• W-Series races cancelled

    From Geoff May@21:1/5 to All on Mon Oct 10 18:19:05 2022
    https://wseries.com/news/w-series-to-curtail-2022-season-to-focus-on-fundraising-for-2023/

    Damn, I was looking forward to the rest of the season :(

    Cheers

    Geoff

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  • From ~misfit~@21:1/5 to Geoff May on Wed Oct 12 01:09:57 2022
    On 11/10/2022 6:19 am, Geoff May wrote:
    https://wseries.com/news/w-series-to-curtail-2022-season-to-focus-on-fundraising-for-2023/

    Damn, I was looking forward to the rest of the season :(

    Cheers

    Geoff

    Bugger! So was I.
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  • From XYXPDQ@21:1/5 to All on Tue Oct 11 11:33:48 2022
    If they actually had even two or three races on the same cable channels running F1 funding wouldn't be an issue.

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  • From Geoff May@21:1/5 to XYXPDQ on Tue Oct 11 20:34:57 2022
    On 11/10/2022 19:33, XYXPDQ wrote:
    If they actually had even two or three races on the same cable channels running F1 funding wouldn't be an issue.

    I do sort of agree but I think the problem goes deeper. There is still
    this issue that woman drivers cannot be racing drivers because of some unexplainable reasoning. This year, we had someone from Ferrari saying
    that there won't be woman drivers in F1.

    The other problem we have is that the people paying for the TV shows are
    saying that no one watches woman sports. Which is true, we don't but the
    reason why we don't watch it is because it isn't shown on TV. A little
    hard to watch something that isn't available to watch ...

    All the lads I work with, who watch motor racing, all watched W-Series.

    Cheers

    Geoff

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  • From Darryl Johnson@21:1/5 to Geoff May on Tue Oct 11 17:03:13 2022
    On 2022-10-11 3:34 PM, Geoff May wrote:
    On 11/10/2022 19:33, XYXPDQ wrote:
    If they actually had even two or three races on the same cable
    channels running F1 funding wouldn't be an issue.

    I do sort of agree but I think the problem goes deeper. There is still
    this issue that woman drivers cannot be racing drivers because of some unexplainable reasoning. This year, we had someone from Ferrari saying
    that there won't be woman drivers in F1.

    The other problem we have is that the people paying for the TV shows are saying that no one watches woman sports. Which is true, we don't but the reason why we don't watch it is because it isn't shown on TV. A little
    hard to watch something that isn't available to watch ...

    All the lads I work with, who watch motor racing, all watched W-Series.

    Cheers

    Geoff


    Not motorsports, but I tend to prefer women's ice hockey and women's
    tennis to the men's version. Not quite as macho muscle and more finesse.

    I'd possibly watch a woman's racing series. I've never seen the W series offered on my cable TV. Maybe I've missed it.

    As long it was more like F1/2/3 and not Formula E. I'm just not a fan of
    those short street circuit events. Too much like Go-karts for my liking.

    We do have a situation where men tend to ignore women's abilities too
    often. Stick to the kitchen, honey. There's no reason at all why women
    couldn't compete in F1. Ferrari may be right, in that there's a
    cascading sequence of events, starting with little money, little
    opportunity and very little encouragement. Too bad Stroll wasn't a woman
    who wanted to race F1. With her father's financial backing, she could,
    perhaps, have made it all the way to F1.

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  • From Mr Gobrien@21:1/5 to All on Fri Oct 14 03:20:06 2022
    re - I've never seen the W series offered on my cable TV.

    in the uk it was live on sky sports f1 and channel 4 had taped showings - i don't know about other countries though.

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  • From bra@21:1/5 to Geoff May on Sun Oct 16 14:49:11 2022
    On Monday, October 10, 2022 at 10:19:07 AM UTC-7, Geoff May wrote:
    https://wseries.com/news/w-series-to-curtail-2022-season-to-focus-on-fundraising-for-2023/

    Damn, I was looking forward to the rest of the season :(

    Cheers

    Geoff

    Abbi Pulling recently did fifty test laps in a full-on F3 car, and she was pleased not only its much greater faster speed and downforce, but also that she FOUND IT MUCH EASIER TO DRIVE than a standarized Tatus W Series car. F3 car chassis and controls
    can be enormously adjusted for every shape and size and angle to suit individual drivers; which Tatus cars can not.

    The widespread fear that 'women are not strong enough' to drive in higher series is disproved.

    One obstacle to women racers rising in the ranks remains ' money up front'. Three- time world champion Jamie Chadwick walked away with her $500,000 cheque at the end of 2021, and discovered that it counted for peanuts in the serious bidding for a full
    time F3 seat.

    F3 is clearly the next step for good women racers. Sadly, F3 remains a kind of gap year amusement for some wealthy sons or sponsors' favourites, who motor around to a 9th place and come back smiling next year to their seat.

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  • From XYXPDQ@21:1/5 to All on Mon Oct 17 09:46:01 2022
    How do the various F1 teams "young driver" programs work? Surprised there aren't more female drivers in that if for no other reason than pr.

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