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Female F1 driver Jorda slams ‘jealous’ rivals
F1's new female signing has hit back at her harshest critics. Although she finished last year's GP3 season just 29th overall, 26-year-old Spaniard Carmen Jorda has been signed up as a development driver by Lotus. Some of her former on-track rivals were unimpressed with the news, suggesting it was more about her gender, appearance and marketability than her talent and results. Rob Cregan, her GP3 teammate in 2012, said on Twitter: 'Carmen Jorda couldn't develop a roll of film let alone a hybrid F1 car.' Jorda, however, dismissed the criticism. 'Formula one is full of jealousy,' she told the German newspaper Bild. 'There are few cockpits, so only a few can make it. Rob is obviously jealous...
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