Quotes from Susie Wolff

Ultimately, a women's only championship is not going to get more females into motorsport as a whole.

As F1 is a male-dominated environment, you have to prove yourself. And first of all that means being given the chance to prove yourself.

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.

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.

Love it or hate it, motorsport is not purely talent. It never has been and never will be.

I followed my dream as a child and I'm loving every minute of it.

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.

All the Formula 1 teams that Dare To Be Different has come into contact with - Ferrari, McLaren, Force India, Williams - they're all very proactive in supporting us. They allow us to contact their female staff members and they're very conscious of wanting to help increase their percentage of women in the industry.

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.

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.

When I stopped racing, I kept being asked to comment on diversity in the sport but I really felt I had done my part.

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.

Racing's in my blood. My mum met my dad when she went to buy her first motorbike in his shop.

People have different ideas on how to increase female racing driver participation. My belief is that men and women should compete together.

My progression into F1 came to represent so much more than a racing driver simply trying to reach the pinnacle of the sport. It was also the hope that finally there may again be a female on the starting grid.

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.

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.

Because it was my decision to stop racing, I feel fine not being a driver anymore.

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

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.

It's not a gender thing. You can pick anyone off the street and it depends on his or her own character how they can drive a car.

You have to be ready to pounce when a rare chance comes.

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.