SOPHIE MACKINNON and JESS TAYLOR Launch F1 Podcast in Highlands

April 1, 2026

• SOPHIE MACKINNON, 13, and JESS TAYLOR, 14, launched ‘Lassies on the Grid’ podcast covering F1 with 10,000+ TikTok followers, earning encouragement from Aston Martin team members while pursuing engineering and media careers.
• SUSIE WOLFF’s impact resonates as the former Williams test driver now leads F1 Academy’s fourth season, providing young female racers a structured path up the motorsport ladder previously unavailable.
• Engineers LAURA MÜLLER at Haas and HANNAH SCHMITZ at Red Bull Racing inspire the teens, representing increasing female technical leadership despite Formula One’s historically male-dominated garage culture and operations.
• The podcast duo will attend Silverstone this year, their first Grand Prix experience, while building content around a sport where only five women ever entered an F1 race—LELLA LOMBARDI being the last to start in 1976.

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