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The women who have made their mark on the World Championship

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The women that have defined motorcycle racing 🏍️

From Taru Rinne to Ana Carrasco and Tomoko Igata, we take a look at some of the female riders who we have seen on track throughout the years 👊

#InternationalWomensDay #MotoGP #WomenInMotoGP
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20 Comments

@faizalagung7116 4 years ago

I think it would be interesting if female compete in top level racing championship.

Looking forward for it.

@NoLuckJKMY807 4 years ago

Apparently the MotoGP personnel forgot that Maria Herrera is currently competing in MotoE for a while now...

@stedibear 4 years ago

Taru Rinne, mentioned ONCE while listing women who have participated and that's it? Please start doing justice to the interesting stories and people by examining further. This is a extremely low effort collage with nothing to say apart from "we mentioned women on international women's day, go like all our socials"

edit: removed wikipedia link to Taru Rinne

Anyway here's the interesting bit:

"Despite her success on four wheels, Rinne decided to switch to motorcycles and debuted in the Road Racing World Championship, now known as MotoGP, in 1988. With her Honda bike she qualified second for the 125cc class GP at Hockenheim in 1989 and managed to lead the race for a while. She eventually finished seventh bettering her earlier eighth place at Assen. This was to remain her best ever result, as she got into a bad accident at Paul Ricard. While recovering from the accident, she got a letter from Bernie Ecclestone, who at the time decided which riders are allowed to compete in the series. The letter said that she is not qualified to compete next season. This ended her career at top-level and Rinne later said that the letter was the biggest disappointment of her life."

Bernie blocking a woman who could actually race with the men. Probably set back female racing a good decade or two with that letter. Top bloke.

@nevarran 4 years ago

Kudos to these riders and all women around the world.

@magellanicspaceclouds 4 years ago

At least motorcycle racing doesn't discriminate by gender like other sports. I'm happy to see that it's so inclusive.

@patriciapat2106 4 years ago

Omg yesterday I literally googled about the women who were in MotoGP thank you for this

@francescozane7600 4 years ago

Ana Carrasco a true fighter despite the serious injury continues to show her incredible passion.

@lukemiller_6 4 years ago

Good to see María Herrera get a mention! And still involved with MotoE!

@colindnash818 4 years ago

Avalon Biddle is from New Zealand, not Australia as stated.

@dediman47 4 years ago

Forza Ana💪🏼

@coldwaterr93 4 years ago (edited)

Happy Women International Day! 🙏🏻

@vojta317 4 years ago

Janakova also rides sever gp in 2004. For me she is one of most respect rider from czcech republich because she rides at 300 Curves of Gustav Havel in road racing. She was fourth

@ttforever1090 4 years ago

Taru Rinne - simply fast ✌️

@Raez_XL 4 years ago

Cant wait to see more women on the paddock!

@Fhhdsh-fc7tw 2 years ago

I can't wait to be able to go in! I hope I can get a spot in the paddock!

@ozzyg82 4 years ago

Happy Womens day! 🙌🏼

@lynleatucker6287 8 months ago

Avalon Biddle is a kiwi or New Zealander if you are not familiar with the term kiwi. Australia also likes to claim Neil Finn, Russell Crowe and pavlova, but they are all kiwi too.