Driven: A Pioneer for Women in Motorsport – an Autobiography

ISBN-13: 9780008301859 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 288 str.

Rosemary Smith

Opis

The inspirational story of the female motorsport pioneer who broke through the gender barrier to compete in and win some of the most iconic rallies in the world.

Recenzje

A 'brazenly honest and profound autobiography. ... Wise and still feisty at 81...her life has been by turns thrilling, glamourous and emotionally devastating.' - Sunday Times

O autorze

Rosemary Smith is a rally driver from Dublin. Her father taught her to drive at the age of 11 in a field in Tallaght. Leaving school at 15, Rosemary trained as a dress designer and model and opened a boutique dressmaking company. Rosemary was asked to navigate for a friend in a rally but soon took over the driving. Rosemary was the first and only woman driver to win the Tulip Rally outright, beating all the male drivers to the finish. Rosemary is passionate about road safety and opened the Rosemary Smith School of Motoring in 1999 where she teaches young people to drive. In 2017, at 80 years of age she became the oldest person to drive a Renault Sports Formula One team car.