[NickyC]

Carmen Jorda. Great googly moogly.

[Mtxzptlk]

Looks great in a bikini/racesuit. -not gonna lie.

Unfortunately, her racing credentials are abysmal.

[1MOREMOD]

meh

[Silvermike]

those are some really fashionable kitchen overalls

[1MOREMOD]

Who am I kidding I'd date a troll with herpes to get in an f1 car

[ciaranob]

Male or female, untalented drivers buying into a seat on a premium F1 platform at the expense of truly talented players, simply highlights the state of play in the sport.

[anglocanadian]

It seems thing have taken a back step as far as feminism goes, in the 80's they didnt have to look like super models but they had to be talented drivers.
Desiré Wilson, Lela Lombardi and Divina Galica to name a few.

[AW335TT]

Originally Posted by ciaranob

Male or female, untalented drivers buying into a seat on a premium F1 platform at the expense of truly talented players, simply highlights the state of play in the sport.

Nothing new, Lauda bought himself into the sport in the 70s and he probably wasn't the only one.

[1MOREMOD]

Originally Posted by AW335TT

Nothing new, Lauda bought himself into the sport in the 70s and he probably wasn't the only one.

for good reason. lauda i mean. its a rich mans sport as any level of motorsport is but most know whether they have the goods. lauda most surely did.

[AW335TT]

Originally Posted by 1MOREMOD

for good reason. lauda i mean. its a rich mans sport as any level of motorsport is but most know whether they have the goods. lauda most surely did.

I'm not questioning Laudas driving ability. He is a 3 time world champion. I was just saying, buying your self into the sport isn't anything new. He took out a loan and got himself into Formula 2 and took out a 2nd loan and got himself into a team in Formula 1. In a sport that's driven by money, it's bound to happen.

[solstice]

She looks ok and if she drives good enough to handle an F1 car she's got my attention

[1MOREMOD]

Originally Posted by AW335TT

I'm not questioning Laudas driving ability. He is a 3 time world champion. I was just saying, buying your self into the sport isn't anything new. He took out a loan and got himself into Formula 2 and took out a 2nd loan and got himself into a team in Formula 1. In a sport that's driven by money, it's bound to happen.

Agreed just meant not every rich kid who buys in is a poor driver and did so for a good reason.

[Blksnowflake]

Dang! what a fox, so hot. But how did we start yapping about F1 politics when you show a babe, one of you may be playing with Barbie's instead of GI Joes, lol.

[tony20009]

Originally Posted by ciaranob

Male or female, untalented drivers buying into a seat on a premium F1 platform at the expense of truly talented players, simply highlights the state of play in the sport.

Blue:
What about "pay to drive" is so wrong re: Ms. Jorda? That approach to participating on an F1 team is not new. (http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/21194933) Indeed, some very successful F1 drivers began their careers as "pay drivers."

• Niki Lauda
• Michael Schumacher
• Fernando Alonso
• Vitaly Petrov
• Sergio Pérez
• Pastor Maldonado
• Bruno Senna

Besides, Lotus F1 is a new team. Odds are they need all the funding they can come by despite being owned by a Luxembourg venture capital firm. Indeed, Formula 1 racing is very much a corporate enterprise, and accordingly it applies a corporate business model.

It's naive to think that a corporate business model requires winning races. To the contrary, such endeavors need to generate cash flows and earn profits. If handing a seat on a test team to a lowly paid or unpaid driver in exchange for tidy sums of otherwise free financing doesn't make good business sense as a tactic for achieving near term business goals, then what on Earth does?

It's easy to sit before one's computer screen and write posts on B-posts that have romantic notions of sporting competition and podium glory underpinning them. Considering the longer term implications of bringing in a driver like Ms. Jorda are most certainly things that have crossed the minds of many an F1 Team owner. Regardless of the potential longer term consequences, the fact remains that a business must survive and prosper in the short term for "the long term" to ever arrive at all.

With regard to Ms. Jorda's specific appointment, I see the outcry against it as little more than sexism. Nonetheless, she's now on an F1 team. I suppose we'll just have to wait and see whether she ever competes in an F1 race and performs admirably.

All the best.

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by tony20009

Blue:
What about "pay to drive" is so wrong re: Ms. Jorda? That approach to participating on an F1 team is not new. (http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/21194933) Indeed, some very successful F1 drivers began their careers as "pay drivers."

• Niki Lauda
• Michael Schumacher
• Fernando Alonso
• Vitaly Petrov
• Sergio Pérez
• Pastor Maldonado
• Bruno Senna

Besides, Lotus F1 is a new team. Odds are they need all the funding they can come by despite being owned by a Luxembourg venture capital firm. Indeed, Formula 1 racing is very much a corporate enterprise, and accordingly it applies a corporate business model.

It's naive to think that a corporate business model requires winning races. To the contrary, such endeavors need to generate cash flows and earn profits. If handing a seat on a test team to a lowly paid or unpaid driver in exchange for tidy sums of otherwise free financing doesn't make good business sense as a tactic for achieving near term business goals, then what on Earth does?

It's easy to sit before one's computer screen and write posts on B-posts that have romantic notions of sporting competition and podium glory underpinning them. Considering the longer term implications of bringing in a driver like Ms. Jorda are most certainly things that have crossed the minds of many an F1 Team owner. Regardless of the potential longer term consequences, the fact remains that a business must survive and prosper in the short term for "the long term" to ever arrive at all.

With regard to Ms. Jorda's specific appointment, I see the outcry against it as little more than sexism. Nonetheless, she's now on an F1 team. I suppose we'll just have to wait and see whether she ever competes in an F1 race and performs admirably.

All the best.

You forgot the Belgian F1 driver with the name "Thierry-Boutsen" (Arrows-Team) and with a lot of $$$$$$$$$..... !

[///M Leistung]

Head and shoulders above Danica! Who cares if she can drive..? It's a shame she has to put a helmet on that work of art.

[Flying Ace]

I'll hit it

[ucla bruin]

Originally Posted by Silvermike

those are some really fashionable kitchen overalls

Funniest thing I've read all day. lol.

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by ///M Leistung

Head and shoulders above Danica! Who cares if she can drive..? It's a shame she has to put a helmet on that work of art.

Here is she...And of course without helmet ...

[1MOREMOD]

Looks constipated

[Cidle]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

Here is she...And of course without helmet ...

She can take my helmet for a few hot laps....

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by cidle323

She can take my helmet for a few hot laps....

Same here ,she can take my @ and she can choose for.. with or without helmet .