S1 Ep144: Leena Gade: Control What You Can!
Past Gas
Donut Media
4.9 • 7.2K Ratings
🗓️ 8 August 2022
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Since 2000, Audi has won the 24h of Le Mans a whopping 13 times. And three of those wins were under the watchful eye and talents of lead engineer, Leena Gade. How did a daughter of Indian immigrants become an engineer for a world renowned racing team? What other women paved the way for her groundbreaking victory? And what effect did her successes have on the future of women in motorsport? Today on Past Gas: Audi’s champion engineer, Leena Gade.
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| 0:00.0 | Big thank you to our sponsor this week, Valvelin. When I was about seven years old, I got a mega |
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| 1:10.0 | Thank you very much, Valvelin, for sponsoring this episode. |
| 1:16.4 | Hey, what's up? My name's Nolan. I'm from Past Gas by Donut Media. We're an automotive |
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| 1:25.6 | Porsche has such panache that it's easy to assume they've been a rock solid luxury import since |
| 1:30.6 | the beginning. They're owned by Volkswagen. They have a stellar racing resume and they're one of |
| 1:35.2 | the most respected brands by aficionados and casual drivers alike. But it wasn't always that way. |
| 1:41.6 | Porsche has been on the brink of bankruptcy not once, not twice, but three times since they began |
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