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<b>LONG WAY TO GO:</b> Williams tester Susie Wolff will take part during practice ahead of the 2015 Spanish GP. A race seat however remains elusive. <i>Image: AFP / Bernd Weissbrod</i>
<b>LONG WAY TO GO:</b> Williams tester Susie Wolff will take part during practice ahead of the 2015 Spanish GP. A race seat however remains elusive. <i>Image: AFP / Bernd Weissbrod</i>

LONDON, England - Susie Wolff will be back at the wheel of a Williams Formula 1 car in Barcelona on Friday (May 8 2015) with little in the way of fanfare but a clear aim in mind.

In 2014, She made plenty of headlines in a similar practice session at Silverstone when she became the first female driver in 22 years to take part in a GP weekend.

Her presence at the Circuit de Catalunya comes 40 years after the only F1 race in which a female driver grabbed points - Italian Lella Lombardi's sixth place at the shortened 1975 Spanish Grand Prix.

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