Susie Wolff Williams development driver

Susie Wolff, which runs in DTM since 2006, will evolve this pilot season of development for the team Williams en Formula 1. According to Frank Williams, this new recruit is welcome within his team. “Susie is truly talented and professional, He explains. She will join our team by carrying out development work on our simulator as well as other technical challenges. Susie will also be carrying out several aerodynamic tests on the FW34 and full trials in the coming months. She will obviously go to the Grands Prix a number of times alongside us. »

On the other hand, the Scotswoman is none other than the wife of Toto Wolff, one of the directors of Williams. But still according to Sir Frank, her husband would not have intervened in the decision to hire his beloved. As for the Englishwoman, she said she was honored to join such a team. “I would like to thank Sir Frank Williams, she declares. Formula 1 is the ultimate challenge for any driver. It gives me the chance to show what I have already learned in DTM. I hope to help the team as much as possible by providing my point of view?. She therefore joins the Finnish Valtterri Bottas, who takes the wheel of one of the two FW34s during the first free practice session on the Friday before the Grands Prix. With this entry into Williams, she becomes the second woman to join the F1 paddock after the arrival of Maria de Villota as development driver at Marussi F1 Team.