Not as closely as some of the most ardent fans, but I have some friends who are NASCAR team owners.
Even though people involved in racing think that it has a big sporting stage, it is a minority sport compared to some of the other high-profile events: football, Formula One or golf.
I think NASCAR's coming to Canada now so it'll take on a whole new relevance. Be afraid.
I am very proud of what we have built in Spain, because it is not a traditional Formula 1 country. I think we have found passionate fans, and built up a strong culture for the sport - and things are improving every day, with more and more people getting interested.
People enjoy watching sports at the weekend and watching motor racing and whatever sports, and Formula One is the number one global platform which is competing regularly - not like the Olympic Games or the World Cup - so the macro case was this is something that we should be part of because it's going to grow, and it does.
It's all very well to talk about how it would be great to have a woman driver, a woman with sponsors and marketing, that's all great but to get into that drive you have to perform. That's what I realized early on when I got into Formula One.
In this country, the most popular form of car racing is the huge multibillion dollar industry that's called stock car racing. That's what NASCAR is. That's what the SC stands for in the middle of NASCAR, Stock cars.
I've grown up in motorsport since I was 12 or 13 years of age; I've never been on a management training course.
In F1 everything involves money, but there are other details to work on.
I saw Lotus F1 racing as the best choice for me to progress my career, after considering several other options that were available to me.
I didn't speak English when I had my first job in motorsports.
Already in go-karts, I said, 'OK, that's what I really want to do professionally as a career, as a job.'
I've had a lot of support from back home, starting way back in karting and since then I have been lucky to have been supported by some great Finnish companies.
I think there's a lot of deep-rooted history in England with racing. Lots of Formula One teams are based there. Formula One is obviously a huge sport over in England and Europe.
Motorsport has always been my passion, and speaking about being a female in a man's world is part of my responsibility.
My recommendation is to try and do the best you can in go-karting to be spotted by a big name like Red Bull or Ferrari. And like that you have a chance. If not, nowadays it's very difficult. It's always been, but these days, even more.
When I started there was Frank Williams, Flavio Briatore, Ron Dennis, Eddie Jordan and Peter Sauber round the table. These were entrepreneurial team owners, mavericks in some respects.
Ultimately, a women's only championship is not going to get more females into motorsport as a whole.
We get paid based on where we are in the Constructors' Championship so therefore we want the fastest and best drivers we can get in the car.
I definitely want to get more involved in making sure that West Coast racing is healthy and where it needs to be.
