News about Susie Wolff

When I think back to being 19 years old, I have vivid flashbacks of nights out in my local nightclub (if you could even call one very sticky dance floor a club), One Direction posters on my bedroom wall and a Pinterest board full of very bad tattoo ideas — a far cry from the life of 19-year-old F1 Academy driver, Bianca Bustamante who, in a serious "pinch me" moment, I got the chance to speak to this week.

To put my personal driving skills into context, the way I used to know I'd reversed far enough out of my driveway was when I had physically hit the bin shed at the bottom. Luckily, thanks to TfL, I never really drive anymore. However, what I may lack in personal driving skills, I make up for in my complete and utter obsession with Formula 1 and more recently, F1 Academy.

Lewis Hamilton launched a scathing attack on Formula One today, alleging that it discriminates against women. Mohammed ben Sulayem, the seven-time world champion, has also confirmed that he did not endorse the most influential man in the world motor sport. In a tense address in Melbourne ahead of the Australian Grand Prix, he praised Susie Wolff, his Mercedes boss Toto's wife. She has started criminal proceedings in France against the FIA, the body that was run by Ben Sulayem.

Bianca Bustamante is hoping to debut her name on a list of female drivers to start a Formula One race, but she must first make her name known in the F1 Academy this season. In fairness to the 19-year-old, this is what she has done since her father Raymund bought for her when she was only three years old. In the inaugural season of the sport's growth series last term, the Filipino pilot scored two new victories. In addition,, she earned a podium finish in the first race of the season and was clearly emotional on the rostrum during Monza's second victory.

Mohammed ben Sulayem was cruising on Friday night in his role as the world's most popular man. Lewis Hamilton blasted F1's top body, the FIA, for bringing up a potential conflict of interest between his Mercedes boss Toto Wolff and his wife Susie, F1's sole director, and Susie, the F1's female-only F1 Academy's managing director, before the end-of-season gala dinner in Baku, Azerbaijan. A seven-time world champion's voice is certainly influential. Ben Sulayem, an Emirati former rally pilot, went much deeper than that to the FIA's center, a world-wide body made up of member federations that specifically elect their own president.

According to reports, FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem is recovering after suffering a minor injury prior to a prize giving ceremony in Baku. In December last year, the 62-year-old was hired to lead Formula One's governing body, but in February he revealed that he was taking a step back from day-to-day control.

At the Hungaroring last Thursday, the Aston Martin ambassador rode 26 laps in the Silverstone team's 2021 machine. The first significant test for Hawkins since Colombian Tatiana Calderon took part in a number of workshops for Alfa Romeo in 2018. It's been 47 years since a female, Lella Lombardi of Italy, participated in an F1 race, and eight years since Susie Wolff, who is married to Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff, competed in a Grand Prix practice session.

At the start of their inaugural season in March, the 40-year-old (pictured left) was appointed as the managing director of Formula One's newest all-female driver series with 25 years of experience as a racing pilot and four on a Formula E team. In April, the Formula One Academy Media Day at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya was captured on image.

The 40-year-old will head the female-only academy, which helps students prepare for higher levels of competition. Wolff, a former professional driver who has also served as a team principal with the Venturi Formula E team, developed the Dare to Be Different action plan in 2016 in the hopes of attracting females to participate in the sport. Wolff, the wife of Mercedes F1 team principal Toto, will speak to Formula One president and CEO Stefano Domenicali in the hopes of creating a safe route for young females in the sport.