CNN Sports | Ella Stevens: The 13-year-old aiming to become Ferrari’s first female Formula 1 driver

(CNN) “My favorite part of racing is the speed.”

This is Ella Stevens who, at just 13 years old, is fighting for a chance to drive for the most famous team in Formula One — Ferrari.

This fall Stevens faces a series of challenges, on and off track at the Paul Ricard circuit in France, with the ultimate prize a place on the prestigious Ferrari Driver Academy as its first female racer.  —more