1973: Born Warwickshire, June 3rd, of Irish and English parents. 1975: Moved to Jamaica with her family before moving to Dublin, three years later, after her parents divorced.

1981: Had her first "live" motor racing experience when her father brought her to Donnington . . . she fell asleep on her blanket at the side of the track.

1990: Moved to Brighton to study at art college.

1991: Went to the Le Mans 24-hour race with a group of friends and returned to England having decided she was going to be a Formula One driver. Dropped out of college and bought a 100cc racing Kart - began competing in the Southern English championships, winning many of her races.

1992: She bought Eddie Irvine's 1987 Formula Ford and took part in some National Championship and club races.

1993: Returned to Ireland where sponsorship from Dublin Bus (City Swift) enabled her to compete in the final rounds of the Irish Formula Opel Championship.

1995: Returned to England to compete in Formula Vauxhall, driving in both the British and European Championships. She was the supporting driver in the two car Super Marketing Racing Team which won the British championship.

1996: Joined the British Formula Two Championship, moving from 180 to the 500 horsepower Reynard Cosworth. Drove competitively, regularly finishing in the points, but could not afford to compete in many races.

1997: In April she followed in the footsteps of Eddie Irvine and Heinz Harald Frentzen when she joined Japan's Formula Nippon Championship with the Cerumo Team - finished 14th out of 26 starters in her first race at Suzuka. Funding permitting she hopes to compete in the final race of this season's Formula Nippon Championship and the next two full seasons.