F1 hopeful Emma Kimilainen has opened up the time she put her racing career on hold after being told by her team to pose topless for an “erotic male magazine”.
Kimilainen spent five years away from motorsport after finishing the 2009 Formula Palmer Audi series in fifth place, but has since returned to become a star in the all-female W Series.And the 31-year-old has now recalled what almost drove her away from the sport for good.As she prepared to embark on the 2010 season with a new team, Kimilainen discovered that their sponsor was in fact a high end men’s magazine.
Speaking on the Shikaani Formula 1 Podcast, the Finnish driver has revealed she walked away after being told her signing was depended upon posing topless and in bikinis. “A lot.
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