Maite Cáceres
Professional racing driver, Uruguay · GR Cup North America with RAFA Racing · F1 Academy alumna
Conversations
Why ten years of "no" made her faster
On betting on yourself before anyone else will, building a brand when nobody built one for you, and why motorsport is more like a startup than people think.
Transcript →In their words
Put your dream in perspective, then build the steps backward from it. If people are telling you no, that doesn't mean it's impossible.C·005
Corridor Context
Maite Cáceres is a professional racing driver from Uruguay, currently competing in the GR Cup North America with RAFA Racing Team. She started karting at seventeen after ten years of being told no, and is now working toward the 24 Hours of Daytona and eventually Le Mans, where her goal is to become the first female driver to win representing Uruguay and the Latin American community.
The arc they moved through
A warm, rapid-fire start. Pride, personality, and the one word in each guest's language that English can't touch.
Where they come from, and how it shaped the way they build, invest, and lead. Terroir over resume.
The real work. The honest business, the hard decisions, the bet they're actually making. Host as peer, not fan.
The jam session. Escalating questions, playful to profound, and one answer the guest can save "pa' la sobremesa."
The same closing question, every guest, forever: who held the door open for you, and whose name goes on the door you're holding open?