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Bernie comes to Jorda's defence

There may be question marks over her motorsport credentials, but Bernie Ecclestone believes Carmen Jorda has 'done a good job' for Lotus. Although her racing experience is very limited with GP3 and the American Indy Lights Series the highlights of her career so far, Jorda was appointed Lotus development driver earlier this year. It raised a lot of eyebrows and FIA Women in Motorsport commission head Michele Mouton was pretty dismissive adding that the Spaniard 'managed to climb the motorsport ladder, but that has more to do with marketing strategies and political reasons, and I am not interested in that'. Jorda has admitted she was 'surprised' by Mouton's comments and now Ecclestone...
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