Originally Posted By: billt460
If they do, it will last until one of them gets seriously hurt, or else does something stupid and winds up hurting someone else.
That's the thing, though. You let them compete only when and where they can. Jorda never got anywhere near close to driving during a race, and the rules are enough to have precluded her on their own, irrespective of gender, and without discrimination on the basis of gender. Jorda would have never gotten a lap time close enough to meet the qualification standards. Normally, when a driver goes for permission to race because they couldn't meet the qualification time, it was because of a car disaster, not a lack of talent.
Further, teams are only willing to take so much in F1 on the basis of money. Pastor and Lance can at least have flashes of brilliance, winding up on podiums, even the top step.
On the other hand, if someone actually has the qualifications for a Super License and has the times consistent enough to qualify well enough, I don't concern myself with gender. If someone like Carmen Jorda were as fast as Pastor, she'd have been on the track. As it was, she probably couldn't even beat a hung over Joylon Palmer with a missing spark plug.
If they do, it will last until one of them gets seriously hurt, or else does something stupid and winds up hurting someone else.
That's the thing, though. You let them compete only when and where they can. Jorda never got anywhere near close to driving during a race, and the rules are enough to have precluded her on their own, irrespective of gender, and without discrimination on the basis of gender. Jorda would have never gotten a lap time close enough to meet the qualification standards. Normally, when a driver goes for permission to race because they couldn't meet the qualification time, it was because of a car disaster, not a lack of talent.
Further, teams are only willing to take so much in F1 on the basis of money. Pastor and Lance can at least have flashes of brilliance, winding up on podiums, even the top step.
On the other hand, if someone actually has the qualifications for a Super License and has the times consistent enough to qualify well enough, I don't concern myself with gender. If someone like Carmen Jorda were as fast as Pastor, she'd have been on the track. As it was, she probably couldn't even beat a hung over Joylon Palmer with a missing spark plug.