In the tests in Valencia he passed almost half the riders
With team JHK T-shirt Laglisse and under the supervision of team manager Pablo Nieto, or Ana Carrasco did the first tests with her new bike at the Valencia circuit.
The 16-year-old Spaniard will become the first woman to participate in the Moto3 category and she does not just "complement" the entries, but comes down with claims of collecting points.
He barely made time in the tests 2 seconds slower than the fastest of the day, Maverick Viñales, 1 second from 5th fastest and 2/10 of the second from the 15th and last to be scored.
He achieved the 20th year in between 32 drivers and among them Lorenzo Baldassarri, champion of the Red Bull Rookies cup the 2011 which was 23rd.
Ana Carrasco stated: "The press is always more interested if a girl participates in such a sport than a boy because it is rare and new. Personally, however, this does not particularly concern me as we are competing on equal footing".
"In the Spanish championship I can say that the boys were annoyed when I passed them in the race or if I finished in front of them. Some drivers know me from last year, but those who don't know me I think would be surprised to see me here. However, they should get used to the fact that there will be a woman among them".
Nieto added: “I think it's difficult for all girls to perform in a male-dominated space. It's tough for a girl to play a sport where she might have a fall, to fight in the track with boys or even men".
"Ana is young and has all this very clearly in her mind. I know very well that he can do great".
The young Spaniard was born on 10 Of March 1997 in Murcia and on 7 April when the games start in Qatar, will have marginally completed the 16 her years, age limit for participation in the world championship.
She was the first woman to score points in the Spanish CEV Championship 125 the 2011 and will be the first to compete in Moto3.
However, she is not the first woman to participate in a world championship, as in the past Katja Poensgen led the way in the two-year-olds then, 250 and was the first historically to be graded in the institution. Also Elena Roesel participated 2012 in the middle class, the Moto2.
Source : newsbeast.gr
