Wolff is actually the wife of significant Williams F1 team shareholder, Toto Wolff, but Williams was quick to point out that he played no part in her getting the role. “Susie will also attend a number of races with us. Susie will also undertake some aerodynamic testing of the FW34 and a full track test in the coming months.” On the signing, Sir Frank Williams said, “Susie is a talented, successful and highly professional racing driver who competes in one of the world’s most fiercely-contested racing series. Susie will join Williams as a development driver, in which capacity she will assist us with the development of our simulator and other technical challenges. The exact role in development that Wolff will play is yet to be formalised, although she will start work in the simulators at the Williams Renault F1 factory before getting her first taste of real F1 machinery in the coming months.
Williams Renault, who have Pastor Maldonado and Bruno Senna on the books as race drivers, already use Finn Valtteri Bottas as official test and reserve driver. Wolff (formerly Stoddart), who has been racing in the German DTM series for Mercedes-Benz since 2006, was recently announced as a development driver for Sir Frank Williams’ team. Formula 1 has a female as an official driver after the famous Williams Renault F1 team announced Briton Susie Wolff as a development driver for the 2012 season.
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