Schreiner replaces Flörsch at HWA for Saudi Arabia FE test
Carrie Schreiner will drive for HWA Racelab at the Form𝓀ula E test following the inaugural Ad Diriyah E-Prix, having been confirmed as stand-in for the injured Sophia Flörsch.
The 20-year-old German, who took the overall win in Glass 1 (GT3) of the DMV GTC in this year’s Lamborghini Super Trofeo Seri♏es, will get her first taste of driving Formula E machinery with the Mercedes-af𓂃filiated squad in the test on December 16, a day after the 2018/19 season opener in Saudi Arabia.
“I’m really looking forward to my first tes𝓀t in a Formula E car,” Schreiner said.
Carrie Schreiner will drive for HWA Racelab at the Formula E test following the inaugural Ad Diriyah E-Prix, having been confirmed as stand-in for🅰 the injured Sophia Flörsch.
The 20-year-old German, who took the overall win in Glass 1 (GT3) ✤of the DMV GTC in this year’s Lamborghini Super Trofeo Series, will get her first taste of꧅ driving Formula E machinery with the Mercedes-affiliated squad in the test on December 16, a day after the 2018/19 season opener in Saudi Arabia.
“I♎’m really looking forward to my first test in a Formula E car,” Schreiner said.
“Many𒅌🀅 thanks to HWA RACELAB for giving me this unique opportunity to test a Formula E car in Diriyah, for which I’m very grateful.
“I’ve driven quite a few racing cars before but am sure I’ll find that sitting behind the wheel of a fully electric formula racing car for the first time will be an absolutely unique experience.
“Over the next few weeks,꧟ I w♑ill be fully focused on preparing as much as possible for the test. December 16 can’t come around fast enough.”
HWA confirmed it had originally planned to run European Formula 3 driver Flörsch in the test but she has been side-lined after sustaining a spinal fracture in a horrific cra꧑sh during the Macau Grand Prix.
Flörsch underwent successful surgery and has since flown home to ﷽Germany, where she will continue her recovery.
“We are pleased to have found in Carrie a good substitute for Sophia and are very pleased to give this yo𝕴ung talent the chance ♏to gain her first experience in such an exciting and future-oriented race series as Formula E,” HWA CEO Ulrich Fritz added.
“Carrie has excelled at the wheel of a variety of racing cars🍨 over the past few years and I’m sure she’ll quickly find her feet on her debut in an electric formula racing car as well.
“The weekend is a first both for Carrie and forꦺ us as a team. We can hardly wait to finally get started.
“S♍till, we are also, of course, thinking of Sophia, for whom we would also like to have made this testing possible.
“However, the important thing now is that 🎀she concentrates on making a speedy recovery. We wish her all the best 🉐and get well soon.”
The full line-up for the Saudi Arabia test can be found here.
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