Jamie Chadwick extended to Williams Driver Academy

Jamie Chadwick returns to the Williams Driver Academy for a 5th year. The British three-time WSeries champion retains his role as development driver for the team in Formula 1, a role she has held since 2019. 

Staying with the team for another season! 🙌@JamieChadwick will continue her role in the team's Driver Academy! 👏#WeAreWilliams

- Williams Racing (@WilliamsRacing) January 18, 2023

« Continuing my partnership with Williams is extraordinary, says Chadwick. Having the opportunity to be part of the team to pursue my dream of Formula 1 is very important. I can’t wait to see what we will accomplish together. »

A logical extension for Sven Smeets, sports director of the franchise’s young driver academy: “ We are very pleased to retain Jamie as a building block of our academy at Williams. "And to continue:" She is a driver with incredible talent, and an important role model who can inspire a new generation of women in motorsport. »

After an aborted 2022 campaign, the season of the exclusively women's championship of the car unable to reach its conclusion due to financing, Chadwick is titled again. The category in danger, the 24-year-old young woman bounced elsewhere. Hand in hand with the Grove stable, she will take part in the Indy NXT championship, antechamber of theIndyCar. In the Andretti seat, Chadwick will be accompanied by Louis Foster and Hunter McElrea. “ We look forward to cheering him on in 2023 in this new challenge of Indy NXT », concludes Sven Smeets.

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