Carmen Jordá

Carmen Jordá
Jordá in 2014
Nationality	Spanish
Born	28 May 1988 Alcoy, Spain
GP3 Series career
Debut season	2012
Current team	Koiranen GP
Car no.	7
Former teams	Ocean Racing Technology Bamboo Engineering
Starts	44
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	28th in 2012
Previous series
2010 2009 2006–09 2005–06	Firestone Indy Lights Series Le Mans Series European F3 Open Master Junior Formula

Jordá driving in GP3 for Koiranen GP

Carmen Jordá Buades (born 28 May 1988) is a Spanish race car driver, who is currently a development driver for the Renault F1 Team. She was born in Alcoy, Spain. She currently resides in Valencia, Spain and Miami, Florida.

On 19 January 2010, Jordá tested an Indy Lights car for Walker Racing at Sebring International Raceway^[1] and later tested an Indy Lights car for Andersen Racing at Barber Motorsports Park.^[2] Almost two months later, on March 8, 2010, it was announced that Jordá had signed with Andersen Racing full-time to drive in the Firestone Indy Lights Series for the 2010 season.^[2]

Firestone Indy Lights Series (2010)

Jordá made her first career start in the Firestone Indy Lights Series on March 28, 2010 at the Firestone Indy Grand Prix of St. Petersburg on the Streets of St. Petersburg, finishing in 11th position after starting in 15th.^[3] After completing only one lap before retiring at Barber Motorsports Park,^[4] Jordá had her best career finish in the Firestone Indy Lights Series and attained her first top–10 finish on April 18, 2010 at the Streets of Long Beach.^[5] After a three-race hiatus, missing races at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Iowa Speedway, and Watkins Glen International, Jordá made her return to competition at the Exhibition Place in Toronto on July 18, 2010. However, the race did not fare well for her, as she finished in last place.^[6] The next weekend, at Edmonton City Centre Airport for the Edmonton Indy 100, Jordá completed only six laps in the race before encountering gearbox problems. She finished in last place^[7] for the second straight race. Jordá did not make another start for the remainder of the season and missed races at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Infineon Raceway, Chicagoland Speedway, Kentucky Speedway, and Homestead–Miami Speedway.

GP3

Jordá made her debut in GP3 with Ocean Racing Technology in 2012.^[8] Jordá finished the season 28th in the driver's championship failing to score any points. In 2013 Jordá signed with Bamboo Engineering and finished the season 30th in the driver's championship. For 2014 season Jordá signed with Koiranen GP.^[9]

Formula 1

On 6 February 2015, it was announced that Jordá had joined Lotus F1 as a development driver.^[10] For 2016, Jorda remained with the team, now known as Renault Sport Formula One Team, after Lotus was bought out by the French manufacturer.^[11]

Criticism

Jorda's signing as Lotus test development driver has repeatedly come under criticism. Former rally driver and head of the FIA's Women & Motor Sport Commission, Michèle Mouton, described her as a "marketing gimmick", citing "Simona de Silvestro, Danica Patrick, Susie Wolff or even Beitske Visser" as better choices.^[12] Writing for Vice, James Newbold commented that the signing of Jorda had been "the wrong message", suggesting she got the position based on her looks rather than her performances in GP3, where she finished 29th in 2014 while only the series winner Alex Lynn also secured a spot with a Formula One team for 2015.^[13] F1 commercial rights holder Bernie Ecclestone defended Jorda however, saying: "She is very good. We asked Lotus to see and she has done a good job for them. She wants to be in F1. We have to try to find the right way, but she is not alone. There are plenty of other people."^[14] In early 2016, former Lotus test driver Marco Sørensen denounced Jorda's qualities, saying that she had been as much as twelve seconds off his pace in simulator runs.^[15]

Motorsports career results

Jordá in 2009

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2005	Master Junior Formula	?	18	0	0	?	0	284	7th
2006	Master Junior Formula	?	?	?	?	?	?	158	9th
	Spanish Formula Three	Escuela Profiltek (Copa F300)	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2007	Spanish Formula Three	Meycom (Class A)	16	0	0	0	0	0	20th
		Meycom (Copa F300)	16	0	0	0	3	50	4th
2008	Spanish Formula Three	Campos F3 Racing (Class A)	17	0	0	0	0	1	22nd
		Campos F3 Racing (Copa F306/300)	17	0	0	0	0	21	8th
2009	European F3 Open	GTA Motor Competición (Class A)	8	0	0	0	0	1	21st
		Campos F3 Racing (Class A)	8	0	0	0	0
		GTA Motor Competición (Copa F306/300)	8	0	0	0	0	30	6th
		Campos F3 Racing (Copa F306/300)	8	0	0	0	2
	Le Mans Series	Q8 Oils Hache Team (LMP2)	3	0	0	0	0	0	14th
2010	Firestone Indy Lights	Andersen Racing	5	0	0	0	0	84	16th
2012	GP3 Series	Ocean Racing Technology	14	0	0	0	0	0	28th
2013	GP3 Series	Bamboo Engineering	16	0	0	0	0	0	30th
2014	GP3 Series	Koiranen GP	14	0	0	0	0	0	29th
2015	Formula One	Lotus F1 Team	Development Driver
2016	Formula One	Renault Sport Formula One Team	Development Driver
	Renault Sport Trophy - Prestige Class	V8 Racing	1	0	0	0	0	4	8th*
	Renault Sport Endurance Trophy		1	0	0	0	0	6	7th*

^* Season still in progress.

Le Mans Series Results

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	1	2	3	4	5	Rank	Points
2009	Q8 Oils Hache Team	LMP2	Lucchini LMP2/08	Judd XV675 3.4 L V8	D	CAT	SPA	ALG ovr:Ret cls:Ret	NÜR ovr:Ret cls:Ret	SIL ovr:NC cls:NC	NC	0

American open-wheel racing results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Indy Lights

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Rank	Points
2010	Andersen Racing	STP 11	ALA 17	LBH 10	INDY	IOW	WGL	TOR 15	EDM 13	MDO	SNM	CHI	KTY	HMS	16th	84

Years	Teams	Races	Poles	Wins	Podiums (Non-win)	Top 10s (Non-podium)	Championships
1	1	5	0	0	0	1	0

Complete GP3 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	D.C.	Points
2012	Ocean Racing Technology	ESP FEA 20	ESP SPR 21	MON FEA Ret	MON SPR 22	VAL FEA 13	VAL SPR Ret	GBR FEA DNQ	GBR SPR DNQ	GER FEA 20	GER SPR Ret	HUN FEA 24	HUN SPR Ret	BEL FEA 26	BEL SPR 23	ITA FEA 21	ITA SPR 19			28th	0
2013	Bamboo Engineering	ESP FEA 22	ESP SPR 18	VAL FEA Ret	VAL SPR 21	GBR FEA 23	GBR SPR 19	GER FEA DSQ	GER SPR 24	HUN FEA 22	HUN SPR 21	BEL FEA 19	BEL SPR 19	ITA FEA 18	ITA SPR 17	ABU FEA Ret	ABU SPR 23			30th	0
2014	Koiranen GP	ESP FEA Ret	ESP SPR Ret	AUT FEA 20	AUT SPR 21	GBR FEA 24	GBR SPR 17	GER FEA Ret	GER SPR 22	HUN FEA 25	HUN SPR 25	BEL FEA 17	BEL SPR Ret	ITA FEA 20	ITA SPR 21	RUS FEA	RUS SPR	ABU FEA	ABU SPR	29th	0

References

1. "Hellooooooo, Carmen Jordá". PressDog.com. 2010-01-20. Retrieved 2010-01-20.
2. "Andersen Racing signs Carmen Jordá for Indy Lights". Racer.com. 2010-03-08. Retrieved 2010-03-08.
3. "2010 Firestone Indy Lights Series – Round 01, Streets of St. Petersburg – Results". IndyCar.com. 2010-03-28. Retrieved 2010-03-28.
4. "2010 Firestone Indy Lights Series – Round 02, Barber Motorsports Park – Results". IndyCar.com. 2010-04-11. Retrieved 2010-04-11.
5. "2010 Firestone Indy Lights Series – Round 03, Streets of Long Beach – Results". IndyCar.com. 2010-04-18. Retrieved 2010-04-18.
6. "2010 Firestone Indy Lights Series – Round 07, Streets of Toronto – Results". IndyCar.com. 2010-07-18. Retrieved 2010-07-18.
7. "2010 Firestone Indy Lights Series – Round 08, Edmonton City Centre Airport – Results". IndyCar.com. 2010-07-25. Retrieved 2010-07-25.
8. "Carmen Jordá". Driver Profile. GP3 Series. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
9. "Spaniard Carmen Jorda signs with Koiranen GP". GP3 Series. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
10. "Lotus F1 team signs Carmen Jorda to development driver role". Autosport. 2015-02-26. Retrieved 2015-02-26.
11. Barretto, Lawrence (3 February 2016). "Renault launches its 2016 Formula 1 project". autosport.com. Archived from the original on 9 February 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
12. "Michele Mouton: Carmen Jorda nur wegen PR in der Formel 1". Motorsport-Total.com. 12 July 2015. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
13. Newbold, James (6 May 2015). "Lotus Sent the Wrong Message by Signing Carmen Jordá | VICE Sports". VICE Sports. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
14. Klein, Jamie (4 August 2015). "Ecclestone defends Carmen Jorda's F1 ambitions". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
15. Bagge, Peter (8 February 2016). "Formel 1-babe fik dansk kører til at give op". ekstrabladet.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 9 February 2016.

External links

• Official website
• Carmen Jordá career summary at DriverDB.com
• Carmen Jordá on Twitter