Why do they want to lose 50-60% of their audience? Maybe they need to give championship points to the biggest losers.
FYI PING
Formula 1 racing is a major American company?
hell, that’s news to me.
“…saying that “our sport is rightly recognized for its elite performance and innovation, …”
All achieved WITHOUT DEI…
Meh. The WRC has much better drivers with more action anyway. Just need more air time on TV.
That explains all the people quitting.
LOL.
Does it apply to drivers, put crew, designers and fabricators? Pit bunnies must go DEI? Helicopter pilot for Mr Ferrari?
Get ready to lose. 😉
Formula one should be merit based. If a woman can drive as well as a man, then she should be in (and I'll ignore the whining from some of the men in NASCAR who said that Danica Patrick was lighter so should have handicapping weights added like horse racing). If a woman can sling around wheels like a man, then let her on the pit crew (I won't hold my breath on that one). If a woman engineer can design the car and squeeze an extra five HP out of the engine then welcome her. Guess what: none of those have to do with her chromosomes - only her skills. DEI is the opposite of a meritocracy.
Formula 1 is an American company?
LOL. The writer should probably understand F1 before starting the article.
I have to wonder if the fastest car/driver won’t win any longer?
When I am a passenger in a commercial airliner I do not care about the race, sexual preferences, or sex of the pilots so long as they are there based on merit and not DEI.
I don’t give a crap who they hire as long as the racing is good and the safety level is top notch. if they have a great black or Asian driver who cares. They can have their DEI as long as MEI is the standard. I assume it will be more about increasing the viewership with a diverse audience.
I would hate to hear my mom bi@&h about poor racing and crappy drivers.
Yes, she’s follows F1 and is the one person in America who is up at 3am to watch the racing live in Dubai. /sarc
They’ve got the DEI Twostep down pat: “Our sport is totally committed to excellence and intense competition at the highest level of performance, and we recognize the only way to advance in this demanding environment is to focus relentlessly on the color of people’s skin, their genitals, their sexual preferences, and their gender identification.”
All right! This old guy with bad reflexes still has a shot!
“...unrelenting high performance, Formula 1 recognizes the importance that diversity plays in introducing new perspectives and ideas, and in driving innovation, culture, and business results,”
So unrelenting that they will now take the Didn’t Earn Its.
Just when I thought the DEI crap was dying
“we are clear that the only way to maintain and improve those exceptional standards is to welcome diversity of thought, ideas, and experiences.”
I defy you to show proof of this anywhere, at any time.
It’s only a matter of time before they mandate electric race cars.
Just wow. ....just when everyone else starting to backtrack on DEI. Woke morons.
I DO believe that *customer service* can be improved by having a diverse group... so many cultures, languages, and backgrounds to interface with.
Outside that, how does it help with technical innovation? Physics and technology don’t care what color you are, what your culture is, what sexual orientation you have, etc.. By definition, you’re only lowering standards. If you’re choosing from a small pool of black women at the expense of more qualified men, 10x the number in that pool, you MUST be lowering standards.
If you are not focused 100 percent on merit and results, you are not “committed to employing the very best talent.”