“The most important thing for me is to win like a great rider. That was my goal, my dream,” says Ana Carrasco, the first woman to become a world champion motorbike rider. She won the World Supersport 300 title in dramatic style in September when, having led the championship for much of the season, her history-making feat was only confirmed on the last lap of the final race at Magny-Cours in France.
“I am also a woman,” Carrasco says pointedly on a quiet afternoon in Getafe, on the outskirts of Madrid, when she is asked about the wider impact of becoming world champion. “So it is important to show everyone that a woman can be just as good as a man. It’s also important there can be more women riding in the world championship in a few years. This was a big moment for me – and for women in the sport.”
Written by Donald McRae
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/nov/26/ana-carrasco-interview-world-supersport-300-champion-motorcycling under the title “Ana Carrasco: ‘Women don’t just have to be grid girls – they can race too’”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
