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Nobody says Nico Rosberg is only in F1 because his dad was a famous racing driver who funded his karting career and helped him get into F1. It s a bit unfair just to focus on the fact that my husband is in F1 and it's the only reason I'm in an F1 car.Collection: Susie
I was very lucky in that my parents supported my racing so much - they just said 'whatever you want to achieve, if you work hard enough you can achieve it.' They never, ever let me believe that, as a female, I couldn't compete in a man's world.Collection: Susie
People will say I'm only where I am because of my husband or because the team might want to employ a woman, but you don't get to drive a Formula 1 car unless you're good enough, especially with a top team like Williams.Collection: Susie
Throughout my whole racing career, I was always asked about being a woman in a man's world. Interestingly when you are in that world, there's no reason for it to be a man's world, there are successful women and I didn't find there to be any barriers to stop me from being successful.Collection: Susie
Ultimately, we have got to make our sport more diverse if we want to be relevant in the future.Collection: Susie
Many people talk about me entering the history books as the first female in 22 years and what a big moment it was. And I'm very flattered that I managed to do something historic, but in all honesty I was out there for me as a racing driver and to show everybody what Susie Wolff is capable of not to put my name in the history books.Collection: Susie
To make it in Formula 1, which is the absolute pinnacle, is incredibly tough no matter what your gender.Collection: Susie
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.Collection: Susie
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.Collection: Susie
Ultimately, when you're out on track with your helmet on, nobody can see the driver. Nobody can judge you on what you look like if your hair is long or short, if you're black or you're white, if you're male or female. All that matters is your performance.Collection: Susie
My fundamental aim is to drive female talent - it's not just to find the next female Formula One superstar.Collection: Susie
When I was driving the simulator, out of the three engineers I worked with one was a woman. So it was very difficult for me to turn around and tell people that I worked in a male-dominated environment, because it wasn't.Collection: Susie
We have to stop this stereotype that for girls it's about being in pink and horse riding. We need to teach kids to think outside the box, to dare girls to be different.Collection: Susie
The reality is that family is on the cards in the future. But you know in motorsport if you take yourself off to have children, you won't come back, partly as you're quickly forgotten in this sport.Collection: Susie
One of the whole reasons for starting my initiative, Dare to be Different, is about getting more girls interested in motorsport and that's everywhere, not just driving on track but creating a network where they have the support around them.Collection: Susie
I'm not a girl racer, I save my speed for the race track.Collection: Susie
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.Collection: Susie
Do I care about what men say at the race track? No, not at all. I've always said I race for me, because I love racing. I don't race to prove a point about how well a woman can do against men on the track.Collection: Susie
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.Collection: Susie
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.Collection: Susie
When you're a driver, you are very selfish and you only need to focus on your own performance because ultimately, it's your name on the side of the car.Collection: Susie
Because it was my decision to stop racing, I feel fine not being a driver anymore.Collection: Susie
When I stopped racing, I kept being asked to comment on diversity in the sport but I really felt I had done my part.Collection: Susie
I'm very ambitious but realistic.Collection: Susie
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.Collection: Susie
As a woman people judge you on your looks regardless of the fact you're just there to race.Collection: Susie
I'm a development driver, which means I'll be doing a lot of work in the simulator.Collection: Susie
I'm simply trying to go as far as I can go in racing.Collection: Susie
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.Collection: Susie
I started racing at club level, then the Scottish championship, then the British championship, then the European, then the Worlds. I went through all the various ranks. I spent a good ten years doing karting.Collection: Susie
When I decided to stop as a racing driver in 2015, I knew I wanted to continue with the challenge of competitive motorsport.Collection: Susie
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.Collection: Susie
I have the deepest admiration for Angela Palmer and her work so having my helmet as her subject has been a true honour for me. I think the sculpture is stunning and very striking, it's the most incredible combination of strength with fragility.Collection: Susie
Just as sport can, art has the capacity to cross so many boundaries like education, race and religion.Collection: Susie
I am not someone who lets my head get down.Collection: Susie
Love it or hate it, motorsport is not purely talent. It never has been and never will be.Collection: Susie
When a sport comes down to physical power, then it definitely needs to be split between men and women, but motor racing is a little bit like horse riding where we fight with the same tools. I believe that motor racing is a sport where women can take on men.Collection: Susie
An all-women championship is giving up on the mission of eventually making girls compete on a high level and against the boys in Formula One. It is undermining what girls are able to achieve.Collection: Susie
For me, it's all about taking things a step at a time, proving I'm good enough and on the right path.Collection: Susie
I realised at 13 or 14 when I said, OK, I wanted to be professional racing driver, there wasn't anyone to look up to that I could aspire to or get inspiration from. But that didn't stop me.Collection: Susie