This is Molly Taylor. She’s pictured with her mum, Coral Taylor.
They’re your regular Australian mother-and-daughter duo… except that they’re not.
Together, Molly and Coral have dominated motorsports across the world. That’s right – motorsports. One of the most traditionally male-dominated sports that has ever existed.
Years ago, Coral started off in motorsports and managed to record four championship victories and seven in second place, making her the most successful woman in Aussie motorsport history. She won her last Australian Rally Championship in 2008.
And after seeing her mum go through all that excitement, Molly decided to try it too.
Molly is now 26-years-old and the number one ranked female rally driver in the world after winning the FIA European Ladies Rally Championship.
Recently, she competed in the World Rally Championship and manged third place in the junior class in Neste Oil Rally Finland. In the past, she’s also won the Australian Motor Sport Foundation International Rising Star award and been crowned the British ladies Rally Champion.
Usually, Molly lives and races out of Italy. This weekend, however, Molly is back in her homeland and hanging out at the 2014 Coates Hire Rally on the Coffs Coast as a commentator and ambassador for the event. I took the opportunity to have a chat to her about all things relating to motorsport…
So… what exactly is the difference between regular driving and rally driving?