Bottas in doubt
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Williams could find themselves on the receiving end of some negative publicity if Bottas isn’t fit for Malaysia and they don’t put Susie Wolff in the car.
The questions would be along the lines of :
Why do you employ her if you don’t think she is good enough to race?
Do you only employ her for PR reasons because she is blonde and attractive? Isn’t that sexist?
Do you only employ her because she is married to one of your shareholders?
You have said publicly that SW has performed well when she has tested the car, so why do you now put a man in the car ahead of her? Isn’t that sex discrimination?
Etc etc….
The questions would be along the lines of :
Why do you employ her if you don’t think she is good enough to race?
Do you only employ her for PR reasons because she is blonde and attractive? Isn’t that sexist?
Do you only employ her because she is married to one of your shareholders?
You have said publicly that SW has performed well when she has tested the car, so why do you now put a man in the car ahead of her? Isn’t that sex discrimination?
Etc etc….
Bradgate said:
Williams could find themselves on the receiving end of some negative publicity if Bottas isn’t fit for Malaysia and they don’t put Susie Wolff in the car.
The questions would be along the lines of :
Why do you employ her if you don’t think she is good enough to race?
Do you only employ her for PR reasons because she is blonde and attractive? Isn’t that sexist?
Do you only employ her because she is married to one of your shareholders?
You have said publicly that SW has performed well when she has tested the car, so why do you now put a man in the car ahead of her? Isn’t that sex discrimination?
Etc etc….
With all those questions to answer. Williams will move heaven and earth to make sure Bottas is fit for Malaysia, or that Susie is also unfit at that time. The questions would be along the lines of :
Why do you employ her if you don’t think she is good enough to race?
Do you only employ her for PR reasons because she is blonde and attractive? Isn’t that sexist?
Do you only employ her because she is married to one of your shareholders?
You have said publicly that SW has performed well when she has tested the car, so why do you now put a man in the car ahead of her? Isn’t that sex discrimination?
Etc etc….
Bradgate said:
Or they could just give her a chance and get loads of good publicity for their sponsors...
They're not going to do that are they.They need points. Points mean lots of money.
If Bottas isn't in, then it will be someone guaranteed to bring the car home in the points.
It's not as though it would be the first time a team has bypassed their test driver and got someone more race capable in.
Bradgate said:
Williams could find themselves on the receiving end of some negative publicity if Bottas isn’t fit for Malaysia and they don’t put Susie Wolff in the car.
The questions would be along the lines of :
Why do you employ her if you don’t think she is good enough to race?
Do you only employ her for PR reasons because she is blonde and attractive? Isn’t that sexist?
Do you only employ her because she is married to one of your shareholders?
You have said publicly that SW has performed well when she has tested the car, so why do you now put a man in the car ahead of her? Isn’t that sex discrimination?
Etc etc….
Maybe bit it will be nothing set against the criticism if they did put her in the car. The questions would be along the lines of :
Why do you employ her if you don’t think she is good enough to race?
Do you only employ her for PR reasons because she is blonde and attractive? Isn’t that sexist?
Do you only employ her because she is married to one of your shareholders?
You have said publicly that SW has performed well when she has tested the car, so why do you now put a man in the car ahead of her? Isn’t that sex discrimination?
Etc etc….
Anyway, moot point, Clare Williams says she's test driver not reserve driver and won't be in the car for a race.
Rubens has more of a chance to sub for Bottas than Suzie Wolff.
Pat Symonds confirmed that they don't have a reserve driver. No one has got the money yet to secure that drive.
Anyone with any sense just knows it's a PR stunt to have her test drive. She was doing interviews in all the women's magazines across the world for the next month. Brilliant PR for Martini and Williams - she was worth her weight in gold for that level of PR.
I've got nothing against women driving in F1 or at any level but I'm yet to see one get a drive on their talent alone. It saying that, there's plenty of male racing drivers who have little talent but have big pockets and / or good PR teams that get them decent drives.
Pat Symonds confirmed that they don't have a reserve driver. No one has got the money yet to secure that drive.
Anyone with any sense just knows it's a PR stunt to have her test drive. She was doing interviews in all the women's magazines across the world for the next month. Brilliant PR for Martini and Williams - she was worth her weight in gold for that level of PR.
I've got nothing against women driving in F1 or at any level but I'm yet to see one get a drive on their talent alone. It saying that, there's plenty of male racing drivers who have little talent but have big pockets and / or good PR teams that get them decent drives.
olliethehut said:
I thought Susie Wolf was lacking a sufficient superlicence to race.
Happy to be proved wrong though...
This is my understanding too. She has covered enough test miles to qualify, but doesn't hold one, and has shown no real desire to actually race the car. Happy to be proved wrong though...
I think Pascal Wehrlein is first in line should Bottas not be able to drive, otherwise VdG/Ericsson or Chilton are probably worth a bet but the expectation is that he will be back in the car for Malaysia.
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