1 00:00:07,133 --> 00:00:10,453 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack Teams podcast 2 00:00:10,573 --> 00:00:12,933 Speaker 1: from Newstalks a'b our. 3 00:00:13,013 --> 00:00:17,133 Speaker 2: Resident petrol head slash book reviewer Katherin Rains is here 4 00:00:17,173 --> 00:00:19,533 Speaker 2: with her book picks for this weekend, and Catherine, I 5 00:00:19,613 --> 00:00:22,293 Speaker 2: knew you would like this one driven by Susie Wolfe 6 00:00:22,333 --> 00:00:23,933 Speaker 2: as your first pick for us this weekend. 7 00:00:24,853 --> 00:00:27,813 Speaker 3: So Susie was born in Scotland and she was born 8 00:00:27,853 --> 00:00:31,453 Speaker 3: into a racing family. Her mother and father both raced motorcycles, 9 00:00:31,453 --> 00:00:33,053 Speaker 3: so it was really no surprise that her and her 10 00:00:33,093 --> 00:00:35,693 Speaker 3: brother ended up racing as well. So she started a 11 00:00:35,773 --> 00:00:38,773 Speaker 3: motorcycles and soon switched to go katz at about the 12 00:00:38,773 --> 00:00:41,093 Speaker 3: age of eight. And then actually she decided at the 13 00:00:41,093 --> 00:00:43,053 Speaker 3: age of thirteen, when her uncle took her to a 14 00:00:43,133 --> 00:00:45,253 Speaker 3: Formula three race, that she actually wanted to be a 15 00:00:45,333 --> 00:00:48,893 Speaker 3: racing driver. So moving forward in time sort of that 16 00:00:49,013 --> 00:00:51,413 Speaker 3: success in cutting led to the next step and she 17 00:00:51,653 --> 00:00:54,533 Speaker 3: was really poised for greatness. She was twice final for 18 00:00:54,613 --> 00:00:58,293 Speaker 3: Young Driver the actually alongside if one greats Lewis Hamilton 19 00:00:58,333 --> 00:01:01,853 Speaker 3: and Nico Rosenberg. And then divaster struck and she ends 20 00:01:01,933 --> 00:01:04,253 Speaker 3: up slipping on some ice while taking her grandmother out 21 00:01:04,293 --> 00:01:06,693 Speaker 3: to some shops on an icy night and which is 22 00:01:06,733 --> 00:01:09,693 Speaker 3: her ankle, and so that time that she spent healing 23 00:01:09,733 --> 00:01:13,093 Speaker 3: meant that she had to start again, and she did 24 00:01:13,373 --> 00:01:15,773 Speaker 3: and she won a place in a championship for DMT 25 00:01:16,013 --> 00:01:18,933 Speaker 3: in Germany, and then she was offered a lifetime opportunity 26 00:01:18,973 --> 00:01:21,893 Speaker 3: to do twenty five laps in an F one William's 27 00:01:21,933 --> 00:01:24,853 Speaker 3: Formula one car, and she performed so well in that 28 00:01:24,933 --> 00:01:26,573 Speaker 3: test that she was given a new role at the 29 00:01:26,573 --> 00:01:28,773 Speaker 3: team that was developed just for her, and she became 30 00:01:29,133 --> 00:01:32,493 Speaker 3: a William's development driver and she was the first woman 31 00:01:32,573 --> 00:01:34,773 Speaker 3: to participate in F one in twenty two years, and 32 00:01:34,773 --> 00:01:38,413 Speaker 3: she eventually retired from that in twenty fifteen. But this 33 00:01:38,493 --> 00:01:42,093 Speaker 3: is a really interesting look at the inner workings of motorsport, 34 00:01:42,213 --> 00:01:46,733 Speaker 3: her triumphs, the setbacks, the motivations when she switches from 35 00:01:46,813 --> 00:01:49,093 Speaker 3: racing to the boardroom. She's now the manager of the 36 00:01:49,173 --> 00:01:53,613 Speaker 3: F one Academy and all female racing series and partially 37 00:01:53,693 --> 00:01:56,773 Speaker 3: inspired by her husband, Toto Wolf, who is the mind 38 00:01:56,853 --> 00:02:01,373 Speaker 3: and relentless drive behind Mercedes F one, And it's really 39 00:02:01,413 --> 00:02:04,213 Speaker 3: interesting about how she's been successful in her own right. 40 00:02:04,293 --> 00:02:07,413 Speaker 3: She's a real inspiration and she starts with sort of 41 00:02:07,453 --> 00:02:09,933 Speaker 3: the same and finishes with the same idea is that 42 00:02:10,053 --> 00:02:12,213 Speaker 3: when you're in the car, no one can tell the 43 00:02:12,253 --> 00:02:14,933 Speaker 3: difference between a male and female driver, so why do 44 00:02:15,053 --> 00:02:17,293 Speaker 3: we treat them differently? And it's a really good point. 45 00:02:17,293 --> 00:02:19,293 Speaker 3: It's one of the few sports actually that it just 46 00:02:19,373 --> 00:02:22,933 Speaker 3: makes no difference with your male female and you can 47 00:02:23,093 --> 00:02:25,973 Speaker 3: you can race. And she did that and yeah, and 48 00:02:25,973 --> 00:02:28,653 Speaker 3: it's impressive. And what she's done with The F one Academy, 49 00:02:28,693 --> 00:02:31,333 Speaker 3: which is a series of Netflix as well, is also 50 00:02:31,493 --> 00:02:32,413 Speaker 3: equally impressive. 51 00:02:32,653 --> 00:02:32,853 Speaker 1: Yeah. 52 00:02:32,893 --> 00:02:34,893 Speaker 2: Oh, super well, sounds really good. Okay, So, I mean, 53 00:02:34,933 --> 00:02:36,493 Speaker 2: I knew you'd be a fan, but that's something great. 54 00:02:36,533 --> 00:02:39,373 Speaker 2: So that's driven by Susie Wilf. Next up to tell 55 00:02:39,453 --> 00:02:42,053 Speaker 2: us about Unlucky for Some by Tom Wood. 56 00:02:43,213 --> 00:02:46,613 Speaker 3: So this is about Victor the Assassin, and it's a 57 00:02:46,733 --> 00:02:50,613 Speaker 3: real thriller. It's got lots of quit and precision and 58 00:02:50,653 --> 00:02:53,413 Speaker 3: it's just enough to sort of keep you on edge 59 00:02:53,453 --> 00:02:56,373 Speaker 3: and you think about what's going on. And so Victor 60 00:02:56,533 --> 00:02:59,853 Speaker 3: is the world's most efficient assassin and he finds himself 61 00:02:59,933 --> 00:03:03,853 Speaker 3: actually hurt and cornered in Sweden and in the very 62 00:03:04,093 --> 00:03:07,733 Speaker 3: icy Scandinavian territories of Malamo, and he was there to 63 00:03:07,933 --> 00:03:11,053 Speaker 3: penetrate a crime family headed by a guy called Hannikinson, 64 00:03:11,733 --> 00:03:14,653 Speaker 3: and he encounters a colleague of his handler, and this 65 00:03:14,813 --> 00:03:18,613 Speaker 3: mysterious weapons procure, a guy called Scrag, And there's this 66 00:03:18,813 --> 00:03:22,493 Speaker 3: dangerous trade and rare heavy metals and counterfeites machinery. So 67 00:03:22,573 --> 00:03:26,653 Speaker 3: what began as really a simple job for him spirals 68 00:03:26,653 --> 00:03:30,693 Speaker 3: into complete chaos. And this predator and pray thing going 69 00:03:30,733 --> 00:03:35,373 Speaker 3: on in dangerous politics and international mercenaries, and that Scandinavian 70 00:03:35,453 --> 00:03:39,933 Speaker 3: setting as this real cold intensity even story, and that 71 00:03:40,693 --> 00:03:43,693 Speaker 3: real scandy no atmosphere is there, and the rusty shipping 72 00:03:43,693 --> 00:03:47,133 Speaker 3: containers and the chemical plants and this whole dangerous backdrop 73 00:03:47,213 --> 00:03:50,453 Speaker 3: to this game of survival. And Tom Woods just writes 74 00:03:50,493 --> 00:03:54,373 Speaker 3: an excellent thriller. It's smart, it's full of twists, and 75 00:03:54,413 --> 00:03:56,693 Speaker 3: it certainly gives you an edge of defeat ride and 76 00:03:56,733 --> 00:03:59,453 Speaker 3: it's the writings excellent. Can't recommend him high enough. 77 00:03:59,613 --> 00:04:02,973 Speaker 2: Awesome, Okay, cool. So that's unlucky for some, unlucky for 78 00:04:03,013 --> 00:04:05,973 Speaker 2: some by Tom Wood. Catherine Sery's book was driven by 79 00:04:06,053 --> 00:04:08,373 Speaker 2: Susan Wolf and both of those will be on the website. 80 00:04:08,373 --> 00:04:10,653 Speaker 2: Thank you, Katherine, have a great weekend and we will 81 00:04:10,653 --> 00:04:12,533 Speaker 2: be back with you once again. Next week. 82 00:04:13,213 --> 00:04:16,333 Speaker 1: For more from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame, listen live 83 00:04:16,413 --> 00:04:19,213 Speaker 1: to News Talks ed B from nine am Saturday, or 84 00:04:19,293 --> 00:04:21,213 Speaker 1: follow the podcast on iHeartRadio