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Good lord, this is vomit inducing.
is anyone dumb enough to actually take this crap seriously?
“Acclaimed Formula 1 designer Adrian Newly will head a team in Extreme E, the 'environment-focused' race series.
The 60-year-old will be the 'lead visionary' for the Veloce team when the series begins in February 2021.
Newey is Red Bull Racing's chief technical officer, designing the cars that powered Sebastian Vettel to four F1 world titles between 2010 and 2013.
Extreme E will see 12 teams and drivers go head-to-head in fully-electric 4x4 SUV cars.
The series recently named Greenland as one of its five race locations.
Newey said: "The series is an exceptional platform for drawing attention to the Earth's environmental challenges and driving change."
The Englishman designed championship-winning cars for Williams and McLaren in the 1990s.
Alongside Newey, Veloce, who are associated with the Veloce Esports organisation, have named the designer's son Harrison Newey and two-time Formula E champion Jean-Eric Vergne as two of the five co-founders.
Vergne said: "For me, it was clear I had to be involved since I first saw the concept. Together with my other co-founders, we have worked incredibly hard to make this happen. We plan to be disruptive in our approach as we drive awareness of climate change."
Extreme E was founded by Formula E chairman Alejandro Agag to highlight climate change in five remote locations: the desert, the Arctic, the rainforest, the Himalayas and an island in the Indian Ocean.
Environmental experts from Cambridge University will join Extreme E to conduct research and restore areas already damaged by climate change.
The Extreme E driver programme was announced last week, with British drivers Jamie Chadwick and Katherine Legge named in it.
Veloce join Formula E associated teams Venturi, ABT, and HWA, as the first confirmed outfits.”
REALIST123 said:
Forget the buzz words.
‘Environmentally focussed’
And
‘Race series’ (and what that involves)
are all that need to be considered.
It's both. Still don't see the issue. It's been proven many times that the racing environment is the best way to accelerate development of new technologies. ‘Environmentally focussed’
And
‘Race series’ (and what that involves)
are all that need to be considered.
I think the issue is, like so many things these days, that people see everything as black or white, love or hate with nothing in-between. Being environmentally focused doesn't mean you have to wear a fig leaf and sit in the forest strumming your guitar. There are many levels below running 2mpg V12 engines and flying private planes everywhere.
Black car with yellow roll hoop - https://twitter.com/_BMA_/status/1191049623567294464
That's just normal FF racing
That's just normal FF racing
df76 said:
I see that Jamie Chadwick is reconfirmed for next year, is that a positive move? She also raced in the Walter Hayes at the weekend, ended badly after qualifying 26th for the final..
Can't see it hurting her as long as she's in the fight the whole way. Personally I think it's important to defend a championship win to prove it wasn't a fluke.df76 said:
I see that Jamie Chadwick is reconfirmed for next year, is that a positive move? She also raced in the Walter Hayes at the weekend, ended badly after qualifying 26th for the final..
Qualified Heat 1 8/27Finished Heat 1 8th
Started semi-final 2 16th, finished 13th
Stated final 25th, was running 19th when taken out, DNF.
She was in a field of seasoned FF1600 racers and hasn't really done much in these cars before, so reasonably respectable showing.
Cold said:
The W Series will be supporting F1 in USA and Mexico this year.
Yep, saw this, I think this a good thing. I know there are lots of discussions around motorsport being, for very much the most part. A sport where men and woman should / can and do compete equally. That’s a really positive thing about the sport as a whole.I appreciate that the W Series can be viewed as negative discrimination in itself. Perhaps weakening the case for fast, talented women, who have traditionally competed against men in the same race series.
But I think the long term aim of the W Series is not so much to lift the careers or opportunities of the women currently racing in it. Although of course it will do that, and a good thing to.
I feel it’s more about establishing a positive avenue for exposing the sport to more young women and girls. Pricing some role models, a chance to see someone like yourself, racing, competing professionally in very visible series.
I know there are loads of talented young men / boys. Who could also do with a leg up, a helping hand. And that, having tried to make a go of it myself. That it is extremely difficult to even find the ladder, let alone the first rung of it. Even if you have shovel fulls of talent (which is the bit I lacked!).
But it I’m certain it is even more challenging and difficult for women, young and old. Who either want to work in, engage in, get involved in racing, at whatever level.
If Jamie Chadwick, Beitske Visser, Alice Powell, Marta García, Emma Kimilainen, Fabienne Wohlwend or any of the others. Can utilise the W Series to gain experience, exposure and then that provides funding or investment, allowing them to race. Bloody good luck to all of them. I shall look forward to watching the new season
Jamie Chadwick has secured some big backing from Prema Motorsport - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/motorsport/53045536
FourWheelDrift said:
Jamie Chadwick has secured some big backing from Prema Motorsport - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/motorsport/53045536
Have watched the first couple of Formula Regional Europe rounds, one more race to come tomorrow at Paul Ricard. Quite a lot more racing to come through the autumn as well. Got a horrible feeling that it might be the end of her single seater career unless she can turn it around asap. Although I guess the W Series will be running in 2021 with the grid as planned for 2020.So all Jamie Chadwick is doing this year is Extreme E, some “development” work with Williams and repeating W series.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/56238348
This has to be seen as a bit of a failure for W series. It’s supposed to be a way to launch the drivers onto bigger and better things. If the reigning champion is coming back for another go, then it doesn’t bode well for the rest of them.
Hopefully we’ll see some more girls get into the sport as a result of the publicity it has, otherwise it won’t have achieved anything.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/56238348
This has to be seen as a bit of a failure for W series. It’s supposed to be a way to launch the drivers onto bigger and better things. If the reigning champion is coming back for another go, then it doesn’t bode well for the rest of them.
Hopefully we’ll see some more girls get into the sport as a result of the publicity it has, otherwise it won’t have achieved anything.
Nampahc Niloc said:
So all Jamie Chadwick is doing this year is Extreme E, some “development” work with Williams and repeating W series.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/56238348
This has to be seen as a bit of a failure for W series. It’s supposed to be a way to launch the drivers onto bigger and better things. If the reigning champion is coming back for another go, then it doesn’t bode well for the rest of them.
Hopefully we’ll see some more girls get into the sport as a result of the publicity it has, otherwise it won’t have achieved anything.
Good, it shouldn't be a way to launch women into other things. If they have the same money and talent then they already have an advantage over their male peers.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/56238348
This has to be seen as a bit of a failure for W series. It’s supposed to be a way to launch the drivers onto bigger and better things. If the reigning champion is coming back for another go, then it doesn’t bode well for the rest of them.
Hopefully we’ll see some more girls get into the sport as a result of the publicity it has, otherwise it won’t have achieved anything.
It's bringing awareness to young girls, that's what it's for and how it should be marketed.
Nampahc Niloc said:
So all Jamie Chadwick is doing this year is Extreme E, some “development” work with Williams and repeating W series.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/56238348
This has to be seen as a bit of a failure for W series. It’s supposed to be a way to launch the drivers onto bigger and better things. If the reigning champion is coming back for another go, then it doesn’t bode well for the rest of them.
Hopefully we’ll see some more girls get into the sport as a result of the publicity it has, otherwise it won’t have achieved anything.
She was intending to go onto the main F3 series this year (the one that supports F1), but as she confirmed herself, her pace in Formula Regional last year was not good enough to get a seat. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/56238348
This has to be seen as a bit of a failure for W series. It’s supposed to be a way to launch the drivers onto bigger and better things. If the reigning champion is coming back for another go, then it doesn’t bode well for the rest of them.
Hopefully we’ll see some more girls get into the sport as a result of the publicity it has, otherwise it won’t have achieved anything.
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