Niki Lauda has criticised Williams, in the wake of female driver Susie Wolff’s Friday morning appearances at Silverstone and Hockenheim.<\/p>\n
Wolff’s Silverstone outing was short-lived due to technical trouble, but at Hockenheim the 31-year-old Scot managed more laps and eventually was just two tenths shy of Felipe Massa’s best time.<\/p>\n
According to F1 legend and Mercedes team chairman Lauda, however, the British team Williams missed a trick in managing Wolff’s practice sessions — the first time a woman has taken part in world championship rounds for 22 years.<\/p>\n
“Williams unfortunately missed the chance to do global women’s racing a big favour,” he told the Swiss newspaper Blick at Hockenheim.<\/p>\n
Lauda, who works closely with Wolff’s husband Toto at Mercedes, said Williams should have dispensed with its usual Friday practice programme in order to allow Susie to impress the world with a scintillating laptime.<\/p>\n
“Rather than the same fuel and the same tyres as Massa, she should have got soft rubber and low fuel — and then been a lot higher up.<\/p>\n
“If you do a PR move, then do it right,” said the outspoken Austrian.\u00a0 “But I take off my cap to Susie.”<\/p>\n
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