Susie Wolff says her pace on debut test appearance shows she can cut it at F1 level

Susie Wolff believes her debut performance in a full Formula 1 test at Silverstone has proved she does have the pace to compete at the top level.

She added: "DTM is difficult to get in the right position to get in a winning car, I was never in that position, so for me it was about going out there and showing what I can do. As much as I was nervous about today I also saw it as a brilliant opportunity. There's not many people that get a young driver day, there's only a handful of us, and it was my chance to show everybody what I was capable of." The successful nature of Wolff's debut test - Williams chief engineer Xevi Pujolar later confirmed she had made no major errors on track during the whole day - will inevitably lead to speculation as to when she might next appear behind the wheel of the Grove team's car. While she herself has already ruled out the prospect of taking part in a Friday practice session later in this season, the Scot made clear that she is ambitious to keep moving forward in her career. "Let's see. I need to analyse the day properly, speak to the team a bit more," she cautioned. "Obviously we have two great race drivers just now and there's no possibility of that happening before the end of the season, Friday driving. But let's see. "I'm not someone that likes to sit still, I always like to move forward and keep achieving. So of course I'd like to see what the next step possible is now." However, irrespective of what the future holds, Wolff said initially she was simply delighted to have been able to repay Williams' faith in her with a successful debut. "I had a fantastic chance from the team today," she added. "They took the chance to put me in the car. Many people said they were crazy, 'why were they wasting a day on me?', but they took that chance and I'm happy that I could do a good job today and pay them back for that."