Overview
- Doriane Pin, who made her first run in a Formula 1 car Friday, covered about 200 km at Silverstone in a Mercedes W12.
- Mercedes said the 22-year-old became the first French woman to complete a full test in a modern F1 car.
- She has served as a Mercedes development driver since January 2026, and the team set up the outing after molding a custom seat the week before.
- Reports agree she drove a title-winning W12, though some cite the 2021 car and others point to a 2020 spec.
- F1 rules block private testing of current cars, so teams use older machines for development runs, which is why Mercedes ran Pin in the W12.