Olympic champion Usain Bolt can cover 100 metres in just under 10 seconds. Strapped into the cockpit of her Williams F1 car, Wolff can cover that distance in just over one second.
“Well, I have a big engine behind me and he is just using his legs,” she said.
“So, I think he does pretty well.”
While there are moments of delight, it’s torturous work preparing your body for the strain of driving at 320km/hr.
“The G Force is the hardest thing,” she said.
“The pressure that comes through your neck [while you are] breaking. You can reach up to five G and one G is double your own body weight, so there is a lot of strain going through your neck.”
All of the 20 front line drivers over 10 teams in this year's Formula 1 World Championship are male.
But Wolff doesn't think her gender is a disadvantage and is adamant about being judged on her skills alone.
“I am out there to be the best I can be, not to prove a point about women,” she said.
“It is an incredibly competitive environment. There are so many good drivers fighting to get to F1 and there are just so few opportunities. I am in the fight the elbows are out and hopefully, fingers crossed, I can make it to a race one day.”
She's made it a great distance already as a test driver for the Williams F1 team, but if you know a bit about Mrs Wolff's background, it isn't too hard to understand why.
Going fast is in Wolff's blood - her parents met at a bike shop, she had her first bike at two-years-old and started go-karting at eight.
Fast forward two decades and the trailblazer wants to provide a pathway for other young women to follow.
“I get messages of little girls dressed up in their racing kit,” she said.
“They never realised a racing driver was an option for them. For me, it is positive and it warms my heart to know that I can show little girls that you can be a racing driver if you have the passion.”
While the Williams lead foot is turning heads - and turning them quickly - she is cautious about making bold claims or putting a timeline on female success on the circuit.
“When will a female win a race? Wow,” she said.
“Let's just get a female on the grid first and then we can talk about winning a race.”
If Wolff's determination is anything to go by, she could well be that female on the grid - after all she is taking the fight to them, elbows and all.
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