Thanks for the links, Jon, quite amazing!

Well, I do hope Bernie takes notice...

What a super event. They should do more of those in other countries. What are Bias 2011 plans?

With the reintroduction of KERS the weight of the drivers in F1 is now more important.

Perhaps that opens opportunities for female drivers .

I watched it live and could not believe my eyes.

I also taped, and when I re-watched it was so funny, the comentators praising everyone, especially Alguersuari (who they thought would win) and no mention at all of Bia, but then, oops, here comes her, killing the field and making averyone look foolish with her incredible pace.

She is the real deal.

What precision in her driving, what audacity in her moves.

At least Rubens was fighting for it, the rest of the men were a joke in this competition. This does not bode well for Massa and Senna.

Bia in F1 would be great, although the different forces in an F1 car would maybe mean that she cannot handle it in the top echelon. But she should be given the chance.

Unbelievable performance, I just watched it the third time.

Too strong words as Alguersuari has been there for the first time and was leading 14 out of the 28 laps race... He had a brake issues after 20th lap losing lead to Rubens and then some others, so describing him as a joke seems weird to me...

Yes, Alguersuari was fine, and showed what he is made of. Will he succeed Webber at RBR in 2012?

Nonetheless, one girl blew the gents away, and then some!

I can't help wishing that she gets a drive, especially after watching that.

Were the karts weighted up?

The minimum weight of the car has been increased to compensate for KERS. Teams that do not run KERS will still have to carry the equivalent weight in ballast.

However, there are teams who asked their drivers to lose weight. If I'm not mistaken it is Ferrari who asked Alonso sto lose 8 kg's.

Yes, according to the rules I found in their website there's a minimum weight for kart+driver and if needed they add ballast. And both the engine and the mechanics are distributed by drawing lots.

That's exactly the advantage the teams look for. You take 8KG from where the driver's hip is and place them wherever you wish.

exactly, takin into account that the average women is like what... 10 kgs lighter than a guy, it seems a genuine performance advantage for Females in F1 nowadays!

Fair enough, maybe she's Ayrton Senna's love child?


But there's still a big difference from driving a go kart to driving a F1 car

You guys have her in an F1 car already...

Let's just hope Ribeiro can close a deal on the few remaining seats in IndyCar.
Wouldn't mind if DeFerran ran her as a #2 with Tony.

Jp

There have been female F1 drivers.

Indeed, there were even female F1 race winners, albeit not in a World Championship points scoring race...

Ah to hell with it: Just give her Di Restas seat at Force India
I know he won the F3 Euroseries & The F3 Masters
And that in 4 years in the DTM he's finished 5th in an old car and 1st, 2nd & 3rd in a factory car (not forgetting his British Junior (running almost 10kgs over weight at a cost of around 0.3/s a lap)and Cadet karting titles) but this girl had a good result in 1 kart race!!!

SIGN HER UP VIJAY!

Very enjoyable to watch, thanks for the link jp.

I am now a fan!!

Educate yourself:

2009
• Finished eighth in Firestone Indy Lights standings for Sam Schmidt Motorsports.
• Won race at Iowa Speedway.

2008
• Finished third in Firestone Indy Lights standings for Sam Schmidt Motorsports.
• Became first woman in series history to win race, at Nashville Superspeedway.
• Won Firestone Indy Lights Rising Star Award.

2006
• Competed in South American Formula 3, finishing fifth in championship.

2003-05
• Competed in Brazilian Formula Renault, recording three victories in 2005.
• Named series Rookie of the Year in 2003.

Early career
• Starting in karting, winning Sorriso Petrobras Kart Cup in 2003 abnd two Gold Helmet Awards as top Brazilian kart driver.

The other thing in her favour is that the thread starter is a genius.

+ 2 Amen

Deal Done....
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/89725

Parabéns Bia
Jp

Great news to hear that she have the drive for the whole season!

Awesome news!

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