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HustleRussell said:
W Series, as discussed previously here begins in earnest this Saturday at Hockenheim.
Events will be shown live on C4 with this weekend's coverage starting at 14:45 if I remember correctly.
The grid consists of 18 exclusively female drivers selected through a merit-based screening process.
'exclusively female' and 'merit based'.... hmmm...Events will be shown live on C4 with this weekend's coverage starting at 14:45 if I remember correctly.
The grid consists of 18 exclusively female drivers selected through a merit-based screening process.
Motorsport seems to be trying to fix a problem by creating one.
abzmike said:
'exclusively female' and 'merit based'.... hmmm...
Motorsport seems to be trying to fix a problem by creating one.
This debate has been done to death in the existing thread which I linked in the OP. Motorsport seems to be trying to fix a problem by creating one.
With this thread I was intending to remind people that it's on, tell people how to watch and discuss the racing itself.
Adrian W said:
I cant work out what the cars actually are, other than single seaters
They are Tatuus F3 cars with 1.8l turbo engines.https://wseries.com/w-hub/tatuus-f3-t-318-tech-spe...
I hope it will be a challenging series. Jamie Chadwick (GBR) set the quickest time in both free practice sessions today.
I'd like to see competitive women teams in GT and Le Mans series too; Christina Nielsen, daughter of Le Mans driver Lars Erik Nielsen, drives her Ferrari pretty well and is the first woman to win a North American series.
Chadwick destroyed the qualifying field in consistently wet conditions, something like 1.7s quicker than 2nd place.
The spread of times (albeit in the wet) does not bode well for a very close season of racing. That's not to Chadwick's discredit, only indicates (to me) a huge spread of experience, not necessarily a lack of talent in the field.
The spread of times (albeit in the wet) does not bode well for a very close season of racing. That's not to Chadwick's discredit, only indicates (to me) a huge spread of experience, not necessarily a lack of talent in the field.
FourWheelDrift said:
JonChalk said:
Chadwick destroyed the qualifying field in consistently wet conditions, something like 1.7s quicker than 2nd place.
She's too good for this series.df76 said:
She made everyone else look silly in the dry yesterday as well. Like a second a lap quicker. She should walk this, and hopefully grab an opportunity. Might also be the end of a few other careers....
Depends what you mean by opportunity. She's raced in several series and done exceptionally well.Personally I think one woman dominating the series would be about the worst thing for the series as a whole.
Kraken said:
df76 said:
She made everyone else look silly in the dry yesterday as well. Like a second a lap quicker. She should walk this, and hopefully grab an opportunity. Might also be the end of a few other careers....
Depends what you mean by opportunity. She's raced in several series and done exceptionally well.Personally I think one woman dominating the series would be about the worst thing for the series as a whole.
The time spreads are worrying, hopefully close up with more dry practice.
Kraken said:
Personally I think one woman dominating the series would be about the worst thing for the series as a whole.
I agree - there's too little "balance" in the field; Visser and Powell are pretty experienced, and even they were miles off Chadwick's pace.Chadwick should be in F2, not Tatiana Calderon.
I think this Series is a bold initiative - but, whether it provides entertaining racing remains to be seen. Single-seaters are seldom 'close' and, inevitably, the first year is going to be fairly experimental.
However, it seems to be very professionally run, and they've done well to get 20 women onto the grid who are within 6 seconds of each other.
It will be interesting to see if it does produce any future superstars, but it's more likely to be a feeder for more female races into other levels of the sport, which is probably a good thing.
ps isn't Chadwick also an Aston Martin factory driver, GTs ?
However, it seems to be very professionally run, and they've done well to get 20 women onto the grid who are within 6 seconds of each other.
It will be interesting to see if it does produce any future superstars, but it's more likely to be a feeder for more female races into other levels of the sport, which is probably a good thing.
ps isn't Chadwick also an Aston Martin factory driver, GTs ?
Edited by Koln-RS on Saturday 4th May 12:48
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