Susie Wolff

Susie Wolff (née Stoddart; born 6 December 1982 in Oban) is a retired British racing driver from Scotland. She has progressed through the ranks of motorsport, starting off in karting, then moving up to Formula Renault and Formula Three before moving to the DTM to compete for Mercedes-Benz. In 2012, she was signed by the Williams Formula One team to work as a development driver. On 4 November 2015, Susie Wolff announced her retirement from F1 and from all motorsport after the end of season Race of Champions at the end of November.

She lives in Ermatingen, Switzerland with her husband Toto Wolff, executive director of the Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team since 21 January 2013. The two were married in October 2011.

In 2014, Wolff was the first woman to take part in a Formula One race weekend in 22 years, at the British Grand Prix, at Silverstone.

Career

Early years

Wolff began karting from an early age, and in 1996 she was named the British Woman Kart Racing Driver of the year. In 1997, she competed in a number of different karting categories and succeeded in most of them. She was first in the 24hr Middle East Kart Championship, champion in both the Scottish Junior Intercontinental "A" and the Scottish Open Junior Intercontinental "A" categories and was again named British Woman Kart Racing Driver of the year. In 1998 she moved up to the British Junior Intercontinental "A" Championship and was placed 10th overall in her first season in the class. She also competed in the Federation Cup European Intercontinental "A" Championship and she was placed 11th overall. For the third year in a row, she was named British Woman Kart Racing Driver of the year.