April 18 (Reuters) - French driver ⁠Doriane Pin, winner of last year's all-female F1 ⁠Academy series, has become the first woman to ‌drive a Mercedes Formula One car.

The 22-year-old development driver completed 76 laps of Silverstone's National Circuit on Friday, a total of 200km, in the ​W12 car that Lewis Hamilton and ⁠Valtteri Bottas drove to ⁠the 2021 constructors' title.