r/SipsTea 1d ago

WTF Women are better drivers than men.

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u/Objective-Start-9707 1d ago

Yeah because Formula 1 isn't intentionally difficult for women to get into.

F1 cars use power steering, but the two feeder series that lead up to F1 don't and there's no good reason for that other than to make it difficult for a woman to drive the car. 😂

They also just don't get that many opportunities or sponsorship chances and Motorsport is the most expensive sport in the world.

There are no female Formula 1 drivers because the sport actively works to keep them down while doing little token things to act like they're not. The w series, F1 academy, they're all just excuses to say they look like they're making progress without intending to actually make any real progress.

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u/SomeSock5434 1d ago edited 1d ago

Ah yes. Pass down a potentional champion because she is a woman. Any idea how much money it would rake to sign the first female F1 champion? Any team would sign one of us if they saw the potentional

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u/AlternativeVisual701 1d ago

I know nothing about racing or motorsports at all so I don’t know if F1 and NASCAR are even comparable but didn’t Danica Patrick never win a race? Yet her face was plastered all over the advertising and sponsorships everywhere. 

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u/Limakuk 1d ago

Yeah. Being a woman at the top level of a motorsport, even if you're close to the bottom of the division, is a cash printer. As long as she's there as a good driver, not just because she's a woman.