Susie Wolff believes Mercedes may have the next female F1 driver already in their academy.
Wolff, who until August was team principal of Formula E team Venturi Racing, said she believed that while the W Series was great, women needed to compete with men in order to give them a chance of breaking into F1.
“I think W Series is great in that it creates opportunity, it gets girls racing, but we have to be realistic that in order to make it to Formula 1, you need to race against men. Wolff then went on to say that within the Mercedes Junior Programme, there is a young female driver who she believes with the right guidance has the ability to make it into the sport’s premier series.
“I’d like to think if she carries on in her path, and she’s got the right support around her, she will have a good chance.”
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