It's less than a week since Sneha Sharma, India's top woman race car driver from Mumbai, recovered from dengue, but she is already up and about. So much so, that when we call her up for the interview, the 28-year-old is en route to a racing track in Chennai for the Formula 4 Southeast Asia Race. At the event, she'll compete with players from Malaysia, Thailand and Philippines. In a month, Sharma spends 15 days flying an aircraft—she's employed as a pilot with Indigo—and the rest is spent racing. "I have no luxury of free time," she says. Sharma is aware that she's being tough on herself, but it's this steely determination that has helped her break the glass ceiling in motorsport. "I have to constantly push myself. That's the only way I'll be able to stay at top of my game," she says.

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