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Birthday: May 28, 1988
Hometown: Alcoy, Spain
Residence: Valencia
Nationality: Spanish
Gasoline ran through young Carmen Jorda's veins
and she has been attracted to the motor world ever
since she was very small.
She began taking her first driving steps with
junior=stage karts at the age of 10, and began her
first races in the Valencian Community Championship
at 11. After much sacrifice and many hours of
training on circuits,she joined the higher
categories. In 2000, she was third in the Yamaha
Valencian Community Championship category at the
age of 12. In 2003, she decided to travel to
England to study and improve her English.
In 2004, after returning from England, she did
trials and some modeling work. Then 2005 was her
first year in the Formula Master Junior, this being
a championship of learning when riders leave karts
and go on to single-seaters. This championship
consists of 21 races over 7 weekends and it
coincides with the F-3 and the
GT championships. Apart from a good number of
spectators, this event is well covered by the media
and press, radio and television as all the
participants are under the age of 18. In 2006,
Carmen drove for the same Circuit, and in the same
category since she was 17 years old, in order to be
able to enter higher formulas during the following
year like the F-3. During this season, Carmen
obtained good results and did several tests for the
F-3, plus a test with a DTM on the Hockenheim
circuit with Valentino Rossi. In 2007, Carmen
enjoyed her first F-3 season, the most important
national single-seater competition which is
acknowledged as being a stage to gain access to
Formula 1. She came in fourth place, stood on the
podium three times in the Spanish Cup, and was the
first woman to achieve this in the Spanish F-3.
Since 2008, Carmen has been a member of the Campos
Racing Team. She is currently participating with
the Hache Team in both the European F-3 open
and the Le Mans series.
News
Interview 3/25/13
What made you start into the motor’s
world?
My father was driver, he got me into this since
I was 10. With 12 I started on the real competition
and then since I have not stopped at all. He saw
something on me.
As you are a woman, does this make a
difference on the competition in any way?
It deffinitely is a handycap I got used to, I
have always had to fight against this.
In the end this is my choice, but certainly,
there are few sports around the world where women
fight straight versus men, and this makes the
effort bigger. You have to win their respect.
What gives you the strenght to keep on doing
everything, even when you have ‘mean
days’?
I think that in every single sport, people who
Works on this subjetcs, they see the life from a
different perspective. You are forcing your body
into a different level, you would not do so in a
‘normal’ job.
This means that, when you jump into a
single-seater you have to get into the limit, and
finally I believe that this happens also in my
daily life, the same way it happens on the circuit.
It doesn’t matter how, you have to get the
strengh
How does it feel being one of the few women
on the competition? Do they treat you the same
way?
In the end, when we are wearing our helmets, we
are all the same. But even when you are ready
inside the box with the engineers and the
mechanics, you don’t have in mind if you are a
men or a women; you are a driver. And this is what
you have to keep thinking everyday when you wake
up. This is the way to succeed and achieve the
optimum condition
Do you have any friendshop with the other
women-driver? Do you help each other?
I have some friends but not many, most of them
are opponents. We support each other in some ways,
but when it is ll about racing, it only counts the
saying ‘win the best’.
Could you describe the sensations that you
feel when you drive faster tan 250 km/h inside a
tiny cabin, like the cockpit?
It is not easy to explain, because your body
settles into this cabin, and inside is where you do
everything, were you show everything you have been
training for. The room is very limited but enough
to feel perfectly the car.
How is a typicall day on Carmen Jorda’s
life?
I work on the trainings almost every day. You
cannot mislead any day; you have to keep thinking
that el your opponents will probably doing the same
you do or even more. Of course, I always have time
for my own stuff, as this is what keeps you alive
and helps you with everything. But most of the time
I am thinking about the races.
What do you think that has been the milestone
on your career?
First of all, when I have something in my mind,
I don’t stop until I get my aim. But, appart
from this, without dedication, discipline and hard
work you can’t be in a worldwide championship.
You have to combine them all.
How do you combine your driver-model-student
life?
Begining on my studies, two years ago I moved to
United States and I had to set appart my career, as
it was not possible to combine my trainings, my
races and also my studies. It was insane. I am
concious it is very important to finish it, but I
also believe if you are doing something big
–specially speaking about this sport- you have
to be there 100%.
About being model, I laugh when they told me
about it, because I don’t see myself as a
model. Maybe Overcoming model, sports model and
driver model. But I am not this runway models. My
job requires many sacrifices that have nothing to
do with that.
Source: carmenjorda.com/en/the-interview/
Andersen Racing Signs Jorda
For 2010 Firestone Indy Lights Season
Andersen Racing is pleased to announce that it will
field a car for 21-year-old Carmen Jorda of Alcoy,
Spain in Firestone Indy Lights this year.
Jorda, who will be based in Miami while racing
in the United States, competed in the European
Formula 3 Open and the European Formula 3 Open Copa
de España series last year. She had two
podium finishes in the latter series, including a
second at Magny-Cours, France. She also made three
starts in the LMP2 class of the Le Mans Series in
2009.
She competed in Spanish Formula 3 and Spanish F3
Copa de España in 2007 and 2008, becoming
the first female driver to record a podium finish
in either Spanish F3 class.
She competed in Master Junior Formula in 2005
and 2006 after her racing career began in karts at
age 11.
Jorda tested with Andersen Racing at both Barber
Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Ala., and Sebring
International Raceway in Sebring, Fla.,
recently.
Her first race as a member of the Palmetto,
Fla.-based team will be March 28 on the street
course at St. Petersburg, Fla.
"I'm really excited to be racing in America this
year!" Jorda said. "Firestone Indy Lights provides
a different challenge to what I am used to in
Europe, but I am very much looking forward to the
journey.
"Andersen Racing is fantastic!" she added. "I
have really enjoyed working with my engineer,
Walter Preston, and all of the team members. We
still have some important tests coming up before
the season gets underway in St. Petersburg, but I
am confident we will be ready.
"All of the tracks will be new for me, but this
is something which I have to deal with," she
continued. "I am sure the experience of the team
will help me on this front."
Jorda's goal is to reach the IZOD IndyCar Series
and compete in the Indianapolis 500. "Racing at
Indianapolis will be a highlight for me this year,"
she said, referring to the Firestone Freedom 100, a
Firestone Indy Lights race at the Indianapolis
Motor Speedway on May 28 prior to the Indy 500.
Jorda will celebrate her 22nd birthday that
day.
"We're delighted to add Carmen to the Andersen
Racing lineup for 2010, and we're expecting great
things from her this season," said Dan Andersen,
who owns the team with his brother, John. "She
clearly demonstrated her commitment and focus at
the two recent tests. She showed excellent speed at
the Sebring test last week, and lowered her times
in each session. She has what is needed to excel in
that she brings talent and a willingness to listen
and learn, and we know she will surprise a lot of
Firestone Indy Lights observers this year."
Jorda follows in the path of Brazil's Mario
Romancini, who won two races in Firestone Indy
Lights with Andersen Racing in 2009 prior to moving
up to the IZOD IndyCar Series this year, and the
reigning Firestone Indy Lights champion,
Californian J.R. Hildebrand, who was a member of
the team in 2008.
Carmen
Jorda at Sebring in Indy Lights Car
Walker Racing dusted off its Indy Lights car and
hit the track yesterday at Sebring International
Raceway. The Indianapolis-based squad completed a
very successful one-day test with newcomer, Spanish
driver, Carmen Jorda. The 21-year-old made her
debut in America yesterday, as she tested the
Walker Racing Indy Lights car for the first time.
Jorda comes to the U.S. based open-wheel category
after spending the majority of her career in
Europe. She started racing in 2000 in the Valencian
Community Championshiop where she would work her
way up the open-wheel ladder. In 2007, Jorda
claimed three podiums at Albacete, Magny Cours, and
Jerez on her way to finish fourth in the Classified
Spanish F3 Championship. She would continue
competing in the Classified Spanish FW3
Championshiops for 2008 before moving up to the
European Open F3 and Le Mans Series for 2009. Jorda
quickly got acclimated to the car and enjoyed it
right away. "I really feel it! At first I
thought it would be harder for me to adjust, the
car is bigger, I don't know why, but it does, so I
thought it would be much more difficult, but really
it wasn't much different from what I'm used to
driving and I enjoyed it a lot," commented
Jorda.
Source: carmenjorda.com
Snippets
Carmen joins Anderson Racing for the 2010/11 Indy
Lights series.
Results
1999-2023
Karting
2003
6th Spanish Championship
3rd Valencian Community Championship
3rd Open of Madrid
2005
7th Master Junior Formula
2006
7th Master Junior Formula
6th Spanish F3 Cup=Cheste (Valencia)
DTM Test in Hockenheim with Valentino
Rossi
2007
Finished fourth in Spanish F3 Copa de
España for Meycom Sport with pair of podium
finishes.
Was first female driver to finish on podium in
either Spanish F3 class. Podiums in Albacete, Magny
Cours and Jerez
2008
Competed in Spanish F3 for Campos Racing with
best finish of ninth at Jerez.
Finished eighth in Spanish F3 Copa de España
for Campos Racing with best finish of fourth at
Albacete and Jerez.
2009
Competed in European F3 Open for GTA with best
finish of ninth at Magny-Cours.
Finished sixth in European F3 Open Copa de
España for GTA/Campos Racing with two podium
finishes, including a second at Magny-Cours.
Made three LMP2 starts for Q8 Oils Hache Teams in
Le Mans Series.
2010 Indy Lights
Schedule/Results
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Date
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Track
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Start
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Finish
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Laps
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Status
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3/28
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St Petersburg
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15
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11
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33/35
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Running
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4/11
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Barbara Motorsports
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16
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17
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1
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Contact
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4/18
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Streets of Long Beach
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16
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10
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45/45
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Running
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5/28
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Indy 100
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NA
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6/19
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Iowa Speedway
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NA
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7/4
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Watkins Glen
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NA
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7/18
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Streets of Toronto
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15
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15
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22/50
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Off course
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7/25
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Edmonton Airport
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13
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13
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6
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Mechanical
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8/8
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Mid-Ohio
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NA
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8/22
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Sonoma
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NA
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8/28
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Chicagoland
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NA
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9/4
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Kentucky Speedway
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NA
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10/2
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Homestead
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NA
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