21 Aug 2025

NZ Sporting History

From Afternoons, 2:20 pm on 21 August 2025

It's time for New Zealand Sporting History and today Emile is joined by New Zealand rally driver Emma Gilmour

Emma is a trailblazer in motor-racing she became the first woman to win a round of the New Zealand Rally Championship when she claimed victory in the 2016 Rally of Canterbury 

She then went on to become the first ever woman driver for McLaren Racing in 20-22

In her debut season in the Extreme E all electric series, her McLaren team achieved their first ever podium and fifth place in the series

Navigator Katrina Renshaw and Dunedin rally driver Emma Gilmour ahead of the Otago Rally, on 10 April, 2024.

Navigator Katrina Renshaw and Dunedin rally driver Emma Gilmour ahead of the Otago Rally, on 10 April, 2024. Photo: RNZ / Tess Brunton

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