[avaiguite]

This is really horrible, feel very bad for her. I read this news this morning but i didnt reply because I was quite disturbed by this as an F1 fan.

But I have to say this, she shouldnt have been in an F1 car end of story. It has nothing to do with the fact that its a woman driver. Look at her record, she was not really a candidate to be in a F1 car, and she is 32 years old which is just far far too old for an F1 rookie. Im not saying you need to be in your 20s to drive in F1, Schumacher, Barrichello and Coulthard all proved that you dont have to be young...but you have to have shown the ability much earlier on which she never had in these class of vehicle.

I would say the exact same thing for a male driver in that position. I think it was hugely iresponsible of Marussia to put her in that car. They did it for the attention of a female driver brings coverage and sponsors to a team that otherwise has no reason to be in the news. The Marussia is a horrible car and she was not an experienced enough open wheel driver to be in it. Danica Patrick would have been the kind of female driver youd want to put in an F1 car, but obviously she'd never drive for Marussia.

I hope Marussia are held accountable for this and they are delt with accordingly and Maria is compensated more than fully, i also hope the FIA takes a more strict stance on who get to drive/test these cars.

This is just a disaster for future female drivers coming to F1 as well. Teams were already sceptical...now this just will make them even more hesitant.