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| Susie Wolff: More than just a PR stunt |
Susie Wolff has mastered their first ride in a Formula 1 car well. At Silverstone, the DTM driver reeled on Wednesday from two runs over a 50 km with a year-old car from Williams. But stick with it should not, such as the ambitious DTM driver told afterwards. "Hopefully I can complete more tests," she said. "I hope that I was able to prove at this point that I can help the team." To date, limited work on Wolffs work in the F1 simulator. With the real test drive was a dream come true.
The Scot did their work under pressure - at the start of the test, it was raining - not dismissed as a PR stunt, this was not a simple show run. "Williams would never put someone just because of a show run in the car," she stressed to the Scottish Sun. "The team was very aware that the day had to run well and I knew that I had to do a good job if I want to have a chance at other possibilities." On the edge of Wolffs test debut, the two regular drivers Pastor Maldonado and Bruno Senna were traveling. They presented the assembled press cars from the world champion Keke Rosberg and Damon Hill.
The test was for Wolff an important step in the right direction, but they wanted to offer their use will not give rise to speculation. "I will not say that Im going next year in Formula 1," said the wife of Williams co-owner Toto Wolff. "Im starting now not to dream or to run before I can walk properly." You just hoped to be able to continue to go their way at Williams.
Meanwhile, it is still unclear which driver pairing with Williams going into the next season. Sure is: The decision is expected later this year, after the season. According to Toto Wolff, the team should first of all concentrate on the remaining races. Susie Wolff is likely not an option, but reserve driver Valtteri Bottas could replace Senna. "There are many options that we look at and that is not easy," says Toto Wolff. If it were all about short-term with long-term options to weigh when it comes to driver installation.
"The short-term solution is not always the best solution in the long run," admitted Wolff pointed out. "Good performance always helps and in the last race, it counts, but at the moment we look at the whole thing and the fact we base our decision. Aim is to run through all the possible options and find the best one in terms of the team."
