‘Women are better at weighing the risks and rewards’: Aurora Straus on blazing a trail for female racers

The race car driver is drawing attention to the gender imbalance in motorsports – and auction houses – by teaming up with female artists on an ‘art car’ projectWhen the race car driver Aurora Straus first began competing professionally aged 16, she was the only female racer on the tracks in North America. Unsurprisingly, her entry into the male-dominated world of motorsports was not without its sexist challenges. In one incident, while she was being filmed for a documenta