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Doriane Pin, Mercedes F1 development driver: "To show that, regardless of gender, we truly have our place"

With a beautiful, satisfied smile lighting up her face, Doriane Pin recounted her baptism of fire with Mercedes in F1 during a video conference to which AUTOhebdo was invited.

Published 21/04/2026 à 20:00

Cyprien Juilhard

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Doriane Pin, Mercedes F1 development driver: "To show that, regardless of gender, we truly have our place"

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What were your first thoughts when you sat in that cockpit of F1 for the first time ?

You don't expect to drive an F1 car until race day, because it's so different from

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Hilton Leon

25/04/2026 at 09:22 a.m.

Congratulations to her. And good luck, because she's done the easiest part so far.

DANIEL MEYERS

22/04/2026 at 01:11 a.m.

"Gender doesn't matter," of course, but, without any special treatment, to achieve this ambition: "I would like to be the next woman to start a Grand Prix. I would like to be a Formula 1 driver." She needs to demonstrate in F4 and then F3 (at a minimum) a level of performance far superior to what she has shown us in single-seaters so far. As for not driving at Silverstone on the F1 circuit so that the lap times aren't comparable, oops, what a shame!

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