Susie smashes F1 car at Catalunya

MONTMELO, SPAIN - FEBRUARY 19: Susie Wolff of Williams and Great Britain walks away from her car after a collision with Felipe Nasr of Brazil and Sauber F1 during day one of Formula One Winter Testing at Circuit de Catalunya on February 19, 2015 in Montmelo, Spain. (Photo by Dan Istitene/Getty Images)

MONTMELO, SPAIN - FEBRUARY 19: Susie Wolff of Williams and Great Britain walks away from her car after a collision with Felipe Nasr of Brazil and Sauber F1 during day one of Formula One Winter Testing at Circuit de Catalunya on February 19, 2015 in Montmelo, Spain. (Photo by Dan Istitene/Getty Images)

Published Feb 20, 2015

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Barcelona, Spain - Susie Wolff was involved in an embarrassing collision on the first day of the four-day pre-season test at Catalunya. She’d ompleted 83 laps when she and Felipe Nasr tangled in Turn 5.

Neither was hurt in the incident, in which the 22-year-old Brazilian’s Sauber bore the brunt of the crash with its rear wing apparently ripped off, while Wolff's Williams suffered front suspension damage. Both drivers were left red-faced in the gravel as the session was suspended for 20 minutes.

BLAME GAME

Nasr, who was Williams test driver last year, suggested his former team-mate was to blame.

”I think Susie did not see me coming and then we unfortunately collided,” he said. “We had quite a lot of damage to fix which hurt our programme.”

Wolff saw things differently: “I think it's on video for everybody to see but the facts are that I stayed on line and he came across and his rear hit my front. It was an unnecessary coming together,” she said.

Wolff, 32, is hoping to become the first woman to compete in a Grand Prix since Lella Lombardi in 1976.

Daily Mail

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