Susie Wolff now lives in Switzerland
Susie Wolff now lives in Switzerland

Driver Susie Wolff racing home to Scotland

Scottish female racing driver Susie Wolff MBE is returning to her home town of Oban next week for a fundraising gala celebrating the 25th birthday of Atlantis Leisure.

An Evening with Susie Wolff and Friends also features paralympic champion in hand-cycling Karen Darke, Oban’s Scottish women’s rugby international Abi Evans, and motorcycle road racing driver Robert Wilson.

The three-course dinner, at the Argyllshire Gathering Halls in Oban on Friday, September 28, at 7.30pm, also features a charity auction.

Lots include VIP access for the Formula E race in Monaco in May 2019, a fascinating tour of the Mercedes-AMG F1 Team headquarters in Brackley for six people, and a framed championship print signed by the two Mercedes racing drivers, Lewis Hamilton and Valteri Bottas, and the rest of the top team.

Oban-born Susie, whose maiden name is Stoddart, received the MBE last year for services to women in sport. Susie’s parents John and Sally own Stoddarts of Oban, a motorcycle dealership.

Susie Wolff now lives in Switzerland

Susie has had a stunning career in motorsport, progressing from karting to Formula 3, before being signed by the Williams Formula 1 team as a development driver.

Following her retirement in 2015, she focused on a new project, Dare To Be Different, which aims to inspire and help women working in, or who want to launch a career in motorsport.

This summer Susie, who now lives in Switzerland, was appointed team principal of Venturi Formula E team, in charge of Venturi’s preparations in the lead up to the ABB Formula E Championship, set to begin in December this year in Saudi Arabia. Formula E is the Formula 1 of electric powered racing.

Susie has thanked the town’s ‘inspiring’ 25-year-old community-run leisure centre, where she spent a lot time growing up learning many sports, saying she would not be where she is now without it, and wants other children to enjoy the same opportunities.

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