https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/motorsport/45802348
now maybe I'm wrong here but this seems entirely the wrong way to go about promoting women in Motorsport. whilst I appreciate that women are underrepresented there must be a reason to do with physical or mental differences between the sexes. I don't believe for one minute that if a top F1 team could find a female driver that was better than what they already had they wouldn't have them in a car in a heartbeat.
hardly seems an equal opportunity when it excludes everyone but women. rather than spending tens of millions funding a one make championship get kids of both sexes into grass roots motorsports at an early age run taster days and find and support talent of both sexes from a young age. the money spent on this would fund 20 full kids championships in karting which would be much fairer and open to all
We've had women in F1, and up to date they haven't been very good.i'm sure Suzie Wolff was afforded every opportunity to shine especially given her high level connections in the sport but couldn't cut the mustard.
away from motorsport it does seem that equality only goes one way. Its fine to disadvantage men to promote women but god forbid you would ever do things the other way. in a commercial environment be it motorsport or any other business good talent will always succeed because its financially beneficial for an organisation to push and promote them.
now maybe I'm wrong here but this seems entirely the wrong way to go about promoting women in Motorsport. whilst I appreciate that women are underrepresented there must be a reason to do with physical or mental differences between the sexes. I don't believe for one minute that if a top F1 team could find a female driver that was better than what they already had they wouldn't have them in a car in a heartbeat.
Michele Mouton, a world rally winner in the 1980s and president of the Women in Motorsport Commission for governing body the FIA, said: "One of the objectives of the commission is to help ensure females have equal opportunities to compete at the highest level of the sport.
hardly seems an equal opportunity when it excludes everyone but women. rather than spending tens of millions funding a one make championship get kids of both sexes into grass roots motorsports at an early age run taster days and find and support talent of both sexes from a young age. the money spent on this would fund 20 full kids championships in karting which would be much fairer and open to all
We've had women in F1, and up to date they haven't been very good.i'm sure Suzie Wolff was afforded every opportunity to shine especially given her high level connections in the sport but couldn't cut the mustard.
away from motorsport it does seem that equality only goes one way. Its fine to disadvantage men to promote women but god forbid you would ever do things the other way. in a commercial environment be it motorsport or any other business good talent will always succeed because its financially beneficial for an organisation to push and promote them.