1078 replies to this topic

[Muppetmad]

Indeed. Flörsch is entitled to her opinion, but she misses the point that has been stressed from the beginning: this was never going to be an overnight success story. If the series folds in a year or two and everybody pats themselves on the back for making a "difference", then yes, I'll be the first to call it pinkwashing. If it's still here in ten years, with a grid mostly comprised of solid drivers, and one or two prior drivers have made their way to be competitive F2 drivers, then it'll be serving its purpose. Now is not the time to evaluate the success of the series, because its success can only be measured on a long-term basis.

Edited by Muppetmad, 30 October 2024 - 04:22.

[loki]

An only women series will do nothing to advance women in racing.  It’s a gimmick.  It doesn’t address the root cause and perpetuates the separation.  

[Jellyfishcake]

When you read about WSeries, it has the same sort of vibes as those crypto currency companies that went belly up (/or were scams) and left a lot of people out of pocket who believe in the "project"

[Frood]

Rafaela Ferreira will be in F1 Academy next year with Red Bull (or, rather, VCARB) backing. She's been a genuine front runner in Brazilian F4 this year; whilst it's not the most prestigious F4 series out there, she's certainly been competitive, with a couple of wins under her belt. She currently sits 4th in the standings.

Edited by Frood, 30 October 2024 - 14:57.

[Frood]

The series has announced that the champion will receive a fully funded seat with Rodin in GB3. I think that's a good stepping stone into faster cars without being unrealistic.

On top of that, the €30,000 prize towards an F1 Academy seat for the highest-placed woman in GB4 (won this year by Alisha Palmowski) will increase to €50,000 next year.

Edited by Frood, 07 November 2024 - 17:16.

[midgrid]

This also makes racing in the UK junior series more attractive, like a female counterpart to how the top aspiring male racers gravitate to Italy?

[Sterzo]

^ I wonder who was the prime mover in this. Wouldn't be surprised if it were Jonathan Palmer, who specialises in organising affordable racing that people actually want to take part in.

[jonpollak]

Here’s Sophia’s article.
The end sentence is where the story went
“ Autosport has reached out to Formula 1 for comment”

And F1 then told them to take that SOB down right now.


https://www.msn.com/...ely/ar-AA1t8nH1

Word is she’ll head to the USA where women get more than just lip service or pinkwashed in racing.

Jp

[jonpollak]

Also..Many  F1Academy drivers taking part in the "Women's Formula E Test" tomorrow.

 

https://fiaformulae.com/en/news/512880

 

Jp

[jonpollak]

And the results of the test. ( if you can navigate to them!! )

https://results.fiaf.../timing-results

Jp

[paulb]

And the results of the test. ( if you can navigate to them!! )

https://results.fiaf.../timing-results

Jp

Simona!

[BRG]

I'm 'appi for Abbi.

[FirstnameLastname]

New ad:

https://x.com/raceda...jNzYI1wHgQ5OZzw

(How times change!)

[BRG]

(How times change!)

Yes, Johnny is quite grey these days.

[Frood]

F1 Academy are testing in Qatar at the moment, and the next wildcard entry has been right at the top of the times with Pulling, Pin and Weug. There's no indication currently who the wildcard actually is, but I've seen rumours it might be Alisha Palmowski, and that she might be running both the Qatar and Abu Dhabi weekends.

[Muppetmad]

Palmowski would make the most sense, and that'd be great news.

[Sterzo]

Palmowski would make the most sense, and that'd be great news.

Hope she does GB3 as well. F1 Academy is a side-step, though it's good for the series if she does it.

[Danicafreak]

The first race weekend of the F1 Academy season will take place this weekend at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg.

 

Click here to read the whole nice, long interview with one of the drivers.

 

Bianca Bustamante is now with McLaren development, 

 

[LolaB0860]

Where's the calendar...

[PayasYouRace]

Where's the calendar...

https://www.f1academ...Series/Calendar

It was probably posted before the season started.

[BRG]

You don't think LolaB0860 might have been looking for a 2025 calendar?

[PayasYouRace]

You don't think LolaB0860 might have been looking for a 2025 calendar?

Who knows, when people don’t specify what they’re looking for. Plus, if anywhere will have a calendar, it’ll be the series website.

[LolaB0860]

Why on Earth would have I asked for that?

Anyway. 2025 was just finally released. This is an improvement. Montreal is great.

F1 ACADEMY 2025
March 21-23 Shanghai
April 18-20 Jeddah
May 2-4 Miami
June 13-15 Montreal
August 29-31 Zandvoort
October 3-5 Singapore
November 20-22 Las Vegas

Edited by LolaB0860, 18 November 2024 - 16:32.

[Stephane]

Only one in Europe, why not...

[LolaB0860]

It doesn't make sense financially but at least they've got rid of two meaningless Middle East tracks.

[jonpollak]

lol at the finale in Lost Wages !

 

Here's the blurb from the website.

https://www.formula1...bT1vUD4BFJLwhul

 

Jp

[jonpollak]

Doriane on US chat show.
https://youtu.be/cEH...e7Fua4ZgTEY1UH4

Jp

[Muppetmad]

Jimmy Kimmel?! That's huge! Pin's humour comes across very well here 

 

"Can you parallel park?" "Huh?" 

[Frood]

Palmowski confirmed as the wildcard for Qatar.