Mazda Rotary Club

Formula Woman
First in a new series in which women aged from 18 to 60 are given the chance to compete in a motor racing event. The series follows the thousands of novice drivers as their skills behind the wheel are assessed and the best are selected for further testing and selection until just 16 remain. Presented by Vicki Butler-Henderson.

Excellent stuff - what a bummer I\'m not in the UK  :(

Any chance of someone recording the series? either sending a tape/DVD/files so we can put on the web??

I will be taping it but, hopfully one of our IT guys will be able to get it to you via the internet.

If not would someone with DVD recorder send me a copy and l will get it to Glenn.

I will contact ITV and see if we can have the shows for our site after they have been aired.

no promises but i\'ll have a word with my bro (if he\'s awake in time lol) see if i can get him to do the DVD thing &/or sum other means...which can hopefully get on here sumhow.
As i say no promises so if anyone else can then go for it but i\'ll try bending his arm..... lol
Si

erm der i think he\'ll be awake by that time on Sunday thou (http://smilies.jeeptalk.org/contrib/blackeye/lol.gif) was thinking it was today (http://smilies.jeeptalk.org/otn/confused/bluThinking.gif) der i\'ll letcha no if the man from del Si\'s parents he say yeah.....
Si

just seen an advert running for it on ITV ... looks like it will be very entertaining. There were a few big sideways moments on the add :D  ( I wonder if Mazda regretted using Cadwell as the first venue ... its not very forgiving :eek: )

Bro happy to burn it to DVD memory (as in me/him forgetting ) provided, seemed less happy about having to mess about with it in terms of compacting &/or editing so can more easily send via the the ole compoota but as i say worst case should have a copy on DVD for ya & if best case it\'s not too massive or need fiddling with is there any cunning plans of where i can send it &/or upload it glenn given it\'s still guna be quite large, as in Si quite likely to crash computer with smilie abuse & wouldn\'t want it to fail at the last hurdle (KB or wotever) anyway lettice no yer thoughts.....
Si

I think Cadwell was ok but one of them got dropped pretty heavily at Knockhill.

Clive

I have a DVD recorder so I\'ll record it.

If you need a copy sent on let me know.

John

Hi John,

Yes please and l will forward it to Glenn, unless Simon knows how to upload it.


Cheers.

p.s are you coming to Billing this year ??

Women drivers trying to drive RX8\'s round a race circuit eh?
So youve never seen an RX8 crash then?... you will now!! :D




\'Norton\' runs for cover




:rollin

That would be great guys - a lot of interested people in Oz would like to see the series!  Take a note of the times they are doing, I think you\'ll be surprised how quick they are.

Good first program, very interesting, and im now looking forward to seeing the first race next Sunday.
Still a bit puzzled by the choice of exiting Cadwells club circuit hairpin for practising power slides though... a bit obvious that youre going to end up either clouting the bank on the left or the barrier on the right if you dont catch it. The resulting bent RX8s were a bit inevitable, but hey... wadda i know?!
Good publicity for the only new Rotary engined car available.

QuoteOriginally posted by gbutcher
That would be great guys - a lot of interested people in Oz would like to see the series!  Take a note of the times they are doing, I think you\'ll be surprised how quick they are.

They are slow.  Very slow...

Last round the T Cars were faster but about 7 secs a lap which is 14yr olds in cars restricted to 100mph.

At Oulton they were doing about the same lap times as the Minis iirc

OK got it on DVD although my DVD player doesn\'t seem to like the type of disc it\'s on but has been checked & does work in top quality if you dont have an awkward sodding PC anyway rules out me uploading it anywhere for sure so where/who does it need posting to?
Si

Clive

If needed I got it recorded onto a DVD you can have.

If anyone fancies a read there are a couple of participants posting on some of the pistonheads threads (when they dont get deleted and stuff lol).

Current one is:
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=111095&f=42&h=0

I quite enjoyed it. Not really a fan of the \'drama\', wish they\'d concentrate more on the racing, the abilities of the drivers and the techniques etc involved.

Looking forward to seeing what Glenn makes of it all, and i can\'t wait to see the girls put in some good times and drive the cars hard. Think the RX-8s are going to prove pretty quick, a few mags here rate them as fast round a track as an M3...which, granted, might not be the quickest car on the planet...but still quick enough to make entertaining viewing.

Also, when you compare the RX-8 and M3 on paper, seems ridiculous that the two would be comparable in terms of track times. But i guess that RX-8 must be in it\'s element around circuits.

Anyway, can\'t wait to see how the program unfolds! :cool

Well if you look at the lap times in Autotrader the RX8\'s are pretty much the slowest thing at any event, normally by quite some margin.

Im interested to see the Brands times, as im not too familiar with Knockhill and Cadwell so dont have much to compare too on those tracks.

Far too much like Big Brother for me. But, a lot of people watch Big Brother and I dont, so, what do I know?

I know I would rather see much more driving and less other stuff. I think their times were a bit slow, cause they were really scared of being kicked out if you lost control. Surely, this is not the fastest way to drive?

I couldnt figure out what most of the selection criteria had to do with racing, though.  eg - being submerged in a sinking helicopter sumilator??????  Have all the F1 boys, and all MSA licence holders in the UK been through this test???

I also dont know why Women complain that there are no women in Motorsport. One of them said " there is no category for women".   Err, there is no category that excludes women, so what\'s the problem? Get a car and go racing, thats all you have to do.

Ok, lets hope the future programs are about the racing!  Fantastic exposure for the RX-8, though :)

the only good bit about it was that they used the rx8 ... I thought the title music was particulary distasteful ! Its been made to grab ratings and thats it.

If you want to see how well they are doing during the races etc, its being covered in autosport at the mo\'.

 Looks like being a 1 horse race at the mo\'.

QuoteOriginally posted by J4P RX
Well if you look at the lap times in Autotrader the RX8\'s are pretty much the slowest thing at any event, normally by quite some margin.

Im interested to see the Brands times, as im not too familiar with Knockhill and Cadwell so dont have much to compare too on those tracks.

Hi Lee,

I was coming from the angle of - for what the car is (bit like FDDreamer has stated).  Sure it won\'t be as fast as many of the UK circuit cars, but should be bloody quick for what it is.

Only 239hp with 1350kgs?? pretty damn good in my books! :)

For the DVD scooby etc....

Is it in AVI or MPG format so that other people will be able to download (as I will host it on site) hopefully won\'t get into trouble but I\'m sure it should get some interest OUTSIDE the UK.

Let me know.


.ps Helps if I log in as myself!  :)

erm no idea as i say my DVD player just tells me to add a disk lol
OK i\'m being told it\'s in DVD format on DVD+R disk so er as not compacted formated or otherwise i guess but good if u have a DVD player which aint a total fekin heap, not that i\'m bitter or anything you understand (http://instagiber.net/smiliesdotcom/cwm/cwm/laugh.gif)
Lettice no if you want it sending just PM me yer addy & i\'ll send it off tomorrow if so desired?
Si

QuoteOriginally posted by johnf
Clive

If needed I got it recorded onto a DVD you can have.

Yes PLEASE so l can send it out to Glenn, the others will be appreciated if yourself or someone could  :)

I will cover any costs incured.
Cheers

Think its just being repeated now, but Superbikes is on 2...

QuoteOriginally posted by J4P RX
They are slow.  Very slow...

Last round the T Cars were faster but about 7 secs a lap which is 14yr olds in cars restricted to 100mph.

At Oulton they were doing about the same lap times as the Minis iirc

I bet the instructor was considerably quicker. Remember none of these women have raced before - one of them was DQd for lying about previously holding a race license...

[OK, having read some of the discussion on Petrolheads I take that back. It\'s not going to persuade me to cancel my order however. :D ]

John: Just to check you aint sent a copy out yet as i\'m guna give it to the post man later (i wish as it\'s actually a rather nice young lass being trained to do the job at my work ATM all i gora do now is bribe the trainer to add a few bits to the job description ;) lol)
Si

There was a HE/SHE on that program as well, trying to give NADIA of Big Brother a run for "her" money or is that "his" money,
sod it im confused with these trans gender types rofl  :rollin
I felt sorry for the RX8s they kept on crashing the poor things

One question i wonna ask.
How much different is the car in fomula women compared to out car. such as the engine and suspension etc

Apparently apart from the safety equipment such as roll cages harnesses etc they are as they came off the production line

Thats interesting, I\'m assuming that they must have pretty hardy brake lines etc?  

 I have noticed that a lot of plastic trim seems to be missing off of the cars featured in autosport....

Does anyone know if the girls will be doing a race that requires them to complete more laps? Say 20? Just be interesting to see how the brakes hold up to some sustained abuse! :p