Susie Wolff: racer, role model, risk-taker

F1 Beyond The Grid

karenellenbevan

Leisure, Sports News, News, Sports, Automotive

4.7 • 5.3K Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2022

⏱️ 62 minutes

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From the age of 8, Susie Wolff dreamed of making it in motorsport. Formula 1 was her goal. In 2014 she got her chance – driving for Williams in Free Practice at the British Grand Prix, becoming the first woman to drive in an official F1 session for more than two decades. She tells Tom Clarkson how she earned her F1 opportunity through making life-changing decisions and dedication to her dream. She proved her speed in karting, where she raced Lewis Hamilton, in Germany’s DTM touring car championship with Mercedes and in several F1 runs with Williams. Today, Susie is pushing to create opportunities for women who want to follow her path, and has valuable insight and advice to share. She’s also a leader, as CEO of the front-running Venturi Formula E team, and she lives the highs and lows of the Mercedes Formula 1 team through husband Toto.

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0:00.0	At Honda we've been listening to people talking about the weather.
0:03.2	Not everyone wants to be blasted in the face.
0:07.9	So what if the air inside the all new Honda H RV hybrid is a little more
0:15.6	with L-shaped vents in the top corners of the dash that create a weather system,
0:21.6	subtly directing a stream of air beside and above the driver and passengers,
0:26.0	shielding from hot air in the summer and cold air in the winter.
0:29.8	The all new H RV hybrids air diffusion system is something worth talking about,
0:34.4	like the weather.
0:36.4	Where will this new take us next?
0:38.2	Honda, the power of dreams.
0:43.7	To drive those cars, to be part of such an iconic great team like Williams,
0:48.2	it's an opportunity that I'm eternally grateful for.
0:52.0	And I still remember so clearly the pressure before those sessions.
0:55.2	When the helmet went on, I'd been given this great opportunity
0:58.6	and there was an expectation that I would deliver.
1:02.2	In 2014, Susie Wolfe drove out of a garage at Silverstone
1:06.9	and into the Formula One history books.
1:09.8	She was driving for Williams in free practice for the British Grand Prix,
1:14.2	the first woman to drive in an official F1 session for 22 years.
1:20.6	From being a little eight-year-old girl that dreamed of racing cards,
1:25.0	Formula One became my goal, I would have loved the opportunity
1:28.5	to race in Formula One.
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