Racecoin Podcast

Host: Jai Shukla & Guest: Sabine Schmitz   Q1 — How was childhood like growing up? When the weather is good, Sabine Schmitz raced alongside her sisters leveraging on some nice collection of cars like 918 Porshe. They had a healthy rivalry as the practices some times without Sabine's knowledge so has to beat me on certain days.   Q2 — From my conversations with other racing drivers, the career path of the male racing driver is slightly different from that of the female. Do you think that’s still a thing in the industry today? When Sabine Schmitz started motor racing, this was tough. At the moment, there is a big change as they have many good female drivers. We have a ladies team, we have lady mechanics and things are going well. This is a stark contrast to the time when Women (in South Africa) are not allowed to even vote. Q3 — So how did you make yourself known in the industry and get the opportunities that you did? When Sabine Schmitz started racing, it was not so popular for women to go racing. But she