Susie Wolff (Managing Director of F1 Academy)
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What is discussed at the start of this section?
Welcome, welcome, welcome to Armchair Expert, Experts on Expert. I'm Dan Shepard. I'm joined by Lily Padman. We got a fox in today, but her name is Wolf.
Oh, good job.
Yeah, Susie Wolf. Oh, we love her.
She's so incredible. We love her. She's so cool. She's so incredible. Coolest person.
On earth?
Yeah. Yeah. I felt really lame. I said it.
Yeah. Well, I did too.
It's hard not to feel lame.
She makes me feel lame.
But she is also so sweet and nice and kind and inclusive.
But her gift is to make you feel lame. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. That's her gift. Susie is a former professional racing driver and current managing director of F1 Academy. She's also one of, I think, either the only one or maybe one of two women to ever drive an F1 car on a track on a race weekend.
Incredible.
And if people remember the Total Wolf interview, that is her husband, and he said... She's a half second faster no matter what he does. When he cheats, he uses different tires, puts weight in her car. He can't get anywhere close to her. She has a new memoir out called Driven. Very appropriate title. Please check that out. Susie Wolfe is a blessing on planet Earth.
Who is Susie Wolff and what are her achievements?
Enjoy.
You ever fucked with a Topo Chico, though? This one bites hard.
How sweet is it bites?
A lot of carbonation.
It's good, it's good.
It's very good. I didn't know they had different bites. And there's a shortage. This is only gaining value as we sit here.
Well, now I feel really bad that I'm taking it.
No, you must take it. You must take it. If I only had one, I would want you to have it.
That's right. No, it's a whole world sparkling water, like the size of the bubbles and the volume of the bubbles.
Well, Toto only has sparkling water because he has this theory that he doesn't need to go out for the toilet in the night if he drinks sparkling water. Only sparkling? I'm not convinced. Okay, yeah.
How successful is this technique? He's still up, right?
He's still up.
He's still up.
He's still up.
He and I are both old men.
I think it's an age thing, but I'm not going to tell him that. I'm just like, you just keep drinking that sparkling water. He's just going to hear it on the pot.
I will tell him. I will tell him.
But it was so funny because I flew in last night and he's like, oh, where are you going? I said, I have Dax and Monica. He's like, I've been there. I'm like, yeah, I know. He's like, you're going to really enjoy it.
I was like, I think you called him while we were interviewing him.
We have this bypass where we can always reach each other. I know. Which can be embarrassing.
No, I've adopted it since that interview. I didn't know that was an option. Because in general, phone's just off, right? It's so annoying. Who can break through to you? Toto?
That's it.
Okay, Jack doesn't have a phone yet.
No, he doesn't have a phone yet, but it's a good point because I should put my mum on it because she's on duty this week.
Okay, let's pop her on there.
But sometimes Jack grabs her phone and he calls me to ask me trivial things like, do I really need to have a bath tonight? Yeah. I'm like, yes, Jack. Just do whatever your grandmother says.
Oh, my God. But also he doesn't need a bath. Oh, he does. He does?
He might be a stinky dad. No. And there's nothing worse than smelly boys. I know. And they need to learn early. They don't want to stink. Exactly. Hygiene. There's nothing worse than smelly boys.
I'm with you. Now I'm paranoid that I smelled when I gave you a hug when you walked in.
You didn't. Don't worry.
But I have girls, so maybe I've been misled. Because we were bathing them every single night. More as the routine to get them sleepy.
Yeah.
And at some point we're like, they're not getting dirty enough to justify a bath. Now it's pretty, you know.
No, now they bathe, right?
They do, but not every day.
We need to get, I think, because we're getting into some hormone.
Well, yeah, yeah. Now it's probably time to pick up the.
It's time. But I think they'll come to the realization on their own. Of course.
What was standard in Scotland? You were bathing every night. There's no way, right?
What happens in Scotland is not really relatable to the rest of Europe.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is discussed at the start of this section?
0:00–1:12
2
Who is Susie Wolff and what are her achievements?
1:12–9:28
3
How did Susie's childhood influence her racing career?
9:28–27:13
4
What challenges did Susie face as a female driver in a male-dominated sport?
27:13–1:09:44
5
How did F1 Academy create opportunities for young female drivers?
1:09:44–1:09:54
6
What challenges did Susie face while establishing F1 Academy?
1:09:54–1:10:18
7
How did Susie's personal journey influence her approach to racing?
1:10:18–1:10:34
8
What emotional moments did Susie experience while writing her memoir?
1:10:34–2:09:37