PARIS, France - What a shame that Formula 1's next stop will be China (April 12) because its notoriously protest-intolerant government surely wouldn't look kindly on crowds of demonstrators venting against Bernie Ecclestone's latest put-down of women drivers.
Yet people should vent. Because there's a whiff of sexual apartheid in the latest madcap suggestion from F1's billionaire boss that teams should launch a championship exclusively for women.
Segregating female drivers in a separate, second-fiddle, series that few fans will watch cannot be the best way to advance their cause.