American racing driver Danica Patrick is angry about plans she claims punish her for being thin.
The 26-year-old is one of just two women in the Indy-car championship. She’s upset by a new rule to equalize the weights of each car based on driver size. Extra weight will be added to cars for lighter racers and trimmed for heavier ones.
Some other drivers had said Patrick had an edge because of her lighter size. She is just 158cm tall and weighs in at 45kg, making her the slimmest Indy-car racer.
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“If someone is going to take the hit it’s going to be me,” Patrick said. “It's disappointing the league decided to do that.”
Venezuela’s Milka Duno is the second woman in the 29-driver championship, which began a new season late last month.
Patrick is in her fourth season and still searching for her first victory.
(STAFF WRITER, WITH AFP)
美國賽車手丹妮卡．派翠克抨擊若干賽車新規定是在懲罰她身材窈窕。
美國印地方程式車賽中僅有兩位女車手，二十六歲的丹妮卡便是其一。聯盟的新規定要求依照車手體重，來平均加減其賽車重量，她對此感到相當不滿；體重較輕的車手必須額外加重賽車重量，而體重較重的車手則得減輕車子重量。
其他車手表示，因為丹妮卡體型瘦小，在比賽中比較佔優勢；丹妮卡身高僅一百五十八公分，體重四十五公斤，是印地車賽中最苗條的車手。
「若有人會因此受到衝擊，那一定是我，」派翠克說：「聯盟的決定實在令人失望。」
二十九位參賽車手中，第二位女性車手是委內瑞拉的蜜爾卡．杜諾；印地車賽上個月底才展開新賽季。
本季是派翠克參加的第四個賽季，但她仍在追尋她的生涯首勝。（法新社 / 翻譯：袁星塵）
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