Veteran driver Massa was in his 12th full F1 season in 2014, driving for Williams, a period when Suꦡsie Wolff was the team’s test 🌺driver.

A pioneer for women in motorsport, Susie became the first female to drive in an F1 session since 1992 when, in 2014, she💎🧜 was behind the wheel during practice for the British Grand Prix.

Her time was competitive, ranking 15th out of 22.

“She was within a few tenths of Felipe Massa,” ꦗher husband Toto Wolff, now the Mercedes team principal🎃,

But an op🉐portunity to break down barriers in F1 never came for Susi꧑e.

“The final chance was denied,” Toto now says.

Williams ꧟“never dared to make that call”, he added.

Forty-six years have passed since a female, Lella Lombardi, competed i💞n an F1 race.

Jamie Chadwick, the dominan🔥t force of the W Series, has not always seen opportunities forthcoming to advance.

Toto Wolff says it is “not realistic” to expect to see a combination of men and wo♒men driving in F1 within 10 years.

“I’m sure there are girls out there that can꧑ make it on ꦦmerit,” he said.