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People have different ideas on how to increase female racing driver participation. My belief is that men and women should compete together.
Susie Wolff
Together
Women
People
Men
Men And Women
Increase
Driver
Participation
Ideas
Female
How
Different
Different Ideas
Racing
Should
Belief
Compete
My big break came at 22 years old when I joined the Mercedes Benz touring championship team.
Susie Wolff
Old
Big
Joined
Mercedes
Touring
Big Break
Came
Years
Break
Team
Championship
Championship Team
Coming to new environments, people look at you and think, ‘what's this blonde lady doing, she thinks she can drive a racing car.' But you work hard, keep your head down and show that you're actually capable.
Susie Wolff
Work
You
People
Work Hard
Car
Drive
Down
Think
Head
New
Environments
Look
She
Coming
Doing
Blonde
Lady
Capable
Racing
Your
Hard
Show
Keep
Actually
Thinks
Just as sport can, art has the capacity to cross so many boundaries like education, race and religion.
Susie Wolff
Education
Art
Religion
Cross
Boundaries
Like
Sport
Just
Race
Capacity
Many
It is a hugely embarrassing situation to find myself in, I'm a professional driver and to be caught speeding and to have my licence taken away for speeding, it would have an effect on my reputation.
Susie Wolff
Myself
Situation
Reputation
Speeding
Embarrassing
Licence
Would
Find
Driver
Taken
Caught
Effect
Hugely
Professional
Away
Ultimately, a women's only championship is not going to get more females into motorsport as a whole.
Susie Wolff
Women
More
Only
Females
Ultimately
Get
Going
Whole
Championship
I was always very clear when I took some time out to start a family that I wanted to come back and get my teeth into something and of course I could not work for Toto or a competing manufacturer.
Susie Wolff
Work
Time
Family
Took
Back
Teeth
Out
Some
Something
Could
Clear
Come
Course
Always
Very
Get
Wanted
Manufacturer
Start
Competing
I was always a very competitive little kid. I did swimming very competitively, downhill skiing very competitively. Everything was competition.
Susie Wolff
Competition
Swimming
Everything
Kid
Always
Very
Did
Little
Little Kid
Skiing
Downhill
Competitive
When I decided to stop as a racing driver in 2015, I knew I wanted to continue with the challenge of competitive motorsport.
Susie Wolff
Challenge
Driver
Knew
Continue
Stop
Wanted
Decided
Racing
Competitive
In my time in F1, I never doubted I could be successful. I sadly never made it on to the starting grid of an F1 race, but during testing I completed a race distance.
Susie Wolff
Time
Made
Distance
Completed
My Time
Could
F1
Never
Sadly
Testing
Grid
Race
Successful
Doubted
Starting
I like being feminine, it's my way of not conforming to the stereotype that if you're a racing driver you don't care how you look.
Susie Wolff
You
Care
Way
don't Care
Driver
Stereotype
Like
Look
How
Feminine
Being
Conforming
Racing
I think as much as people talk about Scotland as being a place where it's raining all the time it's a fantastic country. Considering it's such a small country you have to realise how successful it's been in the world of motor sport.
Susie Wolff
Time
You
People
World
Country
Think
I Think
Considering
About
Small
Small Country
Talk
Sport
How
Been
Motor
Scotland
Being
Where
Realise
Place
Fantastic
Much
Successful
Raining
I never let my gender define me but in my whole driving career I only ever did one interview not being asked about being a female.
Susie Wolff
Me
Gender
Interview
Define
About
Only
Never
Driving
Female
Did
Being
Asked
Whole
Ever
Career
Ultimately, we have got to make our sport more diverse if we want to be relevant in the future.
Susie Wolff
Future
Our
Relevant
Diverse
More
Sport
Make
Got
Ultimately
Want
As soon as you start listening to the gossip surrounding you, you just get dragged down by it.
Susie Wolff
You
Gossip
Listening
Down
Soon
Surrounding
Get
Just
Start
Dragged
Because it was my decision to stop racing, I feel fine not being a driver anymore.
Susie Wolff
Decision
I Feel
Fine
Driver
Feel
Because
Stop
Being
Anymore
Racing
I'm a development driver, which means I'll be doing a lot of work in the simulator.
Susie Wolff
Work
Driver
Development
Doing
Lot
Which
Means
My progression into F1 came to represent so much more than a racing driver simply trying to reach the pinnacle of the sport. It was also the hope that finally there may again be a female on the starting grid.
Susie Wolff
Hope
Progression
Finally
More
Driver
F1
Simply
Reach
Also
Sport
Female
Came
Pinnacle
Than
Trying
Represent
May
Grid
Again
Much
Racing
Starting
As a racing driver, you're representing a brand and your appearance is part of your job. But there's a fine line between being feminine and creating attention on yourself because of what you're wearing.
Susie Wolff
You
Yourself
Job
Fine
Wearing
Fine Line
Driver
Part
Attention
Between
Because
Feminine
Line
Brand
Representing
Being
Racing
Creating
Your
Appearance
I think we all, as drivers, come to the table with a package. It's either your speed and raw talent, your sponsorship money, your nationality. For me, one of my unique selling points is my gender, without a doubt.
Susie Wolff
Me
Money
Gender
Doubt
Think
Speed
I Think
Table
Points
Drivers
Raw
Talent
Come
Sponsorship
Without
Selling
Nationality
Either
Package
Your
Unique
I love reading fashion magazines, buying handbags, the usual things - but when you're in the moment and focusing on setting up the car, how you look is so irrelevant.
Susie Wolff
Love
Fashion
You
Car
Reading
Setting
Focusing
I Love
Magazines
Look
How
Handbags
Up
Irrelevant
Moment
Usual
Things
Buying
Your gender becomes irrelevant when you are in a performance-based environment.
Susie Wolff
You
Gender
Environment
Becomes
Irrelevant
Your
I am someone that relies on my gut feeling.
Susie Wolff
I Am
Feeling
Gut
Gut Feeling
Someone
Am
When I decided to stop racing, I really wanted to give something back to the sport and for me it was always going to be about inspiring young girls and women.
Susie Wolff
Me
Women
Girl
Young
Back
About
Give
Something
Inspiring
Sport
Always
Going
Stop
Wanted
Decided
Young Girls
Racing
Really
It's very important to me to give something back - to pass on my know-how, to give all the lessons I learned onto the next generation so they don't make the same mistakes.
Susie Wolff
Me
Generation
Important
Mistakes
Back
Give
Something
Onto
Know-How
Make
Learned
Pass
Very
Same
Same Mistakes
Next
Next Generation
Lessons
If there's 10,000 little boys racing around the world and there's only 10 girls, best case 100, the numbers are stacked massively against us. If you don't increase the talent pool of young girls, you're not going to get the best drivers at the top.
Susie Wolff
Best
You
World
Girl
Young
Pool
Increase
Top
Case
Only
Drivers
Talent
Massively
Around
Boy
Get
Going
Stacked
Young Girls
Against
Little
Us
Racing
Numbers
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