Racing Women’s Final - “I was 2 tenths off getting a seat.”
Holly Card recently competed in the Racing Women Global Competition for the chance to win a radical race seat in Are, Sweden. There she drove Porsches on two separate ice lakes.
Holly Card stood in front of the Porsche she drove In Sweden.
Holly said, “The sort of stuff I've had the opportunity to do is really great. The girls on track FIA each sports competition that I did was amazing and the race equipment as well, just because they were women-focused initiatives, because women are so underrepresented in motor sports generally and in SIM racing in esports.”
Holly Card, practicing her sim racing.
She recounted that
“In the afternoons, she actually got to go on the ice, which was insane, so fun, very scary. Because everything in your body is telling you to break when you're sideways on the ice, but going from maybe three times in a little rental car to driving a Porsche on ice is a completely crazy experience, but she's learned a lot from it.”
In competition for the four race seats, they were given two qualifying laps, and the four fastest went through. The ice was melting really quickly, which meant the track was pure slush after the first run. Holly recounted at one point they took the competitors back and said, “So it's a bit of a health and safety risk, but we need to show you where on the ice this giant hole is so that you don't drive into it… But have fun on your second qualifying run!”
Holly Card driving the Porsche on ice.
She said, “Unfortunately, I was 6th, and only the top 4 went through, but I was two-tenths off 4th place, and two-tenths of a second is just such a minuscule amount of time.”
Even though she didn't get the seat, Holly is looking towards her future. She's still under the racing women umbrella, where she will receive help with a management programme and how to find sponsors, where she goes from here and how to develop herself.
Even though she didn't get the seat, Holly is looking towards her future. She's still under the racing women umbrella, where she will receive help with a management programme and how to find sponsors, where she goes from here and how to develop herself.
Holly expressed that “The aim is to hopefully keep working with them, find some money from some other funds and sponsors and hopefully actually go on the grid and start racing something.”
See the full interview below: