Dec 2nd 2009; Port Elizabeth, South Africa – Fast lady Fabienne Lanz took the wheel of the Formula VW car today in the first of many tests for open wheel formula racing.
Fabienne has spent many years karting at the world level and has raced since she was only 9 years old.
The testing session started early at 8 am for her seat fitment, then after a few sighting laps around the Aldo Scribante race track.
“Its actually a lot like driving on the smaller karting tracks only with bigger and faster corners”, commented Fabienne
“I feel very comfortable in the car, the braking is excellent and I felt more confident in the car as the session went on, I definitely want to pursue my dream of racing in a formula car, I have so much to learn and so much more to prove”, said an elated Fabienne