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Button takes issue with Jorda's women driver comments

Jenson Button has criticised comments made this weekend by former Lotus and Renault development driver Carmen Jorda. Jorda told N this weekend that female drivers should focus on Formula E rather than Formula 1, because it was "easier". "It's a less physical car," she said after completing a demo run in a Formula E car in Mexico. She explained that differences in downforce and power steering made the all-electric car better for women to drive. "The challenge that we women have in Formula 2 and Formula 1 is a physical issue," she continued. "I think in Formula E, we won't have it." "In Formula 1 and Formula 2 there is a barrier that is a physical...
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