Emma Gilmour is the sole New Zealander among the drivers in the new global Extreme E rally series, as the reserve female driver for the Veloce team. One of the world's fastest female rally drivers, Emma Gilmour is biding her time to race in the radical new Extreme E series by competing in the NZ Rally Championship. That quick driving by dad, she reckons, is why she took to rally driving like a duck takes to water. Supplied Emma Gilmour has had 12 months to fine-tune her rebuilt Suzuki Swift before the Otago Rally, starting on April 16. “It damaged the roll cage of the vehicle, which compromises the structural integrity of the car, so you can’t keep racing,” Gilmour explains.

Source: Stuff April 14, 2021 19:55 UTC