Legge crashes on F1 testing debut
Discussion
Women drivers eh...speaking of which, did anyone catch Stirling Moss' fine "damn them with faint praise" comment in F1 Racing magazine - when asked his opinion of women drivers, he replied "we've had some really good women drivers - and they're usually realistic about letting you past" 
heebeegeetee said:
I reckon if you don't crash soon after jumping up to a new formula, you ain't driving fast enough.
lol yeah, all depends how *fast* she was really going .. if she was about to set a lap that was faster than any other minardi driver had ever set then I'd say she was just finding the limit ... if she was going 10 seconds a lap slower I'd say she was a liability ..
iaint said:
if she was going 10 seconds a lap slower I'd say she was a liability ..
maybe she was touching up her lippy?
You know, comments like that don't help anyone. I think good on 'er for getting the test in the first place - something a lot of other drivers (and I make no distinction between male and female here) have done.
I know Katherine and she's a bloody good driver - she's proved this by going out to America and winning races in a very competitive championship. Yeah, so she crashed it. So what? Like no one else has ever done this. I'm sure she was pushing it from the word go - otherwise, what's the point?
This girl has got balls bigger than most blokes I know and I think she deserves a bit of respect.
Racylady said:
if she was going 10 seconds a lap slower I'd say she was a liability ..
maybe she was touching up her lippy?
You know, comments like that don't help anyone. I think good on 'er for getting the test in the first place - something a lot of other drivers (and I make no distinction between male and female here) have done.
I know Katherine and she's a bloody good driver - she's proved this by going out to America and winning races in a very competitive championship. Yeah, so she crashed it. So what? Like no one else has ever done this. I'm sure she was pushing it from the word go - otherwise, what's the point?
This girl has got balls bigger than most blokes I know and I think she deserves a bit of respect.
I'm sure she's a very talented racer - and is much more talented than I ever will be. My comment was obviously stereotype-based humor and was not a serious suggestion that she was actually applying lipstick (or mascara or fouffing her hair in the rear-view mirrow). clearly the helmet would interfere.
Lighten up, eh?
Doubt you'd be jumping up and down if it'd been taking hte piss out of a bloke, Schuey, Jenson or whoever.
Iain
P.S. Tell Katherine 'Well done' next time you're hanging out together.
Seems as though yesterday went a little better for her...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_o
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_o
Racylady said:
if she was going 10 seconds a lap slower I'd say she was a liability ..
maybe she was touching up her lippy?
You know, comments like that don't help anyone. I think good on 'er for getting the test in the first place - something a lot of other drivers (and I make no distinction between male and female here) have done.
I know Katherine and she's a bloody good driver - she's proved this by going out to America and winning races in a very competitive championship. Yeah, so she crashed it. So what? Like no one else has ever done this. I'm sure she was pushing it from the word go - otherwise, what's the point?
This girl has got balls bigger than most blokes I know and I think she deserves a bit of respect.
seems to me you've completely missed the point .. Bedford Rascal sums it up perfectly though. She's in F1, the pinnacle, she stuffed it .. F1 isn't a charity.
For sure she's got big balls, presumably also a big bank balance to buy her seat like everyone else in the lower orders of F1.
talented? undoubtedly! worth giving a break? for sure! to be ridiculed for stuffing it on lap 2? indeedy ! just like a bloke would had it happened to a bloke.
Wimmin ..
I usually do let these kind of comments go but Katherine has worked very hard to get where she is and these kind of flippant comments really get on my nerves. I know that most blokes are probably thinking it anyway but that's not really the point is it.
By the way, testing times - Vallelunga (day three):
1. Juan Caceres Minardi-Cosworth 1min 21.019secs
2. Katherine Legge Minardi-Cosworth 1min 21.176secs
3. Chanoch Nissany Minardi-Cosworth 1min 24.65secs
Not bad considering Nissany is the regular test driver.
By the way, testing times - Vallelunga (day three):
1. Juan Caceres Minardi-Cosworth 1min 21.019secs
2. Katherine Legge Minardi-Cosworth 1min 21.176secs
3. Chanoch Nissany Minardi-Cosworth 1min 24.65secs
Not bad considering Nissany is the regular test driver.
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