jamie chadwick would destroy this series if she competed again

James Baldwin won a race seat with button's race team as the "fastest Sim Driver". He won a race in the series ,lapped gentlemen drivers and finished 3rd in the series . Got voted the BRDC "Young Driver of the Year ." As he has no big money sponsors he has since only had the occasional WEC car outings . All his talent ,success in real world cars exposure with Jenson Button got him nowhere. To add insult to injury he still wins sim racing series and his obvious talent is undiminished . So my question is isn't it sexist to give a not merit based leg up to any grouping ? Unless you think this whole series is a big green tick ,by the F1 PR team?

Megan Gilkes now works as an enginneer at Aston Martin f1 . Respect !! Why are there hardly any women in technical fields ?

So brilliant to see F1 Academy #InspireInclusion for women in the world of F1 👏Thank you F1 Academy for creating 'herstory' 💜

@IvanmeAlawi

Ай бұрын

As if.. there will be no girly formula 1 drivers ever. At best they will be the someone who makes coffee to the team that follows the F1 race calender.

this is one category women can thrive at, it will take time

I can’t see why we don’t have a Woman, Man driving team in all F1 teams now and make a real all F1 teams have to run A women driver and a male driver.

Finally we can have men and women competing together as machine erases physical difference.

@Jomdog

8 ай бұрын

You're delusional thinking physical difference is erased 😅 absolutely delusional.

@Jabberstax

6 ай бұрын

That's completely inaccurate

@binaysenapati

6 ай бұрын

Last I checked men and women are 100% physically the same except for reproductive organs.

@Jabberstax

6 ай бұрын

​@binaysenapati I can't tell if your trolling or not.

"A realization from WITHIN the sport that it needs to be more diverse." No sir, that is a lie. There is no realization, just external pressure.

W series

@Boomhauersdad

2 ай бұрын

Only u

Its a good initiative though the question of sustainability will always be there.

@lesjankarko1893

8 ай бұрын

it will be sustained from F1 and its teams pockets

What the FIA has achieved here is that when a woman now reaches a high level in racing people like me will think: She was probably privileged because she's a woman. Passing dozens or maybe even hundreds of boys that were actually better. Well done 👍

Claiming discrimination to get a free leg up. Well done ladies.

@JZTechEngineering

5 ай бұрын

It ain't a leg up

@stusue9733

5 ай бұрын

@@JZTechEngineering It ain't? how so?

i find it shocking that they almost find it an obligation to have a woman in F1. I wouldnt mind like abbi pullin etc to get to F1 but they seem to forget that F1 is about being the fastest with deeper pockets. And making a series for woman seems (like W series) just a bad idea, you're alienating them from racing with boys - Your main competitor. Idk not a big fan of this idea

@NonEuclideanTacoCannon

5 ай бұрын

I heard them describe it as a way to gain open wheel experience as a stepping stone to F1. But you're right, it does seem kind of shitty and alienating. There is no inherent reason that a woman driver couldn't dominate F1, other than it hasn't happened yet. I just read that Lia Block signed on to drive for Williams next year. If anyone could do it, it's that kid. Got the deep pockets, got go-fast in spades.

Issue is still the physical difference between men and women. Driving a formula one car is not easy

@themarauder6108

8 ай бұрын

The issue is that every woman that has tested for F1 has been nearly a second or over off the pace of the slowest man. They need their own Formula because they can't compete in F2 where talent actually matters.

And they get F4 spec cars (facepalm)

What a ridiculous waste of resources. What's the point? If they can't compete with the men they'll never even be in F3 let alone F1...

Just create F1W for all the 3 fans that will watch it

Is that not literal *segregation* ? My iPhone defines it as: ‘The action or state of settling someone or something apart from others’, and ‘separation’. What ever happened to hard work and earning things on merit?

@IamAnnahi

7 ай бұрын

Because we can't compete with men and cause few of us have interest in this sport they had to make a "diverse" but "segregated" program otherwise we wouldn't have any chance... 😂😂😂😂😂 It's hilarious

@WezMan444

7 ай бұрын

meritocracy is a myth. There are far to many factors at play in life for anyone to earn anything purely on merit.

@JZTechEngineering

5 ай бұрын

Yes, but is it bad? No. Getting more women in sport will produce good female drivers given enough time

@latorre0505

3 ай бұрын

@@JZTechEngineering This is garbage! If you can’t do it on merit and hard work then you don’t deserve to be there! No F1 team will give a girl a seat unless it’s for publicity! This a waste of time and money and will end up as horrible as the WNBA.

There's not enough spaces for men already at the top levels of motorsport. Now there will be even less. It's all well and good pushing women into traditionally male roles. But what are the men they replace going to do. Will the women face the same standards. Or will it be like the armed forces where standards are lowered to allow women in.

Women are not designed to handle the current G forces of Modern F1, just like men are not designed to give birth. In modern f1 with how fast the cars are I can’t see a woman competing unfortunately

@alexaramirez3608

5 ай бұрын

Women literally go to space you imbecile

@lastmanstanding9389

2 ай бұрын

Rubbish, just look at how many female fighter pilots there are

@shaunrobinson4614

2 ай бұрын

This is one of the most stupid takes I have heard, female fighter pilots exist they take double if not triple the g forces that an F1 driver experiences.

if you need cant race the men, you will never make it to f1

Nope, not interested.

That's the Solution @ 12:50 GIRLS stick to the wonderful wold of GO Karting.. hahaha, you can have all the races you want, without getting the attention and keeping your hair dry..

Thats why they made f2 cars more easy for next season so that women who are same as men can drive f2 cars .😂😂😂😂😂😂😂.........

@aidan404

7 ай бұрын

They did that because many drivers complained about the f2 cars. Apparently much more difficult to steer than f1 cars and they didn’t accommodate for tall or short drivers or those with different hand sizes who’d need other steering wheels. That just happens to include women aswell. I know Yuki has said he struggled

Dad ... But is Dad related to the Protected Characteristics?