If women are such good drivers.?

Question

Why are ther no female formula 1 drivers,or rally drivers.
Is it because these cars are not fitted with vanity mirrors

combratable:mini go carts and formula Mazda are hardly formua 1 dear,though I grant you that they don't have vanity mirrors as standard.

Danica Patric is an indy car driver

Trixie,put your claws back in they make you look a bit daft.

Answer 1

Lol. The lack of vanity mirror, stereo for Westlife CDs and space for baby seat puts us off

Answer 2

I suspect your question really isn't a serious one, rather it was designed for reaction, and it seems you succeeded.
Having said that, there have been a handful of women drivers in Formula One racing:
Maria Teresa De Filippis.
Lella Lombardi.
Giovanna Amati.
Davina Galica/
Desiré Wilson.
South African-born Wilson even won a Formula Aurora race at Brands Hatch.
I suspect the reason there are no women in F1 racing at present is because there are so few in the lower formulae and we all know you must come up through the ranks and, in many cases bring a hefty sponsorship package to a prospective F1 team.
True, it's not Formula One, but there are two successful women racing sportscars in North America, Venezuela's Milka Duno in the Rolex Series and Liz Halladay from England in the American Le Mans Series and are both race winners. Halladay is also a highly-rated equestrienne.
I suppose I could also pose a question, albeit on a different topic: Why isn't there a balance beam event for men in gymnastics? Don't men have good balance! :-)

Answer 3

lol - you have got them all going with this one!! I think there is a socio-economic answer to your question. There are only a certain number of people to whom this sport is available in reality. You need a lot of money behind you and connections. Usually drivers come from very rich families who have some connections with the sport or business surrounding the sport in the first place.

Dare I say this next bit?!! Most girls who grow up in this atmosphere are more interested in things other than working really hard and risking their lives! If the sport was thrown open to all, on ability to drive rather than ability to pay, then we may see more women.

That said, endurance would always be a serious problem I think. Women are different to men and there is no getting around that. That is not to say that some women wouldnt make excellent F1 drivers - just not the majority of us. That also is not to say that the majority of us are rubbish drivers - just not good F1 fodder!!

Answer 4

The cars are too long, women's small feet and legs would not reach the peddles. Buy the way was it you that passed me on the road the other day with your head hanging out of the window. combing your hair in the side mirror.

Answer 5

When one of the three top teams in F1 puts a woman in a car then you will see some woman in the winners circle

Answer 6

Maybe there are and you don't know about it. You have to remember that in racing, men think they own the place, and they don't want to let women into their domain, they don't want to be shown up by women in their own sport. I'll drive anything against any guy any time. And you can take your vanity mirror comment and stick it where the sun doesn't shine.

Answer 7

Because most women don't see the point of driving round in circles for good knows how many laps for god knows how long and not actually going anywhere!
And if men are such good drivers why are there so many crashes in the races especially at the start!

Answer 8

I have raced here in England against women drivers. They tend to lack spatial coherence or, to put it another way, they are less aware of where on track you are.

I remember one in particular who asked me for help in taking a chicane on a particular British track as fast as possible. It was an uphill chicane and the car got airborne half way through. Anyway, no matter what I said she used to pull on the steering while in the air and the car would go off track when she landed. She did not have the spatial awareness of where she was. In the race? She turned in on me as I was lapping her and I spent about 50 yards on the grass but towards the end of the race she crashed at .... you know whats coming.....the chicane.

Of course I will now be in trouble for my comments

Answer 9

You need to research your question before asking such a narrow minded question!! There are female rally and formula 1 drivers but they are fighting in a male dominated sport and rarely get the backing they need. Everyone knows women are better drivers than men!!

Answer 10

Woman are generally good drivers on the road according to insurance companies. Some woman are rubbish though, the worse ones who drive 4x4s and cant park them!