Aston Martin runs Drugovich and Hawkins in F1 test at Hungaroring. Hawkins becomes first woman in five years to test a modern F1 car.
Aston Martin runs Drugovich and Hawkins in F1 test at Hungaroring. Hawkins becomes first woman in five years to test a modern F1 car.
Aston Martin conducted a F1 test at the Hungaroring last week with their 2021 car and with Felipe Drugovich and Jessica Hawkins behind the wheel.
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Long, long overdue but I'm so nervous for the first woman who makes it to the grid, going to be so much attention and scrutiny.
31 1 ReplyThere have been female drivers before. 5 in fact. But yes the next female driver to get a race seat is gonna have one hell of a media storm around them.
7 0 ReplyWhy?
1 0 ReplyThe fact that this is being talked about says a lot!
It's an article about Aston Martin testing, with two drivers, one is the current F2 Champion, and the other has achieved nothing of note!
Guess which driver we're talking about?!
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I wonder what she would have been able to achieve if she hadn't run into funding issue.
6 0 ReplyWell she's in F1 academy next year so we'll see how she compares to other drivers, but realistically dozens of drivers drop out every year due to funding and we've not seen any of them to be diamonds when given the chance.
7 0 ReplyShe is? Where has this been announced?
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Good for AM for giving her some seat time. F1 is overdue for some female presence.
5 0 ReplyBet she is much faster then $troll
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