Your browser does not support this HTML5 audio player.
Motorsport is as much about the drivers as it is about the cars. Yassmin and Michael visit the Confederation of Australian Motorsport’s karting academy to discover whether or not Yassmin can hack it mentally and physically.
“The levels of fitness they need to do their job is incredible. It blew my mind,” says Yassmin. The very first test is planking. Yes, planking.
Your browser does not support this HTML5 audio player.
Yassmin kicks Michael out of the studio to make room for 19-year-old racing driver Chelsea Angelo and Women of Australian Motorsport founder Belinda Taylor. Women in motorsport definitely feel the pressure of being in such a male-dominated field, but as more get involved, they hope to be driving as themselves and not constantly as a representative of their gender.