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French car manufacturer Renault has confirmed its return as a constructor in Formula One, buying the current Enstone-based Lotus F1 Team. The new follows the company's earlier published intention to take over the Lotus F1 team.
Susie Wolff, as previously said on account of her actually driving Williams and wasting testing time.ChrisF1 wrote:Chanoch Nissany or Carmen Jorda?
iotar__ wrote:Susie Wolff, as previously said on account of her actually driving Williams and wasting testing time.ChrisF1 wrote:Chanoch Nissany or Carmen Jorda?
"Twitter/reddit" gets excited about nothing. Hiring her has no negative impact for the team whereas wasting Barcelona testing time on Palmer after already missing one day in Jerez has. Same for planned wasting Friday practice sessions although they can't really be that stupid, or can they? How much is Palmer paying for that? I'll leave it to internet detectives to figure out.
The very same Palmer that is on the short list for teams; say, if Hulkenberg goes for LMP, Massa retires, Bottas moves up to Ferrari after Kimi retires....Just_a_fan wrote:iotar__ wrote:Susie Wolff, as previously said on account of her actually driving Williams and wasting testing time.ChrisF1 wrote:Chanoch Nissany or Carmen Jorda?
"Twitter/reddit" gets excited about nothing. Hiring her has no negative impact for the team whereas wasting Barcelona testing time on Palmer after already missing one day in Jerez has. Same for planned wasting Friday practice sessions although they can't really be that stupid, or can they? How much is Palmer paying for that? I'll leave it to internet detectives to figure out.
This would be the Palmer that won GP2 last season? The Palmer who actually has some racing ability and success under his belt? The Palmer who isn't there solely because he is a well-funded, nominally good looking, female?
Except Lotus have already stated Jorda will get to drive the current car, so they will have to waste a test day in return for her money.iotar__ wrote:Susie Wolff, as previously said on account of her actually driving Williams and wasting testing time.ChrisF1 wrote:Chanoch Nissany or Carmen Jorda?
"Twitter/reddit" gets excited about nothing. Hiring her has no negative impact for the team whereas wasting Barcelona testing time on Palmer after already missing one day in Jerez has. Same for planned wasting Friday practice sessions although they can't really be that stupid, or can they? How much is Palmer paying for that? I'll leave it to internet detectives to figure out.
Who says she even has the will and heart? All we know is she has looks, connections, and lacks talent. This is a joke. Her lack of talent is far worse than any pay driver that I can remember.turbof1 wrote:I don't really think anyone can disagree with you here. Carmen surely has the heart and the will to do it, but you need to have the talent too. She unfortunaly does not have it. There are other women who do have but aren't getting the chance.Facts Only wrote:It makes me sad the way that these signings are billed as some sort of equality and empowerment to women when in actual fact its just hugely insulting to any woman who is hard working and talented.
Its definitely one area where the new Super-Licence rules are of use, she says its her dream to be an F1 driver so she will need to head back to GP2 and win some races.
I'm sure someone will bill me as a sexist pig now but having a daughter and wanting her to do well in life genuinely makes me want to see equality and for her to be treated the same as any man.
I'm all for emancipation in autosport and society in general. It means that men and women need to get equal chances no matter gender or financial backing. On basis of that, Carmen does NOT deserve that role, just like so many other male drivers in the past.
I'll not rule out Lotus might have decided on her looks, as horrible as that might sound and as much as I hate the thought. However, Lotus often makes decisions not based on driver performance, as evidently by Maldonado who although is fast when nobody is around him, crashes the car too many times. It looks like they signed her to be more in the spotlights, and probably for the money she brings.RZS10 wrote:Why was my post deleted as "sexist" ? It's the truth, she has NOTHING going for her, except connections and her looks. She's utterly useless as a racing driver, yet alone as a "development driver" - and i thought there would be no bigger joke than Lotterer driving last season
But we did find out that it was faster than a ProstChrisF1 wrote:Irony of Lotus hiring a female as an equality statement, yet lending their car and driver to David Guetta's Dangerous video, something that was criticised as exploiting and sexualising women...
What do you consider being competitive? They are behind Toro Rosso in Q although I would expect them to be faster in the race with the more efficient engine. Around one second behind their main benchmark Williams = a huge gap, basically impossible to close. Maybe closer in the race (I'm not sure, only based on tests and glance at P2 times) but still far behind.kooleracer wrote:Well done team Enstone! Really didn't think that the E23 would be this competitive after last years debacle.
Back on right track.kooleracer wrote:Well done team Enstone! Really didn't think that the E23 would be this competitive after last years debacle.
but he did crashR_Redding wrote:I wonder how many times this page will need resetting.
http://hasmaldonadocrashedtoday.com/
To be fair though... todays wasn't really his fault.
