Susie Wolff's motor racing journey began with her first kart race at the age of eight. Then called Susie Stoddart, she was soon travelling around Europe to karting events with her parents and brother in a truck, returning to Scotland in time for school on Monday morning.
That's the level of commitment required to make it all the way in motor sport, and Susie's dedication and ability was such that she went on to win the British Woman Kart Racing Driver of the Year four times in her teens.
From there it was a natural step to single-seaters, enjoying the road up through British Formula Renault and British Formula 3. But she ended up settling not in open-wheeled racing but in Germany's DTM Touring Car championship, where she competed for seven seasons from 2006 to 2012.
In April 2012 Wolff reached motor sport's natural summit of Formula 1 as she sealed the role of development driver for the Williams F1 team. 2013 will be her first appearance at the Race Of Champions, where she will also partner fellow Scot David Coulthard in the ROC Nations Cup for Team GB.