Susie Wolff’s Silverstone Cameo: Story Behind Her Test and What It Means for F1

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Published: July 11, 2014

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At the British Grand Prix, Susie Wolff added another chapter to the history of women in Formula One. When she left the pit lane in the first free practice session, she became the first female driver to take part in a grand prix weekend since Giovanna Amati in 1992.

Unfortunately, the chapter she added—like the book itself—turned out to be a short one.

Wolff, then known as Susie Stoddart, began racing at a very young age, starting off in karting at the age of eight. She spent a decade in the karting world, progressing to the Formula A World Championships. She didn't win it, but in 2000 she was named the No.1 female kart driver in the world.

From there she progressed to proper single-seaters, entering the Formula Renault UK championship in 2002. She stayed there for three seasons, with a best finish of fifth in the championship in 2004.

An ankle injury ended her hopes of a full Formula Three season in 2005. She started only two races, scoring points in one. It was a terrible time to have her single-seater career interrupted, and the last time she raced an open-cockpit car.



The following year she moved to the German DTM championship, one of the world's top touring car series. In six years of driving machinery that was always at least one year old, she scored just four points.

Her career was going nowhere fast until she married Williams director and shareholder Toto Wolff, now of Mercedes, in 2011. A one-off test with Williams followed soon after, but she did enough to be taken on as a full-time development driver.

Since then she has taken part in the 2013 Young Drivers Test and done thousands of miles in the team's simulator. At the start of 2014, the team announced she would drive in Friday practice at the British and German rounds of the championship.

Last week at Silverstone, the long-awaited dream became a reality when Wolff drove out of the gara...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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