Shirley Sincerely: Super GT 3 Malaysia

Posing @ Super GT 3 Malaysia Sepang F1 Circuit.

Yes, i'm standing on the racing track Sepang F1 circuit. And i'm posing like a boss. *evil laugh* I've realized many photographers went there for girls and models, no offence, there are some who went there not for models, just like me! I went there for cars. I love cars as you can see. Gene from my daddy. My friend claimed that my dad changes car just like changing clothes, and i will reply :" Where got??!!" . But i know my dad loves cars, and so do i. I felt lucky and blissful for at the age of 24 i've already having to drive a Saga, then changed to Honda City Type Z and now changed to Toyota Vios which is under my name. *LOL* Tho i know it's kind of ashamed for not capable to buy my own car yet, but i do believe that one day i will, definitely i will!

Anyhow, back to the topic, the Super GT 3 at Sepang Malaysia, it's quite a nice experience. For being able to see so many types of luxury sports cars, it was damn awesome. I've been like yelling inside my mind , i said :"please let me sit inside the car! Please give me a ride! Just 1 lap!" *LOL* Owh yea, before i've forget, the supporting race before the real GT race. It was damn nice. All those Toyota Yaris and Toyota Vios. Oooppss, did i just mentioned Toyota Vios? YES! It was on the track that day. But this is not the climate, the most amazed part was we realized there is a FEMALE racer in a Toyota Vios, on the track. Oh my, she is so my idol now.

There are they !

Now here's the news reported about them! :

SEPANG: Ask most people, and it's likely that they would agree with the popularly-held belief that men drive better than women.

However, three plucky women who competed at the Asia GT series say otherwise.

Pimpun Hongsapan, who at 20 is among the youngest women drivers currently on the roster, proved that the fairer sex could handle speed as well if not better than the guys.

In her debut race in the Vios VOC category last month, where practically all her competitors were male, she took pole position and sped her way to first place.

“There is a bit of pressure racing against all guys, but women can beat men. It's practice,” said the Chulalongkorn University economics major undergraduate yesterday.

Two of her peers, Nathalia Davies, 24, and Somhatai Reanthong, 23, could not agree more.

Davies, who first made her name in Thailand as a television starlet with her roles in the series Wai Rai High School and Wai Rai Freshy, noted that one reason there were not as many women drivers as men was not about skills, but rather mindset.

“In Thailand, women are shy. They are not active in sports compared to in Europe or the United States. I ask my friends if they want to join motor sports and they say it's dangerous and they're scared.

“But it's more dangerous driving on the road than on the track, because on the road you don't know what kind of drunk or crazy people are there, while on the track everybody is concentrating on the same thing,” she said.

Somhatai, who goes by the nickname Bonus, echoed Davies' view that women did not believe they could go up against the boys.

“The bad thing is that the girls think they can't do it. They say it's too hard or too dangerous, so they simply don't try.

“I'd say just do it! Don't hesitate, and do anything if you want to, because opportunity never waits for anyone,” said the English and International Relations graduate.

As for the difference between a men's and women's race, Davies said nothing could compare to an all-girl race.

“The drivers tend to be more courteous in a men's race. A women's race is quite different, because there aren't so many drivers and everyone is hungry for victory.

“We're all friends off the track, but the race can get very intense it's been described as a cat-fight,” she said with a laugh.

Awwwww, she is just so my idol now!