Review: Driven

Driven by Susie Wolff
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Fifteenth

...I suddenly heard my name over the loudspeaker: Susie Stoddart to the podium ceremony. Confused, I ran to the main stage. First place, second and third trophies were handed out. Then, I was called up-Top Female Driver in the World.

My face burned with embarrassment as I stepped onto the stage in front of all those who had earned their podium places. I wasn't there to be the top female. I was there to try to win but was being singled out as different. I hadn't even registered if there were any other women in the competition; it had never dawned on me to look for them.

Motorsport had always been the one arena where men and women could compete as equals--where gender wasn't sup. posed to matter. But this award, with its separate category for me, shattered that illusion. It carved out a box I hadn't asked for, underscoring a difference I'd spent my whole karting career trying to erase. I was fighting to prove that talent mattered more than gender, I didn't want special treatment-I wanted a level playing field. I wanted to win. On the same terms as everyone else.

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F1 Academy had to be a success.

By the time I joined, the series was already in motion, led by Bruno Michel, a highly experienced figure who had built Formula Two and Formula Three, the junior stepping stones to Formula One, into thriving championships. F1 Academy was one level lower, running Formula Four cars, the first entry point from karting, and drivers from the age of sixteen to twenty-four would be eligible.



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