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Sorensen to quit Lotus in protest of Jorda favouritism
Marco Sorensen says he quit Lotus in protest of the status and favouritism shown to the team's female development driver Carmen Jorda. Jorda, a former GP3 driver, was controversially appointed by Lotus last year, but it surprised many when it emerged she has kept the role for 2016 in the wake of the Renault takeover. For Danish driver Marco Sorensen, whose test role at Lotus was reportedly linked with the now-departed sponsor Saxo Bank, he claims that his departure was actually because of 27-year-old Jorda. 'She was 12 seconds slower than me in the simulator,' Sorensen is quoted as saying by the Danish newspaper Ekstra Bladet. 'Still, she ran away with all the rewards.' 'For the past two...
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