Becky Lamb and her boyfriend Fabian Coulthard. Photo / Michael Craig
Becky Lamb and her boyfriend Fabian Coulthard. Photo / Michael Craig
She's the boss of her own modelling company and a motorsport TV host, a former firefighter and one half of the brains behind the @bronte_french_bulldog Instagram page.
She's also the longtime partner of V8 Supercars' leading Kiwi hope Fabian Coulthard - but just don't call Becky Lamb a WAG.
The 27-year-old Australian joined Auckland-raised Coulthard ahead of this weekend's ITM 500 Auckland. But there'll be no relaxing for Lamb as Coulthard roars around Pukekohe Park.
She has her own gig behind the microphone for in-house TV company, Big Screen, which runs the interviews on closed-circuit TV. The pieces are also occasionally broadcast on the major networks.
"I do stories around the track before the races and while races are on I do the pit lane," Lamb said.
"I was given the opportunity and I took it with both hands. They like that I have an inside view of things, and they're happy for me to talk about Fabian."
There was no room for favouritism, and she made a point to never mention the 33-year-old when talking race favourites, she said.
"My producer loves the relationship and the insight that I have that most reporters wouldn't. So they try and touch on that when they can, but I still have to be vanilla on everyone."
There were few nerves watching her partner of four years take part in a sport where pushing the boundaries is part of the attraction.
"I trust him and have faith in what he's doing. If he does make mistakes it's not very often."
Thousands packed Pukekohe Park yesterday to see Coulthard finish 23rd and 9th in yesterday's two races.
Lamb has seen her share of drama on the track, after starting as a promotional model travelling around the V8 Supercars circuit.
Her first race was the 2011 V8 Supercar Championship race at Barbagallo Raceway, near Perth, where Karl Reindler's Holden Commodore exploded into a fireball after being struck from behind.
Thousands packed Pukekohe Park yesterday to see Coulthard finish 23rd and 9th in yesterday's two races. Photo / Getty Images
"I was probably 60 to 70m away and I could feel the warmth, I went into firefighter overdrive."
She balances the job, with running her modelling company Max Models, and populating the Instagram fan page for the couple's "fur child", French bulldog Bronte.
She also has plans to finish her construction management degree.
Lamb often joked about the term WAG, used to describe the wives and girlfriends of top sportsmen.
But Coulthard isn't a fan of the acronym. "I hate that term, because a lot of them are self sufficient, they have their own things going on," he said.
