100 Quotes by Susie Wolff

I loved the speed of go-karting, but didn't have a lot of natural talent. The first time I went out on the track I found it scary; other karts were flying past and bumping into me.

I'm simply trying to go as far as I can go in racing.

I never really thought about being a woman in a man's world. Then at the World Championships in 2000 I finished 15th. I was called on to the podium just for being a woman, and I realised things were going to be different.

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.

I never thought of myself as a role model, but I've had so many messages from girls, women, mothers saying I was an inspiration.

When I decided to stop as a racing driver in 2015, I knew I wanted to continue with the challenge of competitive motorsport.

I've never played on my gender.

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.

We need to get more women into sport, whether that's young girls in karting or off the track. The more we get into sport, the more you are going to get rising to the top of the sport.