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Jorda confident she’ll prove critics wrong

Carmen Jorda admits criticism over her role in F1 “can be hard” but is confident she will prove her critics wrong in future.

Jorda is a development driver for Lotus, signing for the team at the start of this season having finished 29th in the GP3 championship the year before. Having failed to score a point in 44 GP3 races, Jorda has been subject to negative comments regarding her driving talents, but taking part in a Twitter Q&A for Lotus, asked if she believes she can prove her critics wrong and use their criticism as inspiration, Jorda replied: “Yes and, it can be hard but yes. Time will tell…”

Asked why she is in an F1 team without having achieved the required results in junior categories, Jorda says she hopes to help more women reach the sport in the future.

“So few women are able to make it. I'm there now and I'm pushing to create chances for more women in the feeder series.”

And Jorda believes she will get the opportunity to drive an F1 car soon, adding: “I'm pushing for it every day, and every day I get a step closer.”

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Andrew Lewin

Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.