Some can say, that Carmen Jorda is like Donald Trump – every time she speaks, it’s controversial or pointless/stupid/idiotic/wrong/bad – pick one

(Yeah, I know about "wrong" tribe. But I think it's important discussion. Sorry)

Woman have better chance to compete in Formula E – that was the point of Jorda’s last recorded answer to media. Why? Because, according to her, FE cars are easier to drive.

First things first: Jorda said, that it has power steering. It doesn’t. That could be good moment to end discussion and say, that Jorda knows nothing about FE.

We have to continue however. You can ask many drivers who raced those cars and they will say, that it is hard. Okay, maybe on 2-3 laps, that Jorda had it wasn’t bad. She didn’t have to lift and coast, she didn’t experience overheated battery.

When you look at statistics, then you might think, that woman indeed have better chances to compete in FE. During all four seasons of that series, we had 3 female drivers: Michela Cerruti, Katherine Legge and Simona de Silvestro. All of them drove in first season in at least two races, de Silvestro drove full second season.

And let’s focus on her. She had quite nice season then. Few points in a car with original powertrain – that’s nice. Not as good, as her team mate Robin Frijns, but for sure you can’t say she did bad job.

Next season Andretti team partnered with BMW. And Simona was replaced by Antonio Felix da Costa – BMW driver.

And now we need to move to discuss Formula E at all. Common argument is that FE drivers are on their way to retirement or they were too weak for Formula 1. Some of this is true, but still those drivers are highly competitive.

We have not only former F1 drivers, but also winner of Le Mans and many bright young guys, who should be in F1 and they would do amazing job for sure (I’m looking at you, Mr Rosenqvist).

Let’s look however from different side. Both Audi drivers have status of factory driver, Sebastien Buemi has strong connections with Renault, Nico Prost, well, you know, Edo Mortara and Maro Engel are Mercedes factory drivers, Andre Lotterer – Porsche, da Costa and Tom Blomqvist represent BMW. Last three mentioned manufactures will step up to FE with fully factory effort in next two years (BMW next season, Porsche and Mercedes later). We can’t also forget of drivers who spend many years here and knows series (and their teams) very well.

That leads us to very simple conclusion – it’s not easy to find spot in Formula E. You need to be associated with manufacturer or be rather good. This year’s lineup is considered as one of the strongest in whole motorsport.

Would Simona de Silvestro find a spot in Formula E? Probably not. Yes, she now drivers for Nissan in Australia and Nissan will replace Renault next season, but would she beat Nico Prost?

In 2019-2020 season we will see fight between Nissan, Audi, BMW, Mercedes, Porsche, Jaguar and other teams who won’t accept role of second group. We are in situation this year, that nearly every single team can fight for victory. Andretti had some problems, but da Costa showed in Mexico, that even they can fight. NIO, a team with many problems in last seasons, finally was able to get podium with their own powertrain. Dragon is little behind, but both Jerome d’Ambrosio and Jose Maria Lopez showed potential. So it’s hard to discount them as well.

They won’t accept role of Formula E’s Sauber or Williams. They are here to fight for the wins and that will stay. So they will have to get drivers, that will deliver results.

I will make bold statement, that if you want to be in Formula E, you need to be one of the top 50 open wheel drivers in the world. The question is if there is any woman there.

I’m sorry, but no. Okay, maybe Simona de Silvestro, but only her.

I know, it’s important to promote female drivers. But you have to make it logical.

Why Carmen Jorda is so disliked in motorsport world? Because she pretends to be an expert and have amazing experience that allows her to say about everything, because she was Lotus’ “development driver”. I think that was her title. But she achieved nothing. Just check her stats.

She was pushed to the front. Promoted to the figure of future Formula 1 driver, when she clearly didn’t had chance to be one. She was promoted, because she is woman. And that’s not equality.

Talking about putting woman in a racing series just because it’s a woman is not right. It will only demolish perspective and give another argument for whiners to whine about.

Pippa Mann, Christina Nielsen, Michele Mouton, Janet Guthrie – all of them get their seat because they were or are fast. And that’s the only thing that should matter. Not what gender are you. It should be as important as length of hair.

Don’t give false hopes, that woman should focus on one racing series, because it’s easier. That doesn’t work.

In this logic we wouldn’t have female doctors – because it’s easier to be a nurse. We wouldn’t have female astronauts – because it’s easier to be a teacher. We wouldn’t have female team bosses – because it’s easier to be press officer.

Woman have bright future in motorsport. We are talking more and more about them, but, what is more important, after many years when they were in shadow, we have more woman actually racing.

We have woman driving in Indianapolis 500, we had them in 24h Le Mans, we had them in NASCAR, we had them in Formula 1. So for sure they can. They just need to train hard.

Trust me, there won’t be a team in FE or F1, that will reject great female racing drivers just because she’s female. They would welcome her with open hands. Just as any male driver, that will help them to be more competitive.

“Doing Jorda’s” for sure won’t help female drivers at all. Giving her job in F1 team was like saying “you know, young girl, you might underperform, you might be uncompetitive, but if you have nice look, then you have a shot of getting job with F1 team. We’ll give suit, some laps in sim, you won’t drive actual car, but your face will bring attention to us”. Is that right? Hell no.

We need to convince more girls to drive. We need to support them, giving them chance to show their potential. But don’t force them. It will always end bad.