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F1: A woman driving a McLaren?
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| Maaz |
Sarah Fisher (USA) will make her debut this week in Indianapolis driving a McLaren (that's what Reuters said). It's a bit unusual to have women driving in F1 (specially a McLaren, who always had male drivers). Actually, the last woman in F1 was Giovanna Amati (ITA) in 1992, but she didn't really succed :(
Anyway, what do you guys think about it?
Just in case, here's a picture of her:
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| Maaz |
| Wow, this sure is a popular thread :D |
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| biznology |
Sarah Fisher goes to school in Ohio...near here. i dont know how well she will do...F1 is pretty much based on tech, so mclaren is a good team to drive for. shes not bad...as far as IRL goes, but thats not saying much...
good luck to her, but F1 is not IRL, F1 isnt even CART - totally different| |
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| Maaz |
I didn't get it... why will she drive only in Indianapolis? It's just a "sample"? :conf: |
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| Typhoon |
From what I understand it's just a promotional thing. She will only drive in Indianapolis at Friday noon. For those unfamiliar with the F1 weekend schedule, on Fridays there are two 1-h practice sessions. These are used by the teams to find the best set-ups. On Saturday morning there are also 2 1-h practice sessions followed by the qualifying session at 13:00. It lasts for 1-h & each driver can complete a max of 12 laps. From here we get the starting grid for the race. On Sunday there is a small warm-up session in the morning & then the race at 13:00. For more details: http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines02/08/s10243.html
Fisher will make her demo run after the practice sessions on Friday. I don't think this a "test" in anyway, meaning that I do not believe McLaren intend to hire her in the foreseeable future. |
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