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Racer Emma Kimiläinen Walked Away From An Indy Lights Seat When The Team Demanded She Pose Topless
As an ambitious young woman in motorsport, Emma Kimiläinen was aiming for the top. After some success in Nordic motorsport, running Finnish Formula Ford and Swedish Radical championships, she was awarded a factory Audi team DTM test seat and continued in ADAC Formel Masters and Formula Palmer Audi. Then she walked away from it all, taking a four year hiatus from racing. She’s always said that her funding simply dried up and it was time to take a break, but the truth, as it turns out, is a bit more sinister and a whole lot more creepy.
For the 2010 season, still hoping to eventually make her way to Formula 1, Kimiläinen was negotiating for a ride … More