April 28, 2025 • 29 mins
In this episode of Screen to Speed, powered by Init eSports, host Lyubov Ozeretskovskaya (@LoveFortySix) interviews Australian professional racing driver Caitlin Wood. Caitlin shares her journey into racing, which began at age seven with family support. She discusses her progression from go-karting to Formula Ford, and eventually moving to Europe to pursue higher levels of racing such as GT4 and GT3. Caitlin highlights key moments in her career, including winning a class at the Nurburgring (Nordschliffe) and competing in the W Series. She emphasizes the importance of endurance racing, the challenges of raising funds, and the significance of female representation in motorsport. Caitlin also offers advice for young women aspiring to enter the racing world. So buckle up – Screen to Speed starts now!
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00:00 Meet Caitlin Wood: Professional Racing Driver 01:03 Caitlin's Early Racing Journey 02:26 Transition to Formula Racing 07:10 Racing in Europe and Endurance Challenges 13:51 Achievements and Future Goals 19:23 Women in Motorsport: Progress and Challenges 25:04 Lightning Round Questions with Caitlin 27:21 Closing Remarks and Contact Information====================
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Hello.
Welcome everyone to new talks.
Uh, today we got Kaitlyn Woods.
Uh, she's a professional racing driver.
Welcome Kaitlyn.
Hi.
Thank you for having me.
Yeah.
Thank you so much forjoining our in Talks today.
Uh, let's start with, uh, how youget into racing, how all this,
uh, passion started for you.
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Yeah.
Okay.
Um, I started racing when Iwas young, when I was seven.
Um, but I think I kind of caughtthe bug a few years before that.
There's quite an age gapbetween myself and my brother.
So he's 12 years older than me.
Um, so by the time I was born, he wasalready go-karting and I was lucky enough
to grow up around it in that environment.
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So by the time I was seven, I wanted to.
My first go-kart and yeah, on myseventh birthday, my dad and my
brother took me out to our localcart track back home in Australia,
Newcastle Cart Club, and I guess that'swhere, that's where it all started.
I didn't make it past the first corner andI was straight off into the gravel trap.
So, um.
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My, uh, my poor dad had lots ofrunning round to do after me,
but, you know, uh, I loved it.
And I guess ever since then,um, at seven, I've never not
been involved in Motorsport.
Obviously started in go-kartsand then progressed through the
junior ranks of, of Motorsport.
Yeah.
This is great.
Uh, I also started in the same way incars, so I remember that, uh, first time
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I went to the, uh, tree or something.
It was really fun.
Yeah, yeah, exactly.
So we all start somewhere, right?
Yeah, that's true.
Uh, can you tell me more, uh, whereyou move after go-karts and how
your career started to develop?
Yeah, so I guess.
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You know, carting was always afamily hobby, um, you know, for
me and my dad and my brother.
And it was something we did onweekends, as I'm sure you can relate to.
And I guess the older I got, youknow, when I started to come into my
teenage years, 12, 13, 14 was whenI realized, you know, I really am
enjoying this and I wanna do more.
So, you know, I spoke to dad and waslike, I wanna try and be better and, and.
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I'm passionate about Motors sportand I wanna see where that takes me.
So he did his best and we didour best to try and compete in
national carding championshipsand compete against the best.
My dad's kind of motive wasif you wanna be the best, you
gotta compete against the best.
So, um, yeah, we tried todo that as much as we could.
And when I turned, uh, 1516, Iguess kind of similar kind of.
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Uh, story is my brother had made thestep up into Formula Ford into race cars,
obviously quite a few years before me.
And the formula Ford car was back homein our shed, kind of in a million pieces.
Um, so it had kind of been in, in, inthe shed for, for quite a few years.
And I remember, you know,15-year-old Caitlin in the, in
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the shed after school with dad.
And I was just like, so when's itmy turn her when, you know, when
can I, when can I drive the formula?
Ford and Dad was really shocked.
I don't think he, he knew what to say.
Um, so he kind of gave me an ultimatum andhe was like, well, if you can put the race
car back together, then you can drive it.
Um.
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Yeah.
15-year-old Caitlyn thought,yeah, that can't be that hard.
I can do that.
And uh, you know, turnsout it is pretty difficult.
But, um, yeah, so I then spent thosesummer holidays in Oz, which was over
Christmas and New Year's with dad kindof rebuilding the formula forward.
In the following year, we, we took itracing and I had my first test day,
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and that's ultimately how I made thatprogression into, into race cars.
So again, I was fortunate to have thatopportunity to be there and obviously my
dad pushed me to make sure I was readyand it was something that I wanted to do.
And thankfully, on our first testday, all four wheels stayed on.
So I did an okay job.
Um, but yeah, we, um, we enjoyed itand it's a really special way for me to
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have got started, especially doing thatwith dad and, and having that, and that
was our own, I guess, little race team.
We did it together.
So my dad would kind of be my mechanic andmy brother would be my engineer, and we'd.
Travel up and down Australia competingin different formula Ford championships,
and obviously being 15, I'd never drivenon the road before, so I was getting used
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to driving a manual and understandingthe characteristics of driving a car
and not a, not a go-kart anymore.
And so I was a really.
Fundamental tool to, for me todevelop as a driver and, and
compete in formula forward.
And after that, we then started tolook into race teams, et cetera.
Um, but yeah, it was a, a very,very fun way to get started.
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That's great.
Uh, so formal Ford is a great car.
I race it and I racing, uh.
A lot of times.
Yeah.
And, uh, it's really fun indeed.
And, uh, of course, uh, when you jumpfrom go-karting to, uh, foremost,
it's completely a different thing,uh, with a view with, uh, how you
race and how you balance the carfor the corners and everything.
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Uh, can you tell me more, uh,about what is your favorite,
uh, Australian tar uh, trek?
Which you race.
Oh, that's easy.
That's easy.
What do you think it is?
No.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I feel like it's everyAussie, uh, favorite track.
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Um, yeah.
Either Bathurst Man,Panorama or Philip Island.
They're definitely my two.
Mm-hmm.
My two favorites back home.
Yeah.
Philip Island is great.
One also I think a little bit underratedin I racing, so I'm all the time.
A little bit set.
Yeah.
When people not racing it, I thinkit's, uh, really fun and uh, you
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know, going with a flow track.
I really like it also.
Yeah.
All right.
And, uh, uh, then after some timeyou like, uh, jumped different
formulas after formal Ford orthere was, uh, like, uh, GT cars.
Uh, so how you move Yeah.
Forward with career.
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Yeah.
I think just like ev everybodyin Motorsport, it's very
difficult financially to.
To take those next steps.
Um, you know, we, we allknow what that's like.
And so yeah, I did a fewyears, uh, a formula forward.
We stepped into a race team and I did oneand a half seasons with the race team, uh,
synergy Motorsport, because unfortunatelywe did, we kind of ran out of budget.
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We ran out sponsors tocontinue that program.
Uh, afterwards I got a scholarshipdrive to do a few rounds
in Australian Formula four.
So, again, obviously soundssimilar but separate.
We obviously have slick tires andwings and a little bit of downforce
and um, yeah, that was two orthree races at the end of 2015.
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And then the following year in 2016,that was kind of my, yeah, fresh 18.
It was a little bit, I think of,I don't know what kind of year we
call it, but it was my, um, youknow, I took a, I took a chance.
I took a leap, that's for sure.
And, uh, a German team had beenin touch with me called Rider
Engineering, for anybody that I'veheard of them and asked if I would
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like to be a part of their juniorprogram called the Writer Young Stars.
And that was a part of theEuropean GT four Championship.
So it was a big step for, you know, ayoung Australian living, uh, going to
move to the other side of the world.
And, um, so I remember kind of mydad sitting me down at the dinner
table being like, you know, this is,this is as far as we can take you.
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Uh, Caitlin, you know, it was a,it was like a sponsored drive,
but obviously my parents had to.
You know, give up a lot for meto be able to move to Germany
on my own and things like that.
So, um, yeah, he said not many Australiansget to go and race in Europe, let
alone Monza and spa and all theseamazing circuits, let alone, you know.
There's, uh, not many female,um, Australian drivers before
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me that have done that either.
So he is like, go and enjoy yourselfand do the best you can, and you know,
if you win, you then got a fully fundeddrive the following season in GT three.
With writer in the Bloon GT series,now known as GT World Challenge.
So for me, I could see the progression andI could see how I could progress my career
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in GTS and, and continue that progress.
So I really wanted to take that step andyeah, and then dad was like, but you know,
if you don't win, that's absolutely fine.
You can come back home toAustralia and go to university and.
Continue another route, so to speak.
Um, so yeah, that was enough motivationand I think for me to, uh, for me to win.
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And so, yeah, I won that, thatYoung Stars program in European GT
four, and I won that scholarship.
So then that snowballed me into GTthree in Blanc Point, in a Lamborghini,
in the Lamborghini Gado, REX.
So the previous generationbefore the hurricane.
And yeah, that was crazy, uh, to compete,you know, in my opinion, against some
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of the best drivers in the world.
And it was an endurance championship.
So I had a few teammates that year andwe finished on the podium in our first
race at Mazano, which was really coolin our class, in the Silver Cup class.
Um, yeah.
And then, and then from there, itwas a little bit of an unfortunate
year with a few incidences andwe didn't, um, finish many races.
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Just 'cause that's kind of racing.
Um, and yeah, uh, at kind of fresh 18, I'dmoved to Germany by myself and committed
to, to trying to, to make it work.
So it was very daunting.
Daunting, sorry.
And obviously, well not obviously,but I didn't know German.
Um, so I struggled withthe language barrier.
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Quite a lot, but I, you know, I triedmy best and I grew up a lot in that
phase of my life and I'm very gratefulfor that opportunity to have worked
with that race team and progressedmyself and continue that journey.
So yeah, I did two years overthere and then after that I then
moved to the UK 'cause I thoughtthat would be a good stepping
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stone to continue that GT journey.
And yeah, I've kind of beenin the UK for a few years now.
I did a, the following year,I did a few rounds with.
A driver in the LamborghiniSuper TR series.
Mm-hmm.
Two or three rounds.
And then the W series came about in 2019.
So I became obviously the Australianrepresentative in the W series, which
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I was a part of from 2019 to 2021.
So yeah, obviously covid happenedin those times, which made life
very difficult for everybody.
Um, yeah.
And then, uh, in 2021, I became apart of the Humor W Series team.
Which was very cool to represent a brandlike Puma and be a part of their team.
Um, and I just competed in selectedrounds, so I did Spa Hungary and Coda.
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Mm-hmm.
And yeah, we had a really good, reallygood round at SPA and obviously very, was
very grateful for that opportunity to.
He and the W Series be a partof the championship and get
back into single seater racing.
I don't think without, without that,I would've been able to progress
into Formula three, you know,into the formula regional cars.
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So yeah, it was very, very,very cool to be a part of.
Yeah, I remember we've been into oneteam on W series, uh, selection event.
Uh, yeah.
Yeah, that was really fun to see allthese, uh, girls and, uh, just they
bring every, everybody together.
It was a great event.
Really.
Yeah.
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Yeah, it was, uh, the first of its kindobviously, and they, you know, as you
know, got women from all around the world.
And that was really for me, excitingand empowering to see so many
girls and women drivers from allaround the world be able to meet.
And, um, like, 'cause I think,you know, up until that point you.
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Sometimes you think you'rethe only one, don't you?
If you, you know, 'causeyou are a minority.
So to be put in a room with, you know,70 other female drivers was pretty cool.
Yeah.
And that's really sad.
That's, uh, W series,unfortunately you stopped there.
Um, I. Races and their championships.
Yeah, really set.
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Um, but, uh, I really, I think that,uh, they involved a lot of, uh, girls
into this and, uh, probably a lot of,uh, girls also into racing community,
uh, because, uh, we had a great, uh,like introduction, uh, to the world that
uh, hey girls can, can drive fast andthat yeah, that can be the whole series.
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With, uh, with girls only.
It was really cool.
Um, so I know that youwon the race at Berg Ring.
Uh, can you tell me more aboutthis event and how was it to
win on the Berg ring for you?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Um, so the following year in2022, I decided to take a step
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back into endurance racing.
My ultimate goal has alwaysbeen to compete at Lamont.
I love endurance racing.
Um, and I've competedin a few 24 hour races.
So we thought it'd be a good stepto go out to the nor life and
get my permit and kind of work myway up the, the ranks out there.
And so I did a few VNS when it wasVLN, which is now known as NLS, did a
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few NLS rounds in a BMW three series.
And yeah, we were competitive as a team.
'cause as an endurance racing, youhave other drivers in the car with you.
So I had two other drivers with me.
And yeah, in 2023 I did, I became thefirst Australian woman to kind of win
a race, win a class at the, at theNords life, which was very, very cool.
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And.
In the moment, we didn'tactually know that.
I was, I guess the first one.
It wasn't until we sat down afterwardsand I'm like, oh, I really, I
wonder who did this before me.
And we couldn't find anyAussie woman that had done so.
Yeah, it was very cool to, I guess,put that in the, in the books
somewhere, um, for people to.
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To see and to kind of show Aussie girlsback home that you can compete in Europe
and you can compete on the world stageand that there is, um, it is accessible.
So yeah, it was, um, racingout at the nor life is crazy.
There's, I, as you know,it's such a long circuit.
Mm-hmm.
There's so many cars on track.
The traffic is insane.
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You're dealing withfaster cars, slower cars.
So I was competing in the productioncar class in a BMW three series.
Mm-hmm.
So we're kind of, I guess,in the middle of the pack.
We're not the fastest car on track,but we're not the slowest either.
So you're, you're looking for trafficin front of you and behind you.
So yeah, it definitely makes youvery aware and teaches you so
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much as a driver about how to.
I guess be fast in traffic as well, notjust fast as an overall lap time and
you know, know when to go for a move,when to hold back and just be, drive
a little bit smarter realistically.
And.
The nor life isn't afraid to, tothrow out some wild weather as well.
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So, um, I remember in one of my stints,in one of the races there, I was out
on slicks and it started to rain.
Mm-hmm.
So it was literally all aboutringing, bringing the car home.
But you still have, I don'tknow, six, seven kilometers
left of the, so yeah, it's a.
It's a, uh, it's a crazy, it's a crazycircuit out there, but it was very
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cool to be able to get some resultsout there and, um, yeah, and compete.
Yeah, that, that's awesome.
Uh, nurse life will definitely difficulttrack and endurances, I race a lot of
endurances in, uh, racing and, uh, all thetime you have to manage the, the traffic.
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If you like LMP two and you got Gs and GDfreeze, so you have to watch out for them.
And yeah, as you said,sometimes you just, um.
It's taken easy and uh, then youjust, uh, pushing, uh, in, in some
corners, uh, to, um, like to be morepredictable for people on track.
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Uh, it's a different world.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And I think endurance is, uh, sucha great, uh, because you working
with a team, you, you also managingtraffic and you're saving fuel and
you're doing a lot of, uh, stuff.
So I really like Endurances as well.
Um, yeah, so how, how do yousee, uh, your road to lemon?
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Because that's your dream.
Uh.
Yeah.
Yeah, absolutely.
Um, you know, there, well for mepersonally, there hasn't been an
Australian woman compete at Lamontsince 1935, and there's only been
one, and her name was Joan Richmond.
So it's been 90 years.
Um, so I'm, yeah, I'mdefinitely passionate and
ready to kind of break that.
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Mm-hmm.
Break that drought andget on the grid somehow.
And yeah, the road to Lamont.
Ultimately the next step is to try andget on the Michelin Lemmont Cup grid
or ELMS grid and get some experience.
And the road to Le Mon, um, race withMichelin Lemmont Cup is obviously,
uh, very important because you race atLamont, albeit in, you know, a small,
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uh, in a shorter distance race, twoone hour races, but it gets you on that
platform and you're able to progress.
So.
Yeah, I guess the next step in mycareer is to try and raise the, the
sponsorship and the budget and thefunding to be able to, to do that and
take a, take a step into the prototype.
I would love to mm-hmm.
Raise l and p three.
I would love to do that.
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Um, but I also have experience in gts,so I'm very open-minded and I'm very
happy to drive anything and everything.
So yeah, I'll continue kind of pushingfor that route full of mon, but.
I would never say no to anopportunity at the same time.
We wish you good luck, uh, for that.
Uh, hopefully we're going tosee you thank you and LT free
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and, uh, 24 hours of lemon.
Uh, yeah, that's a absolutely amazingevent and a great track to drive on.
Definitely.
Um, how do you see, um, the representativeof women into the racing right now?
Like, do you see that somethingchanging and uh, actually like
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community more friendly to everybody?
Yeah, absolutely.
I think, I don't thinkit's just motor sport.
I think it's sport as a whole, andI think it's society as a whole.
We're definitely making steps inthe right direction to make Indus,
you know, male dominant industriesor industries more accessible to
everybody that previously weren't.
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And you know, specifically motor sport is.
Becoming more aware of where it needsto help, um, help drivers and try and
progress them, and especially womenas well, and, and open those doors.
And like we said before, I thinkthe W series was really important to
be that representation for the, youknow, a next generation of drivers and
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engineers and mechanics and journalists.
And for people just to see womeninvolved in motorsport in all different
avenues, which is really important.
And I think.
The one thing that everybodystruggles with, whether you're
male or female in motors sport, isalways the budget in raising that.
Mm-hmm.
To be able to go racing.
So having, um, scholarship programsand initiatives like the Iron Dames and
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obviously now F1 Academy is great tosee, to be able to put these talented
women up, um, and for the world tosee ultimately to see them perform
and perform well, which is important.
Um, I'd say.
Society is, is more accepting.
Don't get me wrong, I think there'salways been a little bit of a stigma
about female drivers and it's justultimately, you know, at the end of the
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day, we know our own capabilities whereas individuals, as drivers, and you just
go out on the track and you just perform.
And it doesn't matter who you are orwhere you come from or anything like that.
And that's, that's I guess,the most important thing.
But, um.
In terms of opportunity, I thinkrepresentation is very powerful and it's
a very powerful tool and we're, we'rekind of seeing that with Netflix and
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drive to survive, not only with women,but with opening a new audience into
Formula One and all of these avenues.
But what I'm really passionateabout as well is obviously we want
to influence and inspire the nextgeneration, but then what, what do we
do with these women and these girls to.
Once they are inspired,where are the opportunities?
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Where are the stepping stones?
And you know, not just as a driver, butas an engineer and as a mechanic, and
are we enabling, are we still having.
It be accessible, it's all well andgood sparking all this inspiration.
Mm-hmm.
And getting people interested.
But I think the next step is to reallytry and increase the opportunities
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and the scholarship programs and,um, university opportunities and
work, work placement and all of thesedifferent avenues to actually get women
on the ground and, and in the field.
And not just women, but you know,everybody from all different areas.
So yeah, I think that'salso really important.
I think I agree with you that, uh, wehave to have like workplaces and, uh, like
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for women or like, uh, whatever would,would like to be involved into racing.
It's really important.
Um, what advice can you give toyoung women, uh, who, uh, trying
to go for the same path as you?
Yeah.
Um, motor sport is tough.
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It is tough.
Um, it's like any sport in the worldor any, anything that you wanna
achieve, it's not gonna come easy.
And that's okay.
And that's part of the journey.
Um, and that's what makes you a betterdriver, a better person, a better athlete.
So enjoy the journey.
Um, believe in yourself and.
Try not to take no for an answer.
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If someone tells you,no, you can't do that.
You know, turn around and tellthem and ask them why you can't.
Um, you know, always try andkeep, keep striving to be the best
version of yourself that you can be.
Um, but at the end of the day, the mostimportant thing is that you enjoy it.
I think throughout my career there'sdefinitely been ups and downs, just like
anybody's career or any sports person.
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Sports person, sorry.
And I think.
You can kind of fall in and outof love with the sport when it
does, when it does hurt you.
Um, so, you know, bring yourselfback to the point of what you enjoy
most about the sport and what, what,what gives you the most joy and, you
know, um, that ultimately will bewhere you'll perform best as well.
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Yeah, you're absolutely rightwith this, uh, I think and, um.
Can you tell me where people canfollow you and, uh, just, uh, you
know, to see you and, uh yeah.
Follow your career?
Yeah, that would be great.
Um.
Obviously, uh, my name isCaitlyn Wood and I on all of my
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socials, I'm Caitlyn Wood Racing.
So yeah, Instagram, Facebook, uh,LinkedIn, all those good things.
Um, always feel free to reach out.
I think I'm probably most social on myInstagram, but I need to get better at.
Being better on social media and I do havea sim at home and I do jump on I racing.
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Mm-hmm.
So I need to, um, I need to join,join in on some races with you guys.
Definitely.
Yeah.
True.
I think you have to joinsome of the screen to speed
events if you'll have time.
For sure.
We'll be happy to see you on the track.
Absolutely.
Yeah.
Uh, alright, uh, so the last one,uh, will be fun, quick questions.
Uh, uh, what's your favorite track snack?
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Snack?
Snack?
Oh, that's such a good question.
Um, um, probably I'm probably boring.
You know, I'm probably just gonna saylike a protein bar, something easy.
Mm-hmm.
But like a chocolate protein bar, whenI want something sweet, but I know I
can't have anything too naughty, soit just kind of eases the cravings.
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All right.
Uh, next one will be the hard one.
Uh, GT or single sitterfor the rest of your life.
Ah, that's hard.
That's so hard.
Um, well, oh, that's so hard.
Well, endurance racing has to begt, but overall lap time or overall
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qualifying lap has to be single seater.
So, am I going racing or am I justdoing poly lapse, is the question?
Uh, I think your answerwas, was good enough.
I think I'm.
Okay.
And uh, the last one, uh, raceyou'd redo in a heartbeat.
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Oh, good one.
Um,
probably,
probably Spa with W series in 2021.
Mm-hmm.
Um, and it was wet and.
It was that parental race weekendwhere the F1 didn't end up racing, but
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uh, yeah, we did on the Saturday and.
Yeah, I would probably relivethat because I finished fifth
and I was so close to the podium.
Mm-hmm.
So I, I was given another crack.
I remember battling Marta, whowas my teammate at the time,
and we were PMA teammates.
And, um, I made a, a really good movearound the outside of her, around Poon.
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'cause obviously I, I had the wet line.
Um, and yeah, we had a really good battle.
So I'd probably say, I'd probably saythat race because I'd like to get it back.
Yeah.
Far more free.
Uh, I bet it's, it's great on thespa and, uh, especially in the rain.
Yeah.
Yeah, it was cool.
Okay, so guys, thank youso much, uh, for watching.
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And, uh, don't forget to follow her on hersocials so you can find her in Instagram.
Uh, and we probably going to see herin one of the screen to speed events.
Thank you so much guys.
Absolutely.
Thank you so much for having me.
It was lovely to chat with you.
Thank you.
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Hello.
Welcome everyone to new talks.
Uh, today we got Kaitlyn Woods.
Uh, she's a professional racing driver.
Welcome Kaitlyn.
Hi.
Thank you for having me.
Yeah.
Thank you so much forjoining our in Talks today.
Uh, let's start with, uh, how youget into racing, how all this,
uh, passion started for you.
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Yeah.
Okay.
Um, I started racing when Iwas young, when I was seven.
Um, but I think I kind of caughtthe bug a few years before that.
There's quite an age gapbetween myself and my brother.
So he's 12 years older than me.
Um, so by the time I was born, he wasalready go-karting and I was lucky enough
to grow up around it in that environment.
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So by the time I was seven, I wanted to.
My first go-kart and yeah, on myseventh birthday, my dad and my
brother took me out to our localcart track back home in Australia,
Newcastle Cart Club, and I guess that'swhere, that's where it all started.
I didn't make it past the first corner andI was straight off into the gravel trap.
So, um.
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My, uh, my poor dad had lots ofrunning round to do after me,
but, you know, uh, I loved it.
And I guess ever since then,um, at seven, I've never not
been involved in Motorsport.
Obviously started in go-kartsand then progressed through the
junior ranks of, of Motorsport.
Yeah.
This is great.
Uh, I also started in the same way incars, so I remember that, uh, first time
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I went to the, uh, tree or something.
It was really fun.
Yeah, yeah, exactly.
So we all start somewhere, right?
Yeah, that's true.
Uh, can you tell me more, uh, whereyou move after go-karts and how
your career started to develop?
Yeah, so I guess.
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You know, carting was always afamily hobby, um, you know, for
me and my dad and my brother.
And it was something we did onweekends, as I'm sure you can relate to.
And I guess the older I got, youknow, when I started to come into my
teenage years, 12, 13, 14 was whenI realized, you know, I really am
enjoying this and I wanna do more.
So, you know, I spoke to dad and waslike, I wanna try and be better and, and.
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I'm passionate about Motors sportand I wanna see where that takes me.
So he did his best and we didour best to try and compete in
national carding championshipsand compete against the best.
My dad's kind of motive wasif you wanna be the best, you
gotta compete against the best.
So, um, yeah, we tried todo that as much as we could.
And when I turned, uh, 1516, Iguess kind of similar kind of.
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Uh, story is my brother had made thestep up into Formula Ford into race cars,
obviously quite a few years before me.
And the formula Ford car was back homein our shed, kind of in a million pieces.
Um, so it had kind of been in, in, inthe shed for, for quite a few years.
And I remember, you know,15-year-old Caitlin in the, in
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the shed after school with dad.
And I was just like, so when's itmy turn her when, you know, when
can I, when can I drive the formula?
Ford and Dad was really shocked.
I don't think he, he knew what to say.
Um, so he kind of gave me an ultimatum andhe was like, well, if you can put the race
car back together, then you can drive it.
Um.
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Yeah.
15-year-old Caitlyn thought,yeah, that can't be that hard.
I can do that.
And uh, you know, turnsout it is pretty difficult.
But, um, yeah, so I then spent thosesummer holidays in Oz, which was over
Christmas and New Year's with dad kindof rebuilding the formula forward.
In the following year, we, we took itracing and I had my first test day,
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and that's ultimately how I made thatprogression into, into race cars.
So again, I was fortunate to have thatopportunity to be there and obviously my
dad pushed me to make sure I was readyand it was something that I wanted to do.
And thankfully, on our first testday, all four wheels stayed on.
So I did an okay job.
Um, but yeah, we, um, we enjoyed itand it's a really special way for me to
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have got started, especially doing thatwith dad and, and having that, and that
was our own, I guess, little race team.
We did it together.
So my dad would kind of be my mechanic andmy brother would be my engineer, and we'd.
Travel up and down Australia competingin different formula Ford championships,
and obviously being 15, I'd never drivenon the road before, so I was getting used
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to driving a manual and understandingthe characteristics of driving a car
and not a, not a go-kart anymore.
And so I was a really.
Fundamental tool to, for me todevelop as a driver and, and
compete in formula forward.
And after that, we then started tolook into race teams, et cetera.
Um, but yeah, it was a, a very,very fun way to get started.
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That's great.
Uh, so formal Ford is a great car.
I race it and I racing, uh.
A lot of times.
Yeah.
And, uh, it's really fun indeed.
And, uh, of course, uh, when you jumpfrom go-karting to, uh, foremost,
it's completely a different thing,uh, with a view with, uh, how you
race and how you balance the carfor the corners and everything.
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Uh, can you tell me more, uh,about what is your favorite,
uh, Australian tar uh, trek?
Which you race.
Oh, that's easy.
That's easy.
What do you think it is?
No.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I feel like it's everyAussie, uh, favorite track.
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Um, yeah.
Either Bathurst Man,Panorama or Philip Island.
They're definitely my two.
Mm-hmm.
My two favorites back home.
Yeah.
Philip Island is great.
One also I think a little bit underratedin I racing, so I'm all the time.
A little bit set.
Yeah.
When people not racing it, I thinkit's, uh, really fun and uh, you
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know, going with a flow track.
I really like it also.
Yeah.
All right.
And, uh, uh, then after some timeyou like, uh, jumped different
formulas after formal Ford orthere was, uh, like, uh, GT cars.
Uh, so how you move Yeah.
Forward with career.
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Yeah.
I think just like ev everybodyin Motorsport, it's very
difficult financially to.
To take those next steps.
Um, you know, we, we allknow what that's like.
And so yeah, I did a fewyears, uh, a formula forward.
We stepped into a race team and I did oneand a half seasons with the race team, uh,
synergy Motorsport, because unfortunatelywe did, we kind of ran out of budget.
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We ran out sponsors tocontinue that program.
Uh, afterwards I got a scholarshipdrive to do a few rounds
in Australian Formula four.
So, again, obviously soundssimilar but separate.
We obviously have slick tires andwings and a little bit of downforce
and um, yeah, that was two orthree races at the end of 2015.
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And then the following year in 2016,that was kind of my, yeah, fresh 18.
It was a little bit, I think of,I don't know what kind of year we
call it, but it was my, um, youknow, I took a, I took a chance.
I took a leap, that's for sure.
And, uh, a German team had beenin touch with me called Rider
Engineering, for anybody that I'veheard of them and asked if I would
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like to be a part of their juniorprogram called the Writer Young Stars.
And that was a part of theEuropean GT four Championship.
So it was a big step for, you know, ayoung Australian living, uh, going to
move to the other side of the world.
And, um, so I remember kind of mydad sitting me down at the dinner
table being like, you know, this is,this is as far as we can take you.
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Uh, Caitlin, you know, it was a,it was like a sponsored drive,
but obviously my parents had to.
You know, give up a lot for meto be able to move to Germany
on my own and things like that.
So, um, yeah, he said not many Australiansget to go and race in Europe, let
alone Monza and spa and all theseamazing circuits, let alone, you know.
There's, uh, not many female,um, Australian drivers before
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me that have done that either.
So he is like, go and enjoy yourselfand do the best you can, and you know,
if you win, you then got a fully fundeddrive the following season in GT three.
With writer in the Bloon GT series,now known as GT World Challenge.
So for me, I could see the progression andI could see how I could progress my career
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in GTS and, and continue that progress.
So I really wanted to take that step andyeah, and then dad was like, but you know,
if you don't win, that's absolutely fine.
You can come back home toAustralia and go to university and.
Continue another route, so to speak.
Um, so yeah, that was enough motivationand I think for me to, uh, for me to win.
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And so, yeah, I won that, thatYoung Stars program in European GT
four, and I won that scholarship.
So then that snowballed me into GTthree in Blanc Point, in a Lamborghini,
in the Lamborghini Gado, REX.
So the previous generationbefore the hurricane.
And yeah, that was crazy, uh, to compete,you know, in my opinion, against some
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of the best drivers in the world.
And it was an endurance championship.
So I had a few teammates that year andwe finished on the podium in our first
race at Mazano, which was really coolin our class, in the Silver Cup class.
Um, yeah.
And then, and then from there, itwas a little bit of an unfortunate
year with a few incidences andwe didn't, um, finish many races.
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Just 'cause that's kind of racing.
Um, and yeah, uh, at kind of fresh 18, I'dmoved to Germany by myself and committed
to, to trying to, to make it work.
So it was very daunting.
Daunting, sorry.
And obviously, well not obviously,but I didn't know German.
Um, so I struggled withthe language barrier.
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Quite a lot, but I, you know, I triedmy best and I grew up a lot in that
phase of my life and I'm very gratefulfor that opportunity to have worked
with that race team and progressedmyself and continue that journey.
So yeah, I did two years overthere and then after that I then
moved to the UK 'cause I thoughtthat would be a good stepping
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stone to continue that GT journey.
And yeah, I've kind of beenin the UK for a few years now.
I did a, the following year,I did a few rounds with.
A driver in the LamborghiniSuper TR series.
Mm-hmm.
Two or three rounds.
And then the W series came about in 2019.
So I became obviously the Australianrepresentative in the W series, which
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I was a part of from 2019 to 2021.
So yeah, obviously covid happenedin those times, which made life
very difficult for everybody.
Um, yeah.
And then, uh, in 2021, I became apart of the Humor W Series team.
Which was very cool to represent a brandlike Puma and be a part of their team.
Um, and I just competed in selectedrounds, so I did Spa Hungary and Coda.
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Mm-hmm.
And yeah, we had a really good, reallygood round at SPA and obviously very, was
very grateful for that opportunity to.
He and the W Series be a partof the championship and get
back into single seater racing.
I don't think without, without that,I would've been able to progress
into Formula three, you know,into the formula regional cars.
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So yeah, it was very, very,very cool to be a part of.
Yeah, I remember we've been into oneteam on W series, uh, selection event.
Uh, yeah.
Yeah, that was really fun to see allthese, uh, girls and, uh, just they
bring every, everybody together.
It was a great event.
Really.
Yeah.
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Yeah, it was, uh, the first of its kindobviously, and they, you know, as you
know, got women from all around the world.
And that was really for me, excitingand empowering to see so many
girls and women drivers from allaround the world be able to meet.
And, um, like, 'cause I think,you know, up until that point you.
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Sometimes you think you'rethe only one, don't you?
If you, you know, 'causeyou are a minority.
So to be put in a room with, you know,70 other female drivers was pretty cool.
Yeah.
And that's really sad.
That's, uh, W series,unfortunately you stopped there.
Um, I. Races and their championships.
Yeah, really set.
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Um, but, uh, I really, I think that,uh, they involved a lot of, uh, girls
into this and, uh, probably a lot of,uh, girls also into racing community,
uh, because, uh, we had a great, uh,like introduction, uh, to the world that
uh, hey girls can, can drive fast andthat yeah, that can be the whole series.
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With, uh, with girls only.
It was really cool.
Um, so I know that youwon the race at Berg Ring.
Uh, can you tell me more aboutthis event and how was it to
win on the Berg ring for you?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Um, so the following year in2022, I decided to take a step
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back into endurance racing.
My ultimate goal has alwaysbeen to compete at Lamont.
I love endurance racing.
Um, and I've competedin a few 24 hour races.
So we thought it'd be a good stepto go out to the nor life and
get my permit and kind of work myway up the, the ranks out there.
And so I did a few VNS when it wasVLN, which is now known as NLS, did a
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few NLS rounds in a BMW three series.
And yeah, we were competitive as a team.
'cause as an endurance racing, youhave other drivers in the car with you.
So I had two other drivers with me.
And yeah, in 2023 I did, I became thefirst Australian woman to kind of win
a race, win a class at the, at theNords life, which was very, very cool.
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And.
In the moment, we didn'tactually know that.
I was, I guess the first one.
It wasn't until we sat down afterwardsand I'm like, oh, I really, I
wonder who did this before me.
And we couldn't find anyAussie woman that had done so.
Yeah, it was very cool to, I guess,put that in the, in the books
somewhere, um, for people to.
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To see and to kind of show Aussie girlsback home that you can compete in Europe
and you can compete on the world stageand that there is, um, it is accessible.
So yeah, it was, um, racingout at the nor life is crazy.
There's, I, as you know,it's such a long circuit.
Mm-hmm.
There's so many cars on track.
The traffic is insane.
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You're dealing withfaster cars, slower cars.
So I was competing in the productioncar class in a BMW three series.
Mm-hmm.
So we're kind of, I guess,in the middle of the pack.
We're not the fastest car on track,but we're not the slowest either.
So you're, you're looking for trafficin front of you and behind you.
So yeah, it definitely makes youvery aware and teaches you so
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much as a driver about how to.
I guess be fast in traffic as well, notjust fast as an overall lap time and
you know, know when to go for a move,when to hold back and just be, drive
a little bit smarter realistically.
And.
The nor life isn't afraid to, tothrow out some wild weather as well.
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So, um, I remember in one of my stints,in one of the races there, I was out
on slicks and it started to rain.
Mm-hmm.
So it was literally all aboutringing, bringing the car home.
But you still have, I don'tknow, six, seven kilometers
left of the, so yeah, it's a.
It's a, uh, it's a crazy, it's a crazycircuit out there, but it was very
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cool to be able to get some resultsout there and, um, yeah, and compete.
Yeah, that, that's awesome.
Uh, nurse life will definitely difficulttrack and endurances, I race a lot of
endurances in, uh, racing and, uh, all thetime you have to manage the, the traffic.
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If you like LMP two and you got Gs and GDfreeze, so you have to watch out for them.
And yeah, as you said,sometimes you just, um.
It's taken easy and uh, then youjust, uh, pushing, uh, in, in some
corners, uh, to, um, like to be morepredictable for people on track.
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Uh, it's a different world.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And I think endurance is, uh, sucha great, uh, because you working
with a team, you, you also managingtraffic and you're saving fuel and
you're doing a lot of, uh, stuff.
So I really like Endurances as well.
Um, yeah, so how, how do yousee, uh, your road to lemon?
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Because that's your dream.
Uh.
Yeah.
Yeah, absolutely.
Um, you know, there, well for mepersonally, there hasn't been an
Australian woman compete at Lamontsince 1935, and there's only been
one, and her name was Joan Richmond.
So it's been 90 years.
Um, so I'm, yeah, I'mdefinitely passionate and
ready to kind of break that.
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Mm-hmm.
Break that drought andget on the grid somehow.
And yeah, the road to Lamont.
Ultimately the next step is to try andget on the Michelin Lemmont Cup grid
or ELMS grid and get some experience.
And the road to Le Mon, um, race withMichelin Lemmont Cup is obviously,
uh, very important because you race atLamont, albeit in, you know, a small,
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uh, in a shorter distance race, twoone hour races, but it gets you on that
platform and you're able to progress.
So.
Yeah, I guess the next step in mycareer is to try and raise the, the
sponsorship and the budget and thefunding to be able to, to do that and
take a, take a step into the prototype.
I would love to mm-hmm.
Raise l and p three.
I would love to do that.
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Um, but I also have experience in gts,so I'm very open-minded and I'm very
happy to drive anything and everything.
So yeah, I'll continue kind of pushingfor that route full of mon, but.
I would never say no to anopportunity at the same time.
We wish you good luck, uh, for that.
Uh, hopefully we're going tosee you thank you and LT free
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and, uh, 24 hours of lemon.
Uh, yeah, that's a absolutely amazingevent and a great track to drive on.
Definitely.
Um, how do you see, um, the representativeof women into the racing right now?
Like, do you see that somethingchanging and uh, actually like
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community more friendly to everybody?
Yeah, absolutely.
I think, I don't thinkit's just motor sport.
I think it's sport as a whole, andI think it's society as a whole.
We're definitely making steps inthe right direction to make Indus,
you know, male dominant industriesor industries more accessible to
everybody that previously weren't.
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And you know, specifically motor sport is.
Becoming more aware of where it needsto help, um, help drivers and try and
progress them, and especially womenas well, and, and open those doors.
And like we said before, I thinkthe W series was really important to
be that representation for the, youknow, a next generation of drivers and
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engineers and mechanics and journalists.
And for people just to see womeninvolved in motorsport in all different
avenues, which is really important.
And I think.
The one thing that everybodystruggles with, whether you're
male or female in motors sport, isalways the budget in raising that.
Mm-hmm.
To be able to go racing.
So having, um, scholarship programsand initiatives like the Iron Dames and
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obviously now F1 Academy is great tosee, to be able to put these talented
women up, um, and for the world tosee ultimately to see them perform
and perform well, which is important.
Um, I'd say.
Society is, is more accepting.
Don't get me wrong, I think there'salways been a little bit of a stigma
about female drivers and it's justultimately, you know, at the end of the
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day, we know our own capabilities whereas individuals, as drivers, and you just
go out on the track and you just perform.
And it doesn't matter who you are orwhere you come from or anything like that.
And that's, that's I guess,the most important thing.
But, um.
In terms of opportunity, I thinkrepresentation is very powerful and it's
a very powerful tool and we're, we'rekind of seeing that with Netflix and
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drive to survive, not only with women,but with opening a new audience into
Formula One and all of these avenues.
But what I'm really passionateabout as well is obviously we want
to influence and inspire the nextgeneration, but then what, what do we
do with these women and these girls to.
Once they are inspired,where are the opportunities?
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Where are the stepping stones?
And you know, not just as a driver, butas an engineer and as a mechanic, and
are we enabling, are we still having.
It be accessible, it's all well andgood sparking all this inspiration.
Mm-hmm.
And getting people interested.
But I think the next step is to reallytry and increase the opportunities
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and the scholarship programs and,um, university opportunities and
work, work placement and all of thesedifferent avenues to actually get women
on the ground and, and in the field.
And not just women, but you know,everybody from all different areas.
So yeah, I think that'salso really important.
I think I agree with you that, uh, wehave to have like workplaces and, uh, like
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for women or like, uh, whatever would,would like to be involved into racing.
It's really important.
Um, what advice can you give toyoung women, uh, who, uh, trying
to go for the same path as you?
Yeah.
Um, motor sport is tough.
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It is tough.
Um, it's like any sport in the worldor any, anything that you wanna
achieve, it's not gonna come easy.
And that's okay.
And that's part of the journey.
Um, and that's what makes you a betterdriver, a better person, a better athlete.
So enjoy the journey.
Um, believe in yourself and.
Try not to take no for an answer.
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If someone tells you,no, you can't do that.
You know, turn around and tellthem and ask them why you can't.
Um, you know, always try andkeep, keep striving to be the best
version of yourself that you can be.
Um, but at the end of the day, the mostimportant thing is that you enjoy it.
I think throughout my career there'sdefinitely been ups and downs, just like
anybody's career or any sports person.
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Sports person, sorry.
And I think.
You can kind of fall in and outof love with the sport when it
does, when it does hurt you.
Um, so, you know, bring yourselfback to the point of what you enjoy
most about the sport and what, what,what gives you the most joy and, you
know, um, that ultimately will bewhere you'll perform best as well.
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Yeah, you're absolutely rightwith this, uh, I think and, um.
Can you tell me where people canfollow you and, uh, just, uh, you
know, to see you and, uh yeah.
Follow your career?
Yeah, that would be great.
Um.
Obviously, uh, my name isCaitlyn Wood and I on all of my
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socials, I'm Caitlyn Wood Racing.
So yeah, Instagram, Facebook, uh,LinkedIn, all those good things.
Um, always feel free to reach out.
I think I'm probably most social on myInstagram, but I need to get better at.
Being better on social media and I do havea sim at home and I do jump on I racing.
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Mm-hmm.
So I need to, um, I need to join,join in on some races with you guys.
Definitely.
Yeah.
True.
I think you have to joinsome of the screen to speed
events if you'll have time.
For sure.
We'll be happy to see you on the track.
Absolutely.
Yeah.
Uh, alright, uh, so the last one,uh, will be fun, quick questions.
Uh, uh, what's your favorite track snack?
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Snack?
Snack?
Oh, that's such a good question.
Um, um, probably I'm probably boring.
You know, I'm probably just gonna saylike a protein bar, something easy.
Mm-hmm.
But like a chocolate protein bar, whenI want something sweet, but I know I
can't have anything too naughty, soit just kind of eases the cravings.
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All right.
Uh, next one will be the hard one.
Uh, GT or single sitterfor the rest of your life.
Ah, that's hard.
That's so hard.
Um, well, oh, that's so hard.
Well, endurance racing has to begt, but overall lap time or overall
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qualifying lap has to be single seater.
So, am I going racing or am I justdoing poly lapse, is the question?
Uh, I think your answerwas, was good enough.
I think I'm.
Okay.
And uh, the last one, uh, raceyou'd redo in a heartbeat.
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Oh, good one.
Um,
probably,
probably Spa with W series in 2021.
Mm-hmm.
Um, and it was wet and.
It was that parental race weekendwhere the F1 didn't end up racing, but
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uh, yeah, we did on the Saturday and.
Yeah, I would probably relivethat because I finished fifth
and I was so close to the podium.
Mm-hmm.
So I, I was given another crack.
I remember battling Marta, whowas my teammate at the time,
and we were PMA teammates.
And, um, I made a, a really good movearound the outside of her, around Poon.
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'cause obviously I, I had the wet line.
Um, and yeah, we had a really good battle.
So I'd probably say, I'd probably saythat race because I'd like to get it back.
Yeah.
Far more free.
Uh, I bet it's, it's great on thespa and, uh, especially in the rain.
Yeah.
Yeah, it was cool.
Okay, so guys, thank youso much, uh, for watching.
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Caitlyn, thank you so much for takingyour time, uh, to be with us today.
And, uh, don't forget to follow her on hersocials so you can find her in Instagram.
Uh, and we probably going to see herin one of the screen to speed events.
Thank you so much guys.
Absolutely.
Thank you so much for having me.
It was lovely to chat with you.
Thank you.
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