Simona De Silvestro

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Avrà ammucchiato cinque giri in tredici ore di test a Donington, penso che la Spark-Andretti sia un discreto bidone per ora.

E ciò mi preoccupa, ai fini di campionato, per la squadra, per lei e per Wilson!!!! Quindi Fede, incrocia le dita e spera che trovino il bandolo della matassa!

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L'11 ottobre Simona correrà la 1000 km di Bathurst in coppia con Renee Gracie, su una Ford Falcon FGX identica a quella che sta dominando il campionato con Winterbottom, Mostert e Reynolds.

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La De Silvestro apre alla V8 Supercars per la stagione 2017:
http://motorsports.nbcsports.com/2016/08/14/de-silvestro-open-to-australian-supercars-move-for-2017/?utm_content=buffera79d7&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

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Peccato esce dalle monoposto.... ma del resto la INDY se l'era giocata venendo via dalla KV, la F1 non l'ha mai voluta e in Andretti non ha fatte faville.... peccato..... 

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Sembra che l'Australia le piaccia proprio... Dalle torto

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Tifo!!!

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Arrivata in Australia...



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Simona de Silvestro is comfortable with the pressure and attention that will come with being the Supercars' first full-time female driver this season.

The former IndyCar and Formula E driver is set to make history when she lines up on the grid in the championship's opening round in Adelaide next week.

"I think it's something I'm used to, because I've always kind of been the only female in a racing series," de Silvestro told the ABC.

"But it's part of it and I think at the end of the day I have to do a good job in the race car and that's what I'm going to focus on and the rest I think it comes with it."

The 28-year-old de Silvestro, from Switzerland, joined the Nissan Motorsport team on a three-year deal, where she will drive alongside brothers Todd and Rick Kelly, and Michael Caruso.

De Silvestro, speaking at a test day at Sydney's Motorsport Park, admitted she had a lot to learn ahead of the season opener.

"The car's quite different to what I'm used to, so just understanding all the changes, so that's something really important and getting comfortable in the car as well.

"Unfortunately, we don't have many test days, so I'm really [making] it count on this one."

Supercars are not entirely foreign to de Silvestro, who has driven in the Bathurst 1000 for the past two years in an all-female team.

"You learn a little bit, but Bathurst is quite different," she said.

"I think the track, for example here, is way more tyre management that you have to do at Bathurst and those are quite important things in this category.

"There's little things [I've learnt], but I think there's still such a big learning curve ahead of me, so I think I just really have to be on top of that and really keep working at it, and finding every time a little bit more speed."

It might be a steep learning curve, but de Silvestro efforts have impressed the Nissan crew.

"Nothing has fazed her so far, she's just really relaxed," Nissan team mechanic Ed Gibbs said.

"It's all quite new to her, she did Bathurst but that was a one-off. And she's coming here, she's got another three drivers in the team to deal with but she's just getting on with it really well, she's really happy.

"Definitely she needs to make her mark [in Adelaide], but she also needs to stay nice and relaxed and not get too flustered, because it is her first season.

"Not that I'm a professional, but it's going to take her a while to get up to speed.

"So as long as she's nice and relaxed, nice and steady, she'll be fine I reckon."

De Silvestro's recruitment as the first full-time female driver in the Supercars era is another inroad into the male-dominated world of motorsport.

"She's obviously done it in IndyCars for a long time," Gibbs said.

"She's done all sorts of other stuff as well. In a lot of other series there's female drivers, and they're doing really, really well.

"So I think it's good and it'll obviously brings a lot of publicity to the sport and also to us as well, so it's all the better for us really."

 

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Se già riuscisse a stare sulle prestazioni dei compagni di squadra sarebbe molto buono. Il ruolo di rookie in questo campionato è molto difficile.

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We're back!

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Miglior piazamento in Supercars in carriera stamattina... Partita 18. arrivata 10. 

Brava come sempre!

 

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