Stirling Moss - Women lack mental aptitude for F1

[BDunnell]

The pure statement is wins in F1 period; actually Moss probably is aware of Wilson's win, just ignored it. She also won in World Prototypes and at one point had a deal for a drive in WC F1 which fell through for various reasons, none of which was driving talent. Arguably she is one of the most successful woman drivers, certainly more so than D. Patrick, and that is the point.

Exactly. No-one aware of how good she was in sportscars would ever deny Wilson's ability.

[BDunnell]

Personally, I think women have the mental capacity and the physical fitness for F1, but lack the killer instinct

There's no evidence of that when it comes to women serving in the armed forces, for a start.

[BDunnell]

Indeed that's a pretty stupid opinion.

Women can and have succeeded in motorsport already, and F1 will only be a matter of time.

Perhaps ironically, there's a driver I don't think was as good relative to the men as was Moss' own sister.

[Koz]

The only way to change his opinion is to prove him wrong.

And I really hope we see Susie Wolff in a at least a race.
But this I don't think the chances are there anymore. She is too old to have a career, and with her husband taking over Mercedes chances are next to nil.

Is it wrong to hope that the Pastor gets a stomach bug for next race weekend?

[Koz]

There's no evidence of that when it comes to women serving in the armed forces, for a start.

Bad argument, women aren't allowed to be in combat roles.
[With the exception of Israel, I believe]

[ArrowsFA1]

Perhaps it would be accurate to say that some people lack mental aptitude for Formula 1. It's not something that's unique to women.

[BDunnell]

Bad argument, women aren't allowed to be in combat roles.
[With the exception of Israel, I believe]

The UK and US, to name but two, have women serving as front-line combat pilots.

[schmenke]

Canada has had women serving in front line combat for some time now.
The U.S. pentagon has recently announced that women will be eligible for ground combat roles as of 2016.

[D-Type]

Whatever the reason, the fact remains that no woman has succeeeded at the highest level in motor sport, namely the Formula 1 World Championship.
Desiree Wilson's single F1 win was in a secondary series.
Rallying is a different discipline from racing. To a large extent you are racing against the clock, as opposed to physically racing against other drivers.
This has been discussed at length on another forum and the nearest to a consensus is to recognise that the number of women competing in motor sport at any level is significantly fewer than men so the lack of success at the highest levels is not statistically significant. But all this really does is change the question from "Why aren't more women successful?" to "Why don't more women compete in motor sport?" without offering an answer.

[bontebempo]

think he is right