This situation means F1 could be diluted in terms of ultimate driving ability by paying drivers who have bought their place in F1 not purely earned it based it on results. Speaking to Autosport magazine, current Indianapolis 500 driver and race-winning Indy Lights driver Pippa Mann commented that "it is extremely disappointing to learn that a racer with no notable results in any of the categories in which she has competed, and who believes and is quoted as saying that she does not believe we as female racers can compete, has been appointed to the FIA Women in Motorsport Commission. The point is, it’s easy to pick on Jorda. [7] After a three-race hiatus, missing races at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Iowa Speedway, and Watkins Glen International, Jordá made her return to competition at the Exhibition Place in Toronto on July 18, 2010. There are plenty of other people. Photo credit goes to Motorsport.com. Early on in her career, Carmen managed to achieve three podium finishes in the European Formula 3 Open series category. That’s not sexist, that is a popular opinion backed by her racing statistics. Her appointment by Lotus saw her become just the eleventh woman in history to be part of a Formula 1 team's driver line-up.[1]. Carmen is the daughter of former motor racing driver Jose Miguel Jordá, who introduced her to the sport at an early age. The problem is a racing series that is so expensive that it has to resort to hiring people based on how much money they can pay, rather than talent. He didn’t score again in his second year of the series, and has signed with Koiranen for his third year in the category this year. [24] However, she did not attend the evaluation day and was automatically excluded from the qualifying process. It appears Fong will have a similar role in the team to Jorda, with Fong also likely to bring funding to the team to support them throughout the year. Lotus have signed Spanish driver Carmen Jorda for the upcoming F1 season.. Timo Glock, Heikki Kovalainen and Kamui Kobayashi were all talented drivers who got pushed out of the series because they didn’t have financial backing.

She wants to be in F1. Despite these three disappointing years in GP3, in late February this year the Lotus F1 team announced they had signed Jorda as a development driver for the team this year.

For Lotus they have left themselves open to ridicule amongst the F1 community by claiming the hiring of Carmen Jorda and Adderly Fong is based on their previous results in junior categories, when it seems much more likely the team hired these two young drivers because of the press exposure it gives them alongside the potential sponsorship money they can bring to the team. The Lotus F1 team is known to have suffered financial problems in the recent past, although the team claimed to be on a much better financial footing going into this 2015 season. Honestly, if Jorda were a man, most F1 fans would look at the Lotus deal with mild irritation. She has competed in other motor racing series such as GP3, Firestone Indy Lights and the Le Mans Series. Lotus names female racer Carmen Jorda to F1 development role “Pay to drive” drivers are nothing new in Formula One. “Another guy with money is getting a gig he doesn’t deserve.”. Carmen Jorda racing in GP3 last year in another disappointing year for her. Carmen is the daughter of former motor racing driver Jose Miguel Jordá, who introduced her to the sport at an early age. On 6 February 2015, it was announced that Jordá had joined Lotus F1 as a development driver. She continued to race in F3 in 2008 and 2009 – competing in the very first season of the new European F3 Open Championship. We asked Lotus to see and she has done a good job for them. All you need to know about Lotus F1 team's new driver", "Andersen Racing signs Carmen Jordá for Indy Lights", "2010 Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg", "2010 Firestone Indy Lights Series – Round 02, Barber Motorsports Park – Results", "2010 Firestone Indy Lights Series – Round 03, Streets of Long Beach – Results", "2010 Firestone Indy Lights Series – Round 07, Streets of Toronto – Results", "2010 Firestone Indy Lights Series – Round 08, Edmonton City Centre Airport – Results", "Spaniard Carmen Jorda signs with Koiranen GP", "Lotus F1 team signs Carmen Jorda to development driver role", "Michele Mouton: Carmen Jorda nur wegen PR in der Formel 1", "Lotus Sent the Wrong Message by Signing Carmen Jordá | VICE Sports", "Kontrovers: Jorda wird Mitglied der FIA-Frauen-Kommission", "Ecclestone defends Carmen Jorda's F1 ambitions", "Renault launches its 2016 Formula 1 project", "Formel 1-babe fik dansk kører til at give op", "Jorda rubbishes "12 seconds slower" accusations", "55 women make the first cut for 2019 W Series", "W Series names 28 drivers for final stage of selection", "Motor Sport Weekly Debrief - December 8", "Female racers 'disheartened' by Jorda FIA Commission appointment", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carmen_Jordá&oldid=981506340, MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship drivers, Articles with dead external links from November 2016, Articles with permanently dead external links, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 2 October 2020, at 18:43. His best year was his first in 2013, where he finished 21st in the final standings with two points. Carmen Jorda has joined Lotus F1 as a development driver, becoming the second female to hold a Formula 1 back-up position after Williams' Susie Wolff, having raced last year's GP3 feeder series. [15] In an interview with Motorsport.com, Jordá spoke of her surprise at Mouton's comments and her ambition to invite her to an F1 race so "she can better understand exactly what her plans are with Lotus".

She began her career in karting, before progressing to Master Junior Formula as a teenager, and then onto Spanish Formula 3. Patrick was once famously told by F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone, “women should be dressed in white like all other domestic appliances.”. Whilst this is a noteworthy result, considering it was her third year of F3 and the relative lack of serious high level junior competition in the European F3 Open series, this is slightly worrying. The biggest plus for both drivers are the sponsorship money and press exposure they can bring to teams in F1, despite results in junior categories that suggest they should be nowhere near F1 based purely on apparent driving ability and previous results.


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