Valentino Rossi tested for Ferrari for the better part of a decade.

“For the first time, Rossi – with little four-wheeled racing experience – was out on track with M Schumacher, Fernando Alonso, Jenson Button, Felipe Massa, Nico Rosberg, Juan Pablo Montoya, Ralf Schumacher, Robert Kubica, Mark Webber et al. Sounds a…

And women aren’t coming up through the various Formula programs and are essentially fast tracked to the near top of motor sport because?

You’re just moving the goalposts.

There’s plenty of women that do care about car racing that do not excel. People don’t succeed in sport on passion alone. It takes natural talent.

Yeah, Bernie’s a moron, but let’s not pretend he controls who the teams put in their cars.

Aside from that, You’re legitimately trying to argue conspiracy theory nonsense that Motorsport as a whole is so sexist that teams would have no problem giving testing roles to women, but then actively and intentionally sabotage…

I was just about to say that. He was called “the rat” for a reason.

Ohh right. A car’s setup is totally irrelevant, all those microadjustments that drivers spend hours working on with their teams to get perfectly is just for fun!

Guess what? It’s a skill. Some drivers are notorious for being great at it (Michael Schmacher, Niki Lauda) and some weren’t (James Hunt) and it makes a huge…

Perhaps because there’s many examples of women racers who keep getting seat after seat despite terrible results.

For example, if Carmen Jorda was announced to be the next Williams driver, how many here would question why?

Maybe you’re right. Maybe it doesn’t have much to do with physical shape. I’m not sure. But I’m not so sure Indycar is the best example either considering the only woman to even have moderate success was Danica Patrick, who only won one race. Currently the only regular woman driver in Indycar appears to be Pippa Mann,…

I’m sexist because? I can’t come up with any reasonable explanation as to why women aren’t competing in F1, and I’m trying to figure out why that is.

I didn’t at all say that women can’t get into shape to do ironmans. I was saying that your example of women’s success in horseback riding is a false equivalence. Its…

It’s unfortunate you’re so ignorant.

Why don’t you look into the training regiment most F1 drivers go through. For example Jenson Button times in the ironman trialthon that he used to compete in during non-race weekends during the season are good enough for him to compete in the world championships. Something tells me…

Again, are you arguing driving an F1 car for 2 hours and eventing on a horse both require the same level of physical abilities?

Yet Carmen Jorda and her lack of talent managed to get past all of that without issue. No one is saying a girl can’t drive a go kart. I’m asking why girls aren’t driving go karts as fast as boys are.

“have all the resources in shifter Kart series and training that also often exclude girls or put them through extra crap.”

How do young girls that show talent at low levels get passed over while girls like Carmen Jorda that have never won anything and aren’t even remotely competitive get seat after seat after seat?

You…

That’s all fine and dandy to say, but as many race car drivers have demonstrated over the year, the only real thing you need to succeed in motorsport is talent. If you have the talent, the money and seats will come your way.

As the Macho Man Randy Savage once said “the cream rises to the top”.

So here we are. Look at…

Because it’s effectively horse dancing. They wear top hats and coats with tails while competing. I get it, it requires a huge amount of training and discipline and connection with the horse to do what they do, and that isn’t easy. But, you’re acting like there’s just as much physical skill required for dressage as…

“The women tended to be quicker, more accurate, and better balanced.”

But not connected enough to actually race for Lotus F1? Okay. Care to explain how an utterly talentless driver like Jorda can get connections, but a talented woman that would compete in F1 is literally nowhere to be found?

You’re the one who thinks you can fit my kid in a 4-6 inch gap, and buckle him in by reaching around the back of thecar seat. In fact I’d reckon it’d be easier to get the kid in the car seat and strapped in through the liftgate than it would be from the door the car seat is installed on.

I’ll give you a hint as to how…

Please, go ahead then, ohh enlightened one, show me how to get my kid into a rear facing convertible car seat installed in the back seat on a two door car. I’m all ears.

If I’m so wrong it should be a cake walk.

Interesting. Then explain Carmen Jorda, all of the seats she’s gotten, all of the sponsorship she’s brought with her, and her terrible, terrible performances for over a decade. She never scored a point in GT3 in three seasosn but apparently brought enough sponsorship dollars to Lotus to get a reserve driver spot on…