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“So, I was jumping in knowing that first and foremost, there’s no way there was any chance I could crash or damage the car because I had to hand it back to Valtteri Bottas in one piece! But secondly, for my own performance, I wanted to be as quick as I could be to show that I was capable of driving at that level.”
‘There were definitely nerves but also adrenaline’
Outside the cockpit, Wolff acknowledged that many were questioning whether a woman had what it took to perform in a modern day F1 car. But, once the visor went down and with all eyes focused on her, she knew – as she had growing up – that her performance on track would do the talking.
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“I was incredibly lucky that my parents never made me think I was doing something unusual for a girl,” Wolff says. “My elder brother raced and, in my opinion, anything he could do, I could do. Let’s not forget, when you’re driving, you’re wearing a helmet. Nobody actually sees the driver, so your gender is irrelevant – what matters the most is performance.
“There were definitely nerves, but also adrenaline. I do remember when I got into the car and there was just a sea of journalists at the front of the garage, all waiting to picture me in the car.”
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