Driven by Diversity Podcast

Ariana Bravo and Steph Turner are back - for one special episode dropping tomorrow, Wednesday 8th December - with a VIP guest who has a very exciting weekend ahead at the Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Ariana and Steph will be talking to Rabab Tantawy, the Egyptian-born, Dubai-based artist behind the special one-off Vuse livery that both McLaren Racing F1 cars will be showcasing this weekend at the Yas Marina circuit. Tune in tomo...

What a brilliant first two seasons it’s been for the Driven by Diversity Podcast. We’ve listened, learnt and also laughed - in the company of some incredible, inspiring talents from the motorsport world. From deeply personal stories to powerful advice, thought-provoking insight, uplifting anecdotes and everything in between, we set out to spotlight diverse figures in the sport we love, in the hope that you, our listeners, could fee...

Taking to the track in the Praga for the 2021 Britcar Endurance Championship, following a successful career to date, Richard Morris isn’t our only guest on the podcast who first caught the racing bug at a friend’s karting party. Creating valuable relationships and building a strong network is something he prides himself on, which in recent years led him to become a works driver for sports prototype team, Spire Sports Cars. In this ...

You’ll probably know Sam Collins from some of F1’s more recent digital content as a technical analyst, but in fact he has been on the motorsport scene for a lot longer than you’d think. Wearing many, many hats, Sam is first and foremost a motor racing technical journalist, but also commentator, engineering and technology consultant, and even a councillor for his local constituency! Let’s not forget he’s also tried his hand at racin...

Servicing Shell’s motorsport sponsorships with the Scuderia Ferrari Formula 1 team and Nissan e.dams in Formula E, Kelly Ashbridge is a Senior Press Officer at Edelman, one of the world’s biggest PR agencies. Introduced to the opportunities the world of motorsport could provide through the F1 in Schools educational programme as a teenager, from there Kelly's relentless drive and ambition has led her to pursue a varied career so far...

With years of experience on his racing résumé in sprint cars and mod lites, Devon Rouse recently became the first openly gay driver get behind the wheel of an ARCA car and will also be running in the NASCAR Truck series this year. Brought into the world of racing by his father, this American racer talks us through his career to date. He is absolute in his affirmation that his sexuality does not define him nor his talent for racing,...

If you’ve ever wondered about the path to becoming the Director of Strategy and Sporting at McLaren Racing, then this one’s for you. Randy Singh’s first taste of life in Formula 1 came when undertaking his Masters project at Williams, only to go onto a career in consulting, and even moving to Australia. He then came back full circle to the Grove-based team, which would later see him move onto further strategy roles at Force India a...

A Florida girl born and raised - not the Florida with the beaches or Disney World, but the part with the confederate flags and lynching trees. Growing up riding four-wheelers and dirtbikes, Kyrstin Stone decided in her teens that her feet should remain firmly on the ground and instead set about the idea of becoming an athlete manager, having become hooked on Supercross and Arenacross through friends who were turning pro. Sadly, bei...

A long and distinguished career in sports medicine, physiotherapy and rehabilitation is on the CV of today’s guest Roger Cleary, not only in elite sport, but within the RAF and NHS too. More specifically in the motorsport world, Roger is probably most known to avid F1 fans as Mark Webber’s former physio at Red Bull, but prior to this he worked closely with world rally legends, Colin McRae and Carlos Sainz Sr. Growing up as first ge...

The only full-time female rally driver in the USA is quite a title, and one that Keanna Erickson-Chang wears proudly. After growing up experiencing the harsh winters of home state Vermont, it might be fitting to declare that the rally world chose her, as it was after attending winter driving schools that gave Keanna that first taste of car handling and control. Picking up the bug for just pure driving, sports car racing then made i...

The Driven by Diversity Podcast returns for a second season and who better to help us kick things off than a familiar face on the motorsport broadcast and presenting scene, Rosanna Tennant. Covering Formula 1 and Formula 2, Rosanna has travelled to various Grands Prix over the last few years, interviewing some of the sport’s biggest stars as well as iconic VIP celebs. She also works with the Mercedes F1 team to host their digital v...

For our final episode before we sign off for 2020, we are joined by Gabriel Elias, an ex-Mercedes F1 Team engineer, whose ambition as a young graduate saw him quit his job, sell everything he owned and pack his bags to move 4,000 miles across the Atlantic, from Miami to Brackley. Focusing on concept design, composite design and powertrain integration at the home of the 7-time world champions, Gabriel's journey into Formula 1 saw hi...

A few weeks ago now we heard from the Jahee Campbell-Brennan, director of WaveyDynamics, a specialist motorsport and automotive engineering consultancy in the UK. From briefly considering a career in physiotherapy, to working in a call centre and testing video games, Jahee suddenly found himself on an Automotive Engineering masters and since has been contracted by and consulted for the likes of Ford, AP Motorsport and Racecar Engin...

Making her way round the UK’s race tracks one weekend at a time, today we speak to Sophia Bi, a production journalist at ITV Motorsport, who has been assisting with this season’s broadcasting of the British Touring Car Championship. She has previous experience in print too - having been an FIA accredited journalist reporting on WEC and F1 travel editor for Kettle Mag. Close to Sophia's heart though is marshalling and has been volun...

Born as a humble university project, the Motorsport101 network is where Dre Harrison puts his Broadcast Journalism degree to good use, in offering a fresh and modern take on the world of motorsport. Growing up with a love for all things racing through a shared passion with his Jamaican sports-loving father, this self-described ‘accidental activist’ is honest and open with his thoughts on the current state of diversity, representati...

Imagine sharing your university lectures with an ex-pro AMA racer? Such is the case for motorsport engineering students at Oxford Brookes, where Antoine Richards has returned to education with dreams of translating his experience as a racer in both the US and homeland, Bermuda, into a career in motorsport engineering. His involvement in Formula Student as team leader stands him in good stead for this, along with his dedication to a...

Infatuated with dirt bike riding as a young child, Bri Lynch found her love for drifting in her teenage years, to then soon follow her father’s footsteps as a stunt driver. Having acted as stunt double in productions such as Black Panther, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and more recently the Batwoman TV series, this performer is passionate about showing black females that you are in no way limited to your race and gender, having neve...

On paper, growing up around the streets of one of Formula 1’s most iconic circuits surely seemed like a fast-track ticket to a career in motorsport for this young Monégasque. But, having focused on his studies and a career elsewhere, Ludovic Pezé's life was turned upside down when he fell seriously ill with meningitis, which would see him in a coma with a year of rehabilitation. Thankfully, Ludovic was given a second chance at life...