“No, I have never met her,” the Swiss says. “On our side, we have our programme set, and I think we’re moving along really well, and that [what Wolff is doing] doesn’t matter. To us, that’s what she’s doing and we’re doing what we’re doing.” When we talk in the Sauber motorhome, as cars hare around in the Barcelona sunshine during practice, the Swiss is fundamentally businesslike. She wears little or no make-up. Her long brown hair is elegant but not fussed over.