Ana Carrasco returned to the origin of her slogan "Ride like a girl", with which she wanted to break down preconceived ideas about the performance of women on motorcycles.
Motorsports figure, Ana Carrasco She was thrust into the spotlight in 2018 when she became the first woman to win the Supersport 300 World Championship, in a field almost entirely composed of men. Last year, she added another title to her list of achievements by becoming the first ever champion of the Women's World Championship.
You probably didn't miss the inscription " Ride like a girl"(Ride like a girl)" is displayed in pink on her T-shirts, caps, and even flags during laps of honor. She discussed the origins of this slogan, which appeared when she was fighting for the Supersport 300 title in 2018, and which aims to break down preconceived ideas about women's performance on motorcycles.
"My team and my friends and family had the idea that if we won the championship, that should be our slogan, and so all our champion t-shirts were like that. We simply wanted to try to make people understand that doing something well or badly doesn't depend on being a woman or a man, but on the abilities, the work and the talent to do it.", she explained in an interview given to Sports Relevo.
"The typical phrase 'you ride like a girl' is pejorative and it always has been. So at that moment, when I won the title against 39 boys on the track as one of only two or three girls on the grid, we thought it was the perfect time to send the message and for people to understand that sport, and doing something well or badly, doesn't depend on your gender but on your abilities."
