Motor Mouth
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Follow Yassmin Abdel-Magied’s petrol-fuelled journey into the complex and colourful world of motorsports. Discover where her true skills lie and find out whether Yassmin has what it takes to cut it in F1.

Judgement day

After all the assessments, coaching, planking, beep testing, engineering and karting, this is it... the home straight. Time to find out whether the na...
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Advice from the masters

Michael takes off to meet Australian F1 drivers Alan Jones and not-quite-legend-yet Daniel Ricciardo for necessary inspiration for the journey ahead. ...
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Murray Walker - the voice

The legendary motorsport commentator Murray Walker puts the industry in perspective, drawing on over five decades of firsthand experience.
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Mind, body and planking

Motorsport is as much about the drivers as it is about the cars. Yassmin and Michael visit the Karting Academy at the Confederation of Australian Moto...
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Women in motorsport

Yassmin kicks Michael out of the studio to make room for 19 year old V8 Supercar driver Chelsea Angelo and WAMS (Women of Australian Motorsport) found...
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Tooling up

Yassmin and Michael go under the hood to learn how important high tech “tinkering” (aka engineering) is to making cars go faster. Along the way, they ...
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Unbreakable

For most of us, it's hard to imagine that Formula One has anything to do with the humble commuter vehicle. Yassmin and Michael dive into F1's fascinat...
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Start with a kart

If you’re a Formula 1 driver, you probably grew up racing Go Karts. There’s no better place to start if you’re someone with a lofty dream and next to ...
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