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Jorda: Women better suited to Formula E than F1

Spanish racing driver Carmen Jorda has suggested women could be better suited to Formula E than Formula 1 because the all-electric cars are less physically challenging. The comments, made to reporters after the 29-year-old former Lotus and Renault F1 development driver tried out a Formula E car in Mexico City at the weekend, drew criticism from other women racers. “My eyes rolled so far back in my head I nearly passed out,” said Pippa Mann, a regular competitor in the Indianapolis 500, on Twitter. “She does know that the reason IndyCar drivers are bulkier than F1 drivers is that we have to lift bigger weights because our races have no power steering at all, and that women succeed...
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