Laleh Seddigh

Laleh Sadigh ( born February 1977 in Tehran ) is an Iranian racer, rally - country champion and a university lecturer.

Laleh Sadigh, teaches business administration at the University of Tehran, is considered the most famous motor Sportswoman of their country.

Life

Sadigh won after the first win of the series 2004, all races of the national championship in 2005 on a Ford Focus WRC, which were otherwise dominated by men. Then you told the Iranian racing association that they are no longer allowed to start. Background of this arrangement was probably that both under the helmet with a headscarf as well as the medal ceremonies at the side of her male co-pilot always dressed in a chador Sportswoman of the liberal press and the public was celebrated as an icon of feminism.

They even suspected that it would her male opponents simply do not like to have a female racing champion in 2006. Therefore, they found a mullah who stated in a fatwa that "there are no religious reasons women would be forbidden to go to the men's race, as long as the Islamic dress code would be safeguarded. " With regard to the safety clothing in motorsport, this should not be a problem be.

However, Laleh Sadigh shifted their interests in motorsport yet on another terrain. Since no Iranians had previously participated successfully in a Formula 3 race, she decided on 30 December 2005 to participate in the respective national championship of Bahrain.

But the press shots they showed in the cockpit of a Formula BMW, what sense would doubly certain, as it was never driven in a single-seater, it should be a good learning aid for the next step and the Formula BMW also has a pan- Asian race series.

Before Sadigh has discovered the motor sport in itself, it has already been successful on the road in equestrian sports and has recently discovered the Skeet Shooting for themselves. In Iran they jokingly dubbed as " the little Schumacher ".