA)
Sarah Moore (England)
Tasmin Pepper (South Africa)
Vicky Piria (Italy)

FORMULA 4
Abbi Pulling (British F4)
Angelina Favario (F4 France)
Lola Lovinfosse (F4 Spain)
Chloe Chambers (F4 US)
Emily Linscott (F4 US)
Juju Noda (F4 US)
Hamda Al Qubaisi (Italian F4)
Maya Weug (Italian F4)

British F3
Reema Juffali

NASCAR (Xfinity(
Natalie Decker


-non superlicense points scoring series--

BRSCC NATIONAL FORUMLA FORD 1600
Megan Gilkes



BRITCAR
Endurance Tropy
Charlotte Birch
Abbie Eaton

BRITISH GP CHAMPIONSHIP
Katie Milner


BRITISH TOURING CAR CHAMPIONSHIP
Jade Edwards

EXTREME E
Catie Munnings (England)
Christine Giampaoli (Italy)
Claudia Hurtgen (Germany)
Cristina Gutierrez (Spain)
Jamie Chadwick (England)
Katherine Legge (UK)
Laia Sanz (Spain)
Mikaela Ahlin-Kottulinsky (Sweden)
Molly Taylor (Australia)
Sara Price

FERRARI 488 CHALLENGE
Fabienne Wolhwend
Michelle Gatting

GT WORLD CHALLENGE AMERICA
Erin Vogel

GT Winter Series
Gabriela Jilkova

IMSA
GT Daytona

Katherine Legge /Rahel Frey/Tatiana Calderon

ITALIAN GT CHAMPIONSHIP
Carrie Schreiner

MERCEDES BENZ CUP (Mexico)
Majo Rodriguez

NASCAR
ARCA Menards Series
Brittney Zamora
Steph Moyer
Toni Breidinger
Camping World Truck Series
Amber Balcaen
Hailie Deegan
Jennifer Jo Cobb
Toni Breidinger

SWEDEN TOURING CAR CHAMPIONSHIP
Mikaela Ahlin-Kottulinsky

TC AMERICA SERIES
Lindsey Brewer

TCR AUSTRALIA
Chelsea Angelo

WORLD RACING SERIES
Michele Abbate

Re: Female Racing Drivers

Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2021 1:09 pm
by Battle Far
ADAC & Italian F4 teams extended their Red Bull ring test for another day on Wednesday after much running was lost Monday & Tuesday through snow!

Hamda Al Qubaisi was 12th fastest (Prema, 1m31.3s) and Maya Weug 13th (Iron Lynx, 1m31.4s).

For the 3rd day in a row Ollie Bearman (VAR, 1m30.5s) was fastest, Kirill Smal was 3rd (Prema, 1m30.9s) and Leonardo Fornaroli 4th (Iron Lynx, 1m30,9s). Toni Naude's team AS did not participate.

At the end of the 3 days both Al Qubaisi & Weug were around 0.4s slower than their fastest team mates implying they are pretty competitive.

Re: Female Racing Drivers

Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2021 9:05 pm
by Battle Far
The first day of FRECA's F3 test at Barcelona saw Balen Garcia (G4) record 32nd fastest time some 3s off the pace. However, she was just a few hundreths and one place lower than team mate Axel Gnos. Lena Buhler (R-ace), though on the entry list, did not record a time.

Patrik Pasma (KIC) was fastest from Gregoire Saucy (ART) and Alex Quinn (Arden).

Re: Female Racing Drivers

Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2021 9:33 pm
by Battle Far
The US F4 Championship begins this weekend at Road Atlanta. Today was a test day, 28 cars tested. All three 20 min sessions were very restricted due to yellow flag periods, many drivers only completing 2 or 3 laps in each.

Session 1
1Mac ClarkGonella01:47.570
2Rodrigo GutierrezDC Autosport01:49.189
3Arias DeukmedjianKiwi Motorsport01:49.904
12Emily LinscottKiwi Motorsport01:53.248
17Juju NodaJHDD01:54.039
19Chloe ChambersFuture Star01:55.543
Session 2
1Arias DeukmedjianKiwi Motorsport01:41.172
2Mac ClarkGonella01:42.165
3Noel LeonDEForce01:42.196
7Emily LinscottKiwi Motorsport01:43.606
9Juju NodaJHDD01:43.950
22Chloe ChambersFuture Star01:46.867
Session 3
1Arias DeukmedjianKiwi Motorsport01:42.768
2Mac ClarkGonella01:43.008
3Jason AlderVelocity01:43.096
13Juju NodaJHDD01:45.421
14Chloe ChambersFuture Star01:45.512
21Emily LinscottKiwi Motorspor01:48.085

Re: Female Racing Drivers

Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2021 10:14 am
by Battle Far
I admire those, like Emily Linscott, that don't whinge and just get on with it, she is raising funds to support her US F4 campaign via Indiegogo, I've contributed, anybody else? She has raised sufficient to cover the first four rounds (3 races per round), only two more to complete the season.

Yesterdays Road Atlanta test was run in wet/damp/wet conditions

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That section reminds me of a Paddock/Craners combo, looks fun

Image © Emily Linscott

Re: Female Racing Drivers

Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2021 11:36 am
by DOLOMITE
Battle Far wrote:
Fri Mar 26, 2021 10:14 am
I admire those, like Emily Linscott, that don't whinge and just get on with it, she is raising funds to support her US F4 campaign via Indiegogo, I've contributed, anybody else? She has raised sufficient to cover the first four rounds (3 races per round), only two more to complete the season.

Yesterdays Road Atlanta test was run in wet/damp/wet conditions

Image

That section reminds me of a Paddock/Craners combo, looks fun

Image © Emily Linscott

It's interesting. I was fairly cynical about the use of social media in a semi-business context such as this, but since I started using Twitter to keep to date on female racers, I get it. Some make a real effort to engage and allow their personality to come across and it's effective. Emily is definitely one. Seems there are a few "types" emerging and after a while you do start to see the difference between those that are really trying promote their career as opposed to just themselves. Not being brutal, but I don't care that your DHL parcel didn't arrive or it's your Nan's birthday, but I do want to hear your thoughts on testing.

And agreed about that track shot, looks every bit as fun as Emily is finding it!

Re: Female Racing Drivers

Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2021 5:38 pm
by Battle Far
US F4 round 1 Free Practice 2 at Road Atlanta, Georgia saw JuJu Noda the only driver under 1m28s when she set her fastest time on the last lap of the session. Chloe Chambers was some 2.7s behind in 20th while Emily Linscott failed to record a time.

Free Practice 2
1Juju NodaJHDD/Noda01:27.980
2Noel LeonDEForce01:28.014
3Arias DeukmedjianKiwi Motorsport01:28.114
20Chloe ChambersFuture Star01:30.698
28Emily LinscottKiwi MotorsportNo Time

Re: Female Racing Drivers

Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2021 8:56 pm
by Battle Far
Qualifying for US F4 round 1 at Road Atlanta saw Chloe Chambers record 13th & Emily Linscott 23rd fastest times in a session that was red flagged allowing just 6 laps at racing speeds. JuJu Noda did not take part in qualifying.

Qualifying
1Noel LeonDEForce01:28.258
2James AdlerVelocity01:28.744
3Matt ChristensenJHDD01:28.797
13Chloe ChambersFuture Star01:30.075
23Emily LinscottKiwi Motorsport1:31.862
28Juju NodaJHDD/NodaDNS

Re: Female Racing Drivers

Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2021 9:48 pm
by DOLOMITE
Battle Far wrote:
Fri Mar 26, 2021 8:56 pm
Qualifying for US F4 round 1 at Road Atlanta saw Chloe Chambers record 13th & Emily Linscott 23rd fastest times in a session that was red flagged allowing just 6 laps at racing speeds. JuJu Noda did not take part in qualifying.

Qualifying
1Noel LeonDEForce01:28.258
2James AdlerVelocity01:28.744
3Matt ChristensenJHDD01:28.797
13Chloe ChambersFuture Star01:30.075
23Emily LinscottKiwi Motorsport1:31.862
28Juju NodaJHDD/NodaDNS
How come no Noda?

Re: Female Racing Drivers

Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2021 10:57 pm
by Battle Far
There is insufficient data for a meaningful answer

I can find Nada on Noda on social media...

Re: Female Racing Drivers

Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2021 11:05 pm
by Invade
How mysterious...

Re: Female Racing Drivers

Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2021 10:25 am
by Battle Far
If I was wearing a tin foil hat I might think that an American billionaire dad found an obscure regulation which prevents Japanese passport holders from b̶e̶a̶t̶i̶n̶g̶ racing against their son on US soil

Re: Female Racing Drivers

Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2021 11:35 am
by Alienturnedhuman
All I can find on Twitter is that she has been disqualified, but the reason has not been given. You would think that if it was something clear cut that this information would be readily available.

There was mention of a lot of red flags during the practice session, so I guess it's possible she didn't slow down enough during one of these sessions, but then even if that was true (and it's entirely speculative) I don't know if that receives a DSQ or other form of penalty.

Re: Female Racing Drivers

Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2021 4:15 pm
by Battle Far
US F4 round 1 at Road Atlanta saw Jason Adler finished first from Noel Leon and Nico Christodoulou. Chloe Chambers finished 11th and Emily Linscott 16th while JuJu Noda was listed as DNS.

The race likely finished under yellow flags as the time gaps between the cars was minimal.

There is still no further info on why she did not take part in qualifying or the race. I note however, that having included Noda on their team announcement when she set fastest time in practice JHDD have not mentioned her in any tweet since. Perhaps it's something contractual?

Re: Female Racing Drivers

Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2021 4:28 pm
by Battle Far
Okay, Noda Racing have issued a statement

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There's one unsubstantiated tweet suggesting that there were technical irregularities found on the car, there's another suggesting that there is an issue with JuJu Noda herself. I don't know anything more but it looks like they will not compete this weekend.

I seriously hope the other rumour, which I'll not repeat because it's offensive to Americans, is not true.

If this was a stewards decision FIA regulations require the organisers to make it public

Re: Female Racing Drivers

Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2021 5:53 pm
by Alienturnedhuman
Battle Far wrote:
Sat Mar 27, 2021 4:28 pm
Okay, Noda Racing have issued a statement

Image

There's one unsubstantiated tweet suggesting that there were technical irregularities found on the car, there's another suggesting that there is an issue with JuJu Noda herself. I don't know anything more but it looks like they will not compete this weekend.

I seriously hope the other rumour, which I'll not repeat because it's offensive to Americans, is not true.

If this was a stewards decision FIA regulations require the organisers to make it public
I'm not sure if this is the rumour you are referring to, but the team have categorically stated it is not the case:

Re: Female Racing Drivers

Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2021 5:54 pm
by Invade
That's funny. Now that we've heard something, the situation has become even more mysterious.

Re: Female Racing Drivers

Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2021 7:44 pm
by Battle Far
Beat me to it ATH and yes that was the rumour that had spread

Re: Female Racing Drivers

Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2021 8:28 pm
by Battle Far
US F4 round 1 race 2 at Road Atlanta saw Jason Adler again finish first from Noel Leon and Aria Deukmejian. Emily Linscott was 15th & Chloe Chambers 21st.

Linscott was running 11th when she went off, dropped to 19th place (last of the runners) before closing the 15s gap to the car in front and climbing to 15th at the flag. During this period she consistently recorded low 1m31s times while all those ahead of her at the flag up to 9th were were running high 1m31s low 1m32s. Chloe Chambers crashed out on lap 2 in an incident which claimed 4 other cars.

Re: Female Racing Drivers

Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2021 8:41 pm
by Battle Far
Below is another apologetic but entirely unilluminating statement from Noda's team. Unlike the previous statement this was posted in Japanese and has bee auto translated. I would appreciate a better translation if a Japanese speaker can oblige.
From Noda Racing Consultants Secretariat to everyone

We have decided to forgo participation from the opening round of the US F4 Championship in the United States.

Due to a wide range of problems due to various circumstances, we decided that continuing further would not improve even if we tried to solve the problem, and the burden on the driver would continue to increase chronically.

Expectations and confidence continued to grow as he recorded the top time in the previous official test run in Virginia and the top time in the opening race practice this time.
The only top time in the 1'27s range that he recorded in Road Atlanta was never broken through practice and qualifying.

The regret of the person is immeasurable.

We would like to apologize to all the sponsors and fans who supported us for the report that we could not meet our expectations.

In the future, I will carefully judge what direction is good for the person and proceed. We ask for your continued encouragement and support.
Noda レーシング コンサルタンツ事務局より皆様へ
この度アメリカUS F4選手権開幕戦より参戦を見送る事と致しました。
諸事情による多岐にわたる問題により、これ以上続けることは、問題解決へ向けても改善されず、慢性的にドライバーへの負担は増える一方であると判断しました。
前回のバージニアでの公式テスト走行でのトップタイム、今回開幕戦プラクティスでのトップタイムを記録して期待と自信は大きくなる一方でした。
ロードアトランタで本人が記録した唯一の1分27秒台のトップタイムは、プラクティス、予選を通して破られる事は最終的にありませんでした。
本人の悔しさは計り知れない物があります。
そして応援してくださったスポンサー各位、ファンの皆様へは、ご期待に沿う事ができない報告となってしまいました事にお詫び申し上げます。
今後は、どの様な方向が本人にとって良いのか慎重に判断し進めて行く所存です。引き続き本人を励まし、応援頂けますようお願い申し上げます。

Re: Female Racing Drivers

Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2021 10:45 am
by DOLOMITE
All very odd regarding Noda. The team has clarified it's nothing to do with race/ethnicity etc but not offered any explanation as to what the reason actually was. Very strange, wonder if the truth will ever emerge.

Re: Female Racing Drivers

Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2021 12:21 pm
by Battle Far
As I said earlier, if it was a Stewards decision, say something wrong with the car, FIA regs require the Stewards to publish it within 48 hours (I believe).

Anything else is speculation at this time.

Re: Female Racing Drivers

Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2021 6:37 pm
by Battle Far
US F4 round 1 race 3 at Road Atlanta saw Noel Leon finish first from Jason Adler and Arias Deukmedjian. Emily Linscott was 8th & Chloe Chambers 11th of 28.

Linscott in particular impressed in the wet conditions, her fastest lap being 1s quicker than Chambers while both girls climbed up the field with numerous overtakes.

Re: Female Racing Drivers

Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2021 8:14 am
by DOLOMITE
That's a good performance from Linscott considering her experience and the times she was running in practice. Hope she is able to raise the funds to complete the season.

Re: Female Racing Drivers

Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2021 9:52 am
by Battle Far
Abbi Pulling recorded the 7th fastest time in the British F4 test at Silverstone National over the weekend.

Her time, set in the first session was just 0.1s off the fastest set by Roman Bilinski in the generally faster second session, 5 of the 6 cars ahead of her set their times in session 2.

Pulling was not allowed to take part in session 2 because of an issue with her car's monocoque.

The entire field of 18 cars was covered by 0.65s!

Re: Female Racing Drivers

Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2021 7:34 am
by Battle Far
Vivien Keszthelyi (20) confirms she will race for Motorpark in Euroformula this season.

She began her career touring cars and sports cars before racing in the 2019 Asian F3 winter series.

Her best finish in W Series in 2019 was 8th

One team mate will be American Jak Crawford who was 2nd in ADAC F4 last season.

Re: Female Racing Drivers

Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2021 7:59 am
by DOLOMITE
Just saw this, v late announcement!

Also Miki Koyama doing Super Formula Lights.

Re: Female Racing Drivers

Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2021 8:41 am
by DOLOMITE
I asked team Noda about Juju's absence and got this response:

With automatic translation.
"It is announced only because it cannot solve a wide variety of problems.
They are discussing the future with the director, and as soon as it is decided, she would like to inform the fans."

So none the wiser really. Very cryptic.

Re: Female Racing Drivers

Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2021 10:28 am
by Battle Far
Haillie Deegan was classified 19th in the Camping World Nascar Truck series held at Bristol raceway on dirt, she was on the lead lap.

She also lies 19th (out of 50) in the standings with 69pts, 40pts off a playoff place.

Re: Female Racing Drivers

Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2021 2:49 am
by Battle Far
Day 1 of FREC's pre-season test at Paul Ricard saw Beitske Visser record 25th & Belen Garcia 35th (and last) fastest times.

W-Series driver Visser was standing in at R-Ace for Lena Buhler who has a broken hand sustained at the previous test.

Identical fastest laps of 1m57.9 were recorded by Gregroire Saucy & Isaac Hadjar, Visser was 1.5s down while Garcia was another 1.5s further back.

Re: Female Racing Drivers

Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2021 11:05 am
by Battle Far
Esme Hawkey (23), current British Porsche Carrera Cup Pro-Am champion has signed to drive for Deborak Mayer's Iron Dames in the European Le Mans series where she will pilot a Ferrari 488 GTE Evo.

Controversially dropped from W Series after, in her debut season in single seaters/open wheel cars, racing in the top 10 several times before securing 3rd on the grid at the Brands Hatch finale she dominated the PCC PA class last season with multiple class wins.

She will be joined under the Iron Dames umbrella by Doriane Pin (17) who was one of the 4 finalists in the FIA Girls On Track initiative who will race a similar Ferrari in Michelin Le Mans series in France.

Re: Female Racing Drivers

Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2021 2:40 pm
by Battle Far
Day 2 of FREC's pre-season test at Paul Ricard saw Beitske Visser record 23rd & Belen Garcia 31st fastest times in the afternoon session.

Visser had been well inside the top 20 but was on a long run towards the end of the session when many others bolted on a new set of tyres for a qualy type run.

David Vidales (1:58.278) was fastest from Gregoire Saucy (1:58.336) , Visser was 1.4s down while Garcia was another 2.6s off the pace.

Re: Female Racing Drivers

Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2021 3:31 pm
by Alienturnedhuman
Battle Far wrote:
Sat Mar 27, 2021 8:41 pm
Below is another apologetic but entirely unilluminating statement from Noda's team. Unlike the previous statement this was posted in Japanese and has bee auto translated. I would appreciate a better translation if a Japanese speaker can oblige.
From Noda Racing Consultants Secretariat to everyone

We have decided to forgo participation from the opening round of the US F4 Championship in the United States.

Due to a wide range of problems due to various circumstances, we decided that continuing further would not improve even if we tried to solve the problem, and the burden on the driver would continue to increase chronically.

Expectations and confidence continued to grow as he recorded the top time in the previous official test run in Virginia and the top time in the opening race practice this time.
The only top time in the 1'27s range that he recorded in Road Atlanta was never broken through practice and qualifying.

The regret of the person is immeasurable.

We would like to apologize to all the sponsors and fans who supported us for the report that we could not meet our expectations.

In the future, I will carefully judge what direction is good for the person and proceed. We ask for your continued encouragement and support.
Noda レーシング コンサルタンツ事務局より皆様へ
この度アメリカUS F4選手権開幕戦より参戦を見送る事と致しました。
諸事情による多岐にわたる問題により、これ以上続けることは、問題解決へ向けても改善されず、慢性的にドライバーへの負担は増える一方であると判断しました。
前回のバージニアでの公式テスト走行でのトップタイム、今回開幕戦プラクティスでのトップタイムを記録して期待と自信は大きくなる一方でした。
ロードアトランタで本人が記録した唯一の1分27秒台のトップタイムは、プラクティス、予選を通して破られる事は最終的にありませんでした。
本人の悔しさは計り知れない物があります。
そして応援してくださったスポンサー各位、ファンの皆様へは、ご期待に沿う事ができない報告となってしまいました事にお詫び申し上げます。
今後は、どの様な方向が本人にとって良いのか慎重に判断し進めて行く所存です。引き続き本人を励まし、応援頂けますようお願い申し上げます。
I asked my wife to provide a better translation of the Japanese:
From Noda Consultants Office to everyone

This time we decided to not participate in the American US F4 Championship Opening Round.

Due to so many situations and a variety of issues we decided that continuing under the current circumstances result in things improving, and that they would continue to add burden and pressure to Juju.

The expectation and confidence kept growing after we set the top time at the official time at Virginia during the opening practice, and we were very confident.

She was the only the driver to set a time under 1m 28 seconds, and it wasn’t broken by anyone else during the weekend.

Juju is feeling devastated beyond what we can imagine.

We apologise that this announcement is not something that was expected by our sponsors and fans who have been supporting us.

From now on, we will continue as we carefully decide what’s best for Juju, and we appreciate your continuous support and encouragement.

Re: Female Racing Drivers

Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2021 4:16 pm
by Battle Far
Thank you and especially your wife ATH ;)

There is some chat on Reddit and other SM that suggests they've withdrawn from the entire championship, every official statement thus far says just the Road Atlanta round.

I can't find any public documents from the Road Atlanta stewards, I have confirmed that there is FIA championship regulation that official decisions must be published within 48 hours of the event followed by a further 48 hour period for appeals to be lodged.

It's almost as if everyone has been gagged, I can feel the theme tune from Twilight Zone...

Re: Female Racing Drivers

Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2021 4:58 pm
by DOLOMITE
Battle Far wrote:
Wed Mar 31, 2021 11:05 am
Controversially dropped from W Series...
Was she? I thought she just didn't get enough points to be automatically entered for 2020?

Re: Female Racing Drivers

Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2021 8:56 pm
by Exediron
The translation just makes things sound even weirder, if possible. There's something being hidden from view, although I don't know what -- some sort of conflict between Noda's camp and the series organizers, maybe, or personal issues that they don't want to air.

Re: Female Racing Drivers

Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2021 4:57 am
by Alienturnedhuman
Exediron wrote:
Wed Mar 31, 2021 8:56 pm
The translation just makes things sound even weirder, if possible. There's something being hidden from view, although I don't know what -- some sort of conflict between Noda's camp and the series organizers, maybe, or personal issues that they don't want to air.
The issue is that Japanese is a context based language, so it's impossible to add any certainty, because what's been written could mean many different things. My wife is Japanese and she said that without knowing the full details it's impossible to be completely certain what it is saying. A lot of it was only possible to clarify when I told her the details I did know.

Re: Female Racing Drivers

Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2021 10:42 am
by Battle Far
DOLOMITE wrote:
Battle Far wrote:Controversially dropped from W Series...
Was she? I thought she just didn't get enough points to be automatically entered for 2020?
Neither did some of those who got 2020 (now 2021) entries, they chose to drop her even though she was clearly faster than some who were invited back whatever the table showed.

If I were the decision makers I might be embarrassed since she's the only W Series experienced driver who actually regularly won races and a series in 2020! OK it was Porsche Cup ProAm class cars (which are faster than F3 cars) but she was quick and competitive finishing on the Pro podium more than once. Given that each race offers £1000 to the ProAm class winner and £7k/Porsche for a year prize for the championship the incentive to win is strong.

Of course, this is just my opinion and since I'm not signing the cheques, my opinion doesn't hold much weight.

Re: Female Racing Drivers

Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2021 10:47 am
by Battle Far
FREC's pre-season test at Paul Ricard finished with Beitske Visser (1m58.676s) recording 19th & Belen Garcia (1m59.550s) 29th fastest times.

Isack Hadjar (1m57.591s) was fastest from Gregoire Saucy (1m57.602s).

Re: Female Racing Drivers

Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2021 10:51 am
by Battle Far
Day 1 of EuroFormula's F3 test at Spa saw Vivien Keszthelyi (Motorpark, 2m13.982s) record the 12th fastest time.

Louis Foster (CryptoTower, 2m11.145s) was fastest, only 13 cars joined the test.