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She doesn't have a super license?? I just assumed she did because she was hired by Marussia as full time test driver. I just assumed without one you couldn't even do the testing she was doing.
Not sure about the female thing. I mean, the title of this thread specifies it, but doing that suggests it isn't newsworthy if a male driver crashes. If a male driver crashes, does anyone start questioning whether men should drive F1 cars or whether it will have a negative effect on men entering the sport? Sounds ridiculous? Why so for women then? The news is that a Marussia driver had a testing accident. Why is gender anything at all?
I think the fact that its a female driver has clouded the real issue here
Lack of testing
if she or any male test driver had more time to get to grips with these cars I doubt this would have happened
She doesn't have a super license?? I just assumed she did because she was hired by Marussia as full time test driver. I just assumed without one you couldn't even do the testing she was doing.
the still image shown on some of the links clearly shows an aircraft of some sort in the background, suggesting there were all sort of obstacles at the site, as one might expect at Duxford.
I remember that DC thing in Oz.
But seriously, in 1995 there was no anti stall ???
I think the fact that its a female driver has clouded the real issue here
Lack of testing
if she or any male test driver had more time to get to grips with these cars I doubt this would have happened
I think the fact that its a female driver has clouded the real issue here
Lack of testing
if she or any male test driver had more time to get to grips with these cars I doubt this would have happened
It would be a pity if the real issue here was lost in a gender debate. As RC rightly pointed out, when the accident happened she was a race-car driver.
The real issue is, if, as it appears, this is an experience issue, then surely, even those who support the testing ban must realize that any new driver needs time behind the wheel of a current spec F1 without it being such precious time that they are expected to get down to work. Drivers need time behind the wheel to learn and acclimatise.
I think I disagree. Just bear with me for a minute...
There are two possibilities here, right? 1) some bizarre mechanical glitch/failure, or 2) her fault.
Spanky's request comes from ulterior motives.
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