An absolute fan moment as we get to have someone within the Formula 1 world on InvisiYouth Chat Sessions! Jennie Gow has been reporting on motorsport since 2010, being part of BBC MotoGP, Formula E and joining Formula 1 as a BBC F1 broadcaster. 

She’s even been featured on Netflix’s Drive to Survive. But in December 2022, Jennie suffered a stroke that damaged parts of her brain associated with speech, on top of other long-term effects. With the support of her medical team, family, friends and colleagues, Jennie worked hard in her recovery and returned to F1 as a broadcaster and correspondent in July 2023, and released her first book, How to Read F1, this past fall! 

Here’s the Four Hot Takeaways: 

1. At 3:45 we learn all of Jennie’s lasts, like the last hotel that gave her a favorite meal, last supper lineup she’d create, last time she saw something for the first time at a F1 Grand Prix, and how family Pictionary was a cry-laughing moment. 
2. At 12:22 Jennie opens up about her stroke journey, how recovery is never linear and finding comfort in the evolution of acceptance can bring the most growth, why she chose to go public about her stroke early on, how she focused the early days of stroke recovery with the drive of her family, and her advice on returning to work after a health setback or new diagnosis. Plus a fun story about trying to take a nap at McLaren during Zandvoort Grand Prix brought the techno music. 
3. STORY TIME Intermission at 33:49 has Jennie sharing about her first interview with 7x F1 Driver’s Champion Lewis Hamilton during his early McLaren days, his vibrant answer on describing what it’s like driving an F1 car, and what that meeting meant for Jennie. 
4. And the final segment at 40:11 is for all the F1 and motorsport fans! Jennie and Dominique talk why she wanted to write her book and how the multiple facets of F1 can bring in all sorts of fans, why Jennie’s never watched a full race until her stroke recovery, the reason the Austin GP is a prime starter race for anyone, the new driver she feels everyone needs to watch, and the one thing she appreciates about F1 differently after coming back to broadcasting after her stroke. 

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