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FIA’s Mouton plays down Carmen Jorda controversy
An FIA official has played down a media row with Lotus' female ‘development driver' Carmen Jorda. Michele Mouton, a French female former driver who finished the world rally championship second in 1982, is now president of the FIA's ‘women in motor sport' commission. She said recently that while respecting drivers like Susie Wolff and Danica Patrick, Mouton is ‘not interested' in female drivers who rise to a post for purely marketing or political reasons. Former GP3 driver and Spaniard Jorda, 27, hit back by suggesting that while Mouton is a rallying expert, she knows little about F1. Mouton has now told Spain's AS newspaper: 'For me there is no controversy. 'I was...
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