Susie Wolff

Susie Wolff born 6 December 1982 in Oban is a British racing driver from Scotland. She has progressed through the ranks of motorsport, starting off in karting, then moving up to Formula Renault and Formula Three before moving to the DTM to compete for Mercedes-Benz since 2006. In 2012 she was signed by the Williams Formula One team to work as a development driver and she is still in that role.
She lives in Ermatingen, Switzerland with her husband Toto Wolff, since January 21, 2013, executive director of the Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team. The two were married in October 2011.

Susie is aiming to be the first ever woman since 1976 and Lella Lombardi to race in F1.

She has her own TV program on Sunday 24.3.2013 BBC2 8pm : Driven: The Fastest Women in the World.

Her race record is none to impressive at zero wins, and you would have to say she would not deserve a drive based on that alone. However it is way beyond time that a woman driver should be in F1 and if Susie can open that door which has been closed since 1976 then I say good luck to her and I hope she gets a drive in a decent car.


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Suzie just 0.227 seconds off Massa's pace after her first proper run in the car. Brilliant stuff. :cheer:

1. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m19.131s 29
2. Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1m19.196s +0.065s 25
3. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m19.423s +0.292s 21
4. Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull-Renault 1m19.697s +0.566s 27
5. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m19.833s +0.702s 24
6. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m20.097s +0.966s 28
7. Kevin Magnussen McLaren-Mercedes 1m20.105s +0.974s 32
8. Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1m20.210s +1.079s 21
9. Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso-Renault 1m20.337s +1.206s 28
10. Adrian Sutil Sauber-Ferrari 1m20.505s +1.374s 18
11. Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 1m20.542s +1.411s 19
12. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Renault 1m20.586s +1.455s 23
13. Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1m20.592s +1.461s 22
14. Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 1m20.598s +1.467s 24
15. Susie Wolff Williams-Mercedes 1m20.769s +1.638s 22
16. Giedo van der Garde Sauber-Ferrari 1m20.782s +1.651s 23
17. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1m21.603s +2.472s 20
18. Pastor Maldonado Lotus-Renault 1m21.854s +2.723s 30
19. Kamui Kobayashi Caterham-Renault 1m22.572s +3.441s 31
20. Jules Bianchi Marussia-Ferrari 1m22.982s +3.851s 24
21. Marcus Ericsson Caterham-Renault 1m23.256s +4.125s 35
22. Max Chilton Marussia-Ferrari 1m23.299s +4.168s 22
 
Susie has been moved up to test driver at Williams http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/116963
I guess this is different than being a development driver in that she gets more test time and possibly a drive if another driver can't race? I like Susie, she is quite likable and set pretty competitive lap times on a Friday practice earlier this year, but will Williams ever promote her to full time driver status? It would be a huge marketing opportunity and I don't think she would stink it up out there.
 
If she had been plain old Susie Stoddart she would have still got the job as test driver for Williams because of her tallent and huge racing experience.
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Oh hang on.....:thinking:
 
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