Susie Wolff

“There's no prize for being the best woman.”

“What many people don't realise is the first F1 test I was offered by Frank Williams and the team was a one-off. It was never planned that I would become part of the team or it would lead to more.”

“When you're eight, you're not thinking about the future. But karting was always the big passion, the big love.”

“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.”

“As a woman people judge you on your looks regardless of the fact you're just there to race.”

“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.”

“To make it in Formula 1, which is the absolute pinnacle, is incredibly tough no matter what your gender.”

“There was very little opportunity to carry on in Formula 1. My goal was to get on to the starting grid and that didn't look achievable.”

“Men are much more egotistical. But that means women can accept criticism and improve easier than men can.”

“You need to get female talent which is good enough to compete at the right level because no team is going to compromise on on-track performance just to tick a gender box.”

“I am not someone who lets my head get down.”

“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.”

“If you are a successful woman, that can inspire the next generation.”

“We are going to have to go through generations of change before we see the impact of females taking a role in the workplace and Formula 1 is no different.”

“I was asked to do some studies to see if I was different. And I do have more male testosterone than the average woman does. Whether that makes me more aggressive, I don't know.”

“I was always an adrenaline junkie, always competitive, always a speed freak.”

“I'm a great believer that if you knock on enough doors and stay at the level maybe an opportunity comes.”

“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.”

“I think there's nobody closer in the world than your own husband. And we are very passionate about what we do, very competitive.”

“There always will be stereotypes that women can't drive. When I hear the comments, it just makes me more determined to prove them wrong.”