News Details

Jordan: Female series would be fantastic

Lotus development driver Carmen Jorda has given her backing to Bernie Ecclestone's idea for an all-female Formula 1 series. The likes of Williams test driver Susie Wolff and Jorda have made the step into F1 over the past few years, but Italian Lella Lombardi remains the last woman to make it onto the grid back in 1976. In an attempt 'to bring someone through to F1', Ecclestone suggested last week that a women-only series be introduced, saying: 'We have to start somewhere so I suggested to the teams that we have a separate Championship and maybe that way.' Wolff rejected the idea while former rally driver Michele Mouton, president of the FIA’s commission for women in motorsport,...
Full Story »
11y ago from PlanetF1.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Jorda supportive of female grand prix series

Lotus F1 development driver Carmen Jorda believes the idea to create an...
11y ago from RichlandF1.com

Female F1 championship would be the right answer –...

Lotus development driver Carmen Jorda thinks that, Female F1 championship...
11y ago from ThisIsF1.com

Jordá backs 'fantastic' proposal for female F1 series

Lotus development driver Carmen Jordá backs Bernie Ecclestone's...
11y ago from GrandPrixTimes.com

Bernie's female series gets tepid reply

The FIA has not dismissed Bernie Ecclestone's idea for a female-only...
11y ago from PlanetF1.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

CFMoto ‘fully committed’ to supporting potential...

CFMoto Aspar team boss Jorge Martinez says the Chinese manufacturer is...
13h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Dual-tone Chevy ZR1X pace car revealed for...

The NTT IndyCar Series has revealed the Chevrolet pace car for the...
11h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Rookie Caio Collet fastest in two-day Indy 500 open...

The NTT IndyCar Series held its traditional two-day open test for the...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

'Arsenal have got a fantastic player, really...

Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard has claimed he's upset about his former...
7h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Arsenal target two game-changers in huge 250 million...

Arsenal are preparing for a busy transfer window, and they have identified...
8h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Arsenal target 35m-rated UCL semi-finalist with 21 G/A...

Serge Gnabry has been an outstanding performer for Bayern Munich since...
11h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Atleti boss Diego Simeone provides Julian Alvarez...

Atletico Madrid will face Arsenal in the UEFA Champions League semi-finals...
10h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.