DirtFish’s first panel at the Women in Motorsport Summit was all about those who had ascended to the very top of their world. Michèle Mouton, a World Rally Championship winner, Pernilla Solberg, the head of the FIA’s WRC Commission and Becs Williams, the ever-present voice narrating every twist and turn of the WRC on live television.
But what of the women making a name for themselves today?
We brought together three women blazing a trail for themselves: drag racer Jndia Erbacher, Trans-Am driver Michele Abbate and motorcycle racer Vanessa Ruck.
There have been challenges along the way: there’s Abbate starting her own company in parallel to growing her racing career; Erbacher talking her way into becoming the racer in the family, and Ruck on making a career out of going fast after a life-changing accident.
And for all three, there’s the challenge of dealing with imposter syndrome.
Watch the most important stories from the Breaking Barriers panel of the Summit below.
