Motorsport: how do women feel the fear and do it anyway?
20th February, London- New Auto Trader podcast Women in the driving seat, hosted by Editorial Director, divorced mum of two and award-winning motoring journalist Erin Baker launches today, Thursday 20th February. The series aims to rip up the rule book on the female-empowerment narrative by sharing personal as well as professional experiences, examining the space where both collide, and the challenges, fears and successes happen.
Episode one spotlights women in motorsport and explores topics such as origin stories - from an interest passed down by a father to a car being a place where a disability isn’t the first thing someone notices – as well as how to deal with failure.
All episodes in the series feature a Pit Stop – a quick fire round covering the professional and personal including; Lark or owl? Circuit or circuits? Phone by the bed or phone downstairs?
Join Erin as she puts two women who are “made of different stuff mentally” in a different kind of driving seat.
Podcast preview
Vicki Butler-Henderson:
Nathalie McGloin:
Auto Trader’s new podcast Women in the driving seat launches Thursday 20th February, with new episodes launching every Thursday.
Notes to editors
ABOUT ERIN BAKER
Erin Baker is an award-winning motoring journalist and Editorial Director of Auto Trader. She writes a monthly driving column for Vogue, is a World Car of the Year judge, consults for Goodwood and hosts She's Electric, a national roadshow bringing women and electric cars together. Erin is passionate about narrowing the gender gap, both in the automotive industry itself and between car brands and female consumers, through more targeted language, marketing and experiences. She is a divorced mother of two boys.
ABOUT VICKI BUTLER-HENDERSON
Vicki has been racing from the age of 12. She is a presenter for Discovery's ‘Fifth Gear’ show, which airs yearly, and regularly reviews cars for two You Tube channels including her own called The CAR Girl, Vicki Butler-Henderson. Before that she was the first woman presenter of BBC’s Top Gear to drive a car sideways, held the position of Road Tester at Auto Express and News Editor at What Car? magazines, as well contributing to The Sunday Times, Saturday Telegraph and many other publications since the age of 17. She is a Mummy to two, owns a pair of Ridgebacks dogs and one Ducati Monster motorbike on which she is “very fast until corner crops up…”
ABOUT NATHALIE MCGLOIN
Nathalie is the first and only female tetraplegic racing driver in the world, she also co-founded and runs a charity for disabled drivers called Spinal Track as well as being the FIA Disability and Accessibility Commission President. Before racing, Nathalie was a full-time wheelchair rugby athlete competing for ten years. Nathalie is 41, has a husband and a dog and lives just outside Silverstone in the Northamptonshire countryside. Despite being a confident public speaker and holding many important roles within motorsport, Nathalie will openly admit that she still suffers with imposter syndrome.
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