苏茜-沃尔夫, Toto Wolff和 盖尔-金 participated in a live conversation at 格拉梅西剧院 in NYC to celebrate the US launch of Susie’s book, Driven, released on Tuesday, April 28. Driven chronicles Susie’s twenty-year journey through the highest levels of Formula One, from breaking into one of the most male-dominated sports in the world to becoming a visionary executive reshaping its future. More than a sports memoir, the book is a candid exploration of leadership, resilience, and what it takes to build success inside systems that were never designed to include you.
The book is available nationwide for purchase at 亚马逊, Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million, and other independent bookstores.
The conversation was an intimate on-stage moment bringing together two influential figures in global motorsport, moderated by Gayle King.
On Writing Driven & Sharing the Story
“I can honestly tell you that for me, it wasn’t about how many books I could sell. It was about putting together a book people would really enjoy reading, because I’m an avid reader of autobiographies and knew they drew me in, and I definitely wanted to bring readers on the journey with me. I wanted them to know what it was like at certain moments.” – Susie Wolff
On Childhood & Early Motorsport Ambitions
“My mom actually met my dad when she bought her first motorbike from his shop. So I think you could say that it was definitely in the family blood. And the great thing was that my parents never differentiated between son and daughter. I have an older brother who’s only fifteen months older than me, and anything he could do, I could do in my mind.” – Susie Wolff
“I wasn’t your stereotypical tomboy. You know, I loved pink; I loved Barbie, but I was also very competitive. I had this little motorbike, and when I tried karting for the first time, I loved the idea of being on the track.” – Susie Wolff
“Many people presume I was a natural talent. I wasn’t. I mean, anything in my life I have to work hard for. I’m definitely not a huge natural talent, but I remember thinking the first time I went out on the track that I wasn’t very quick and was innocent. Karts are going past me, and my dad called me toots and said, ‘We’ve got two options now: put the bike back in the truck and head home, or you go back out there. You try to go fast, and you’re just going to hit them back twice as hard.'” – Susie Wolff
On Early Career & Taking Control
“It’s really tough to make a living in motorsport. There are a select few drivers who make it, and many more who deserve to make a difference but don’t. I thank my lucky stars to this day, because my big break came in the German Touring Car Championship. That one chance they gave, I thought, might change not just the course of my career, but of my life. I tell the story in the book about driving to the cash machine just to check my balance because I’ve never had money in my bank account before. But that was a life-changing moment.” – Susie Wolff
“I really realized when I saw little girls coming to the track for the first time, dressed head to toe in pink, their parents told me they only ever wanted to come to the track when this pink car appeared, and that made me realize that representation matters, and if a car being pink gets more girls to a racetrack, I’ll drive a pink car.” – Susie Wolff
On The Pivot to Being a Working Mother and Business Leader
“It was before COVID, but I had just become a mother, and obviously, Toto was in the midst of his dominance in Formula One. There was just no way for me to be in an office nine to eight, or even eight to eight. So I very much told my business partner at the time, ‘Listen, you’re going to have to trust me to do it my way, because being the mother of an eight-month-old, I can’t be in the office every day, and I can’t travel extensively.’ And he said, ‘I won’t judge you for how you do it. You know what you need to do.’ And that was really the culture I wanted to create within the team, so I ended up having a lot of outstanding women on it. I didn’t judge them on how long they sat at the office. I judged them on their contribution to the team.” – Susie Wolff
“As working mothers, it’s a lot to handle sometimes, and because I was going through it, I wanted to make sure that others also could excel, to be working mothers, and to manage working in motorsports. We ended up with one-third of the team female, and of course, 3 years later, we nearly won the world championship. So it showed that diversity also brings performance.” – Susie Wolff
“I think we are in such a lucky position right now where the sport of Formula One has changed massively in the last five years. You know, 42% of the global fan base is female, and I’m thinking there’s a lot of that in the room tonight, so thank you. The fastest-growing fan demographic is 18- to 24-year-old females. I think it’s a big credit to Formula One, because they realize that there’s this shift happening. And it was their idea to create F1 Academy, because they wanted to break down the preconceptions that it’s a man’s world. They wanted to give young female talent an opportunity. And I think we’ve got a big job to do to keep breaking down those preconceptions and those old stereotypes that it’s a man’s world. At the same time, we need to inspire the next generation to see that there’s a place for them in the sport and increase the talent pool. And that will all take time, but I certainly have to pinch myself sometimes just how far we’ve come in such a short space of time.” – Susie Wolff
On Susie’s Letter to Her Younger Self
“The letter didn’t arrive until the ninth draft. It wasn’t something I planned to do, but it was a conversation started with my brother. Now, having put the journey down on very therapeutic paper to relive moments of my life, my brother asked me, ‘What would you say to your younger self?’ It was something I often thought about while writing the book. She is fierce. She is fearless. I have a lot of admiration for her.” – Susie Wolff
活动详情
Venue: Gramercy Theatre, New York, NY
日期 Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Hosted by: Live Nation
Photo Credit: Jack Skelley
