When the FIA announced its choice of Carmen Jorda to the Women In Motorsport Commission, IndyCar Series driver Pippa Mann, was livid, but she wasn't alone.
Furious IndyCar driver rips the person selected to represent women in racing
Fans have taken to Twitter since the announcement and shared their disbelief and disapproval of the FIA's choice. Many believe Jorda has no place representing women, when she has in the past said women and men shouldn't even race together.
Mann's post on Twitter garnered some attention from fans that feel the way she does.
This! ? Diabolical appointment! Should at least have someone in the role who rightly believes that women can compete with men! Hopefully the @FIA won?t make @CarmenJorda?s view into policy!
— Jordan Groves (@JGROVES1996) December 8, 2017
I can name many female racing drivers in many branches of motorsport yet I have never heard of Carmen Jorda. If it's truly her opinion that females can't race as equals alongside males then, clearly, her selection is simply to support the misogyny inherent within the @FIA.
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We are really disappointed. This stands out in a sea of bad FIA decisions ? we need real changes!
— Chicas Racing (@ChicasRacing) December 8, 2017
To be fair, these were tweets found on Mann's Twitter post, but things didn't look any better for Jorda on her own page.
How can you believe you're qualified for this when you don't think women are equal to men behind the wheel? This is the opposite of "fighting for women in motorsport".
— rodrant.bsky.social (@Rodrant64) December 8, 2017
https://twitter.com/Lunik1717/status/939143208935854080
Sorry Carmen, but I can think of several better representatives of Women's motorsport that would have been far more suitable... @katherinelegge @Susie_Wolff @SophiaFloersch @PippaMann @SarahFisher @simdesilvestro @AnnieBWansford @RuthBuscombe
— David Taylor (@DAVID41184) December 8, 2017
The fans, as well as Mann feel that Jorda's feelings towards women drivers as inferior is not a quality of a person that should be representing women in racing. Not to mention, Jorda has never finished higher than 10th, let alone won a race.