Jamie Chadwick

**Jamie Laura Chadwick** (born 20 May 1998 in Bath, Somerset, UK) is a British racing driver, who competes in the 2020 BRSCC W Series Championship using #55 as her race number. The inaugural 2019 W Series Championship Champion, **Chadwick** is one of the highest rated drivers in the W Series field, serving as a development driver for Williams F1 as well as the 2018-19 MRF Challenge champion.

## Background

Chadwick began karting at the age of eleven, and duly secured her fist racing seat in 2013 after winning a scholarship for the Ginetta Junior Championship. Racing alongside her brother, Chadwick would go on to finish tenth in her maiden campaign, before improving to eighth the following season, claiming five podium finishes. In 2015 Chadwick moved into the British GT Championship, partnering Ross Gunn in the GT4 Class.

### A Champion's Challenge: 2015 - 2019

Chadwick and Gunn would go on to claim the GT4 Championship in British GT, making her the first female and the youngest ever Champion in British GT's history. 2016 saw her remain in British GT, but a bounce between teams and classes meant she did not have a chance to defend her title. She would also debut in the VLN with Aston Martin, claiming a third place finish on her debut.

2017 saw Chadwick retain her partnership with Aston Martin, although she switched her focus to single seaters and the British Formula 3 Championship, finishing ninth. She subsequently made history by becoming the first woman to win a British F3 race during 2018, a result which moved her into eighth in the Championship in her second season. 2018 also saw Chadwick test for NIO in the FIA Formula E Championship, while also open a campaign in the MRF Challenge.

Chadwick once again made history in MRF Challenge, claiming six victories to become the first woman to win the Championship. She also competed in three rounds in the F3 Asian Championship, signed as an official junior driver of Aston Martin, and secured a development driver role with the Williams F1 Team.

## W Series History

Chadwick was one of the original 55 drivers to register an entry in the 2019 Driver Selection Test, and duly emerged from the process with a full time seat in the 2019 BRSCC W Series Championship.

### Chadwick the Champion: 2019

She quickly established herself as a favourite to secure the inaugural W Series Championship, claiming pole position for the season opening 2019 Hockenheim Race. Chadwick would go on to dominate the race, although would have to pass Alice Powell after a Safety Car restart having slipped behind her compatriot on the opening lap. She subsequently claimed pole position for the 2019 Zolder Race, although after getting jumped at the start by Beitske Visser, would find herself having to fend off the attentions of Powell to hold second.

Chadwick would claim a front row spot for the 2019 Misano Race, narrowly missing out on pole to Fabienne Wohlwend, before darting past her at the start to claim the lead. Chadwick would, however, have to defend her lead from Visser throughout the race, but successfully kept the Dutchwoman at bay to claim the victory. She and Visser would subsequently tussle again at the 2019 Norisring Race, fighting for second behind Marta García, with Visser emerging ahead after keeping Chadwick at bay.

The two title protagonists would scrap again at the 2019 Assen Race, with Chadwick having to keep Visser at bay to hold third, having spent the afternoon stuck behind Powell. That left Chadwick with a thirteen point lead ahead of the season finale at Brands Hatch, where she struck the first blow by claiming pole position. She subsequently claimed an early lead in the race, but successive moves from Powell, Emma Kimiläinen and her title rival Visser dumped her back to fourth.

Yet, with Visser only able to finish third, fourth would be enough to claim the 2019 W Series crown, claiming 110 points to Visser's 100. That earned her an automatic invitation for the 2020 Championship, with a change in rules to exclude former Champions set to come into force at the end of the 2020 season.

### A Double Champion?: 2020

Chadwick confirmed that she would defend her crown in 2020, again using #55 as her race number.

## Post W Series Career

Chadwick entered the 2019-20 edition of the F3 Asian Championship, and duly finished fourth to claim her first Super Licence points. She also announced that she would be taking part in the Extreme E Championship, entering the evaluation process for the inaugural 2021 season.

## Full W Series Record

Shown below are a series of tables outlining Jamie Chadwick's career in the W Series in statistical form.

### W Series Entries

The list below includes all of the teams and cars, as well as overall finishing positions for Jamie Chadwick during their W Series career:

 2020 | 55

### Career Results

Below is a table showing Jamie Chadwick's full W Series record.

 **1st** | **2nd** | 1st

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 'W Series announces 18 drivers for 2020 season', *wseries.com*, (W Series Limited, 21/10/2019), https://wseries.com/w-hub/w-series-announces-18-drivers-for-2020-season/, (Accessed 01/04/2020)
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 [Archived] '2019 W Series Drivers', *wseries.com*, (W Series Limited, 2019), https://web.archive.org/web/20200321160627/https://wseries.com/2019-drivers/, (Accessed 04/04/2020) - Original
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 [Archived] 'Brands Hatch, UK', *wseries.com*, (W Series Limited, 2019), https://web.archive.org/web/20190506194151/https://wseries.com/races/brands-hatch/, (Accessed 03/04/2020) - Original
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Tuhin Guha, 'FIRST LADY: JAMIE CHADWICK ON HER MRF CHALLENGE 2019 CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE', *overdrive.in*, (Overdrive, 09/03/2019), http://overdrive.in/news-cars-auto/features/first-lady-jamie-chadwick-on-her-mrf-challenge-2019-championship-title/, (Accessed 07/04/2020)
5. ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 'Jamie Chadwick', *driverdb.com*, (Driver Database, 2020), https://www.driverdb.com/drivers/jamie-chadwick/, (Accessed 07/04/2020)
6. ↑ Jamie Klein, 'Chadwick signed as Aston Martin junior driver', *motorsport.com*, (Motorsport Network, 17/04/2019), https://www.motorsport.com/gt/news/chadwick-aston-martin-young-driver/4372101/, (Accessed 07/04/2020)
7. ↑ 'JAMIE CHADWICK JOINS WILLIAMS RACING DRIVER ACADEMY', *williamsf1.com*, (Williams Grand Prix Engineering Limited, 20/05/2019), https://www.williamsf1.com/news/2019/05/jamie-chadwick-joins-williams-racing-driver-academy, (Accessed 07/04/2020)
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 [Archived] 'The Weekend at Hockenheim', *wseries.com*, (W Series Limited, 2019), https://web.archive.org/web/20191013101433/https://wseries.com/races/hockenheim/, (Accessed 01/04/2020) - Original
9. ↑ [Archived] 'Zolder, Belgium', *wseries.com*, (W Series Limited, 2019), https://web.archive.org/web/20190506170558/https://wseries.com/races/zolder/, (Accessed 02/04/2020) - Original
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 [Archived] 'Misano, Italy', *wseries.com*, (W Series Limited, 2019), https://web.archive.org/web/20190506173425/https://wseries.com/races/misano/, (Accessed 02/04/2020) - Original
11. ↑ [Archived] 'Norisring, Germany', *wseries.com*, (W Series Limited, 2019), https://web.archive.org/web/20190506102913/https://wseries.com/races/norisring/, (Accessed 03/04/2020) - Original
12. ↑ [Archived] 'Assen, The Netherlands', *wseries.com*, (W Series Limited, 2019), https://web.archive.org/web/20190506100417/https://wseries.com/races/assen/, (Accessed 03/04/2020) - Original
13. ↑ Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; no text was provided for refs named `FIA`
14. ↑ 'Extreme E reveals world-class Drivers’ Programme', *extreme-e.com*, (Extreme E, 12/09/2019), https://www.extreme-e.com/en/news/35\_Extreme-E-reveals-world-class-Drivers-Programme.html, (Accessed 12/09/2019)