Former IndyCar and NASCAR driver Danica Patrick believes INDY NXT star Jamie Chadwick is a “pretty good candidate” to receive promotion to Formula 1, especially as she’s now with Andretti. Chadwick made the move across the pond for 2023 having won the W Series three seasons in a row, prior to the championship going into
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Williams team principal James Vowles has admitted that a woman competing in Formula 1 again is “years away”, due to issues which have gone on for too long. It’s been 37 years since Lella Lombardi competed at the pinnacle of motorsport, with her having been the most recent female driver to have raced in F1.
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The pursuit of gender equality in Formula 1 is something which has hit somewhat of a stumbling block in recent weeks, as sexist comments made over 20 years ago by FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem have come to light. While the 61-year-old’s views are currently being questioned, other high-ranking members of Formula 1 are making
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Formula 1 has been a very male-dominated sport since it began decades ago, with the majority of mechanics, bosses and drivers in the sport being men. Women have had small opportunities in F1 cars, with Toto Wolff’s wife Susie Wolff once taking part in a test for Williams, but these opportunities are nowhere near enough.
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Jamie Chadwick’s career in motorsport is looking set for an upgrade in 2023, with the three-time W Series Champion looking into racing in the United States next season; however, could a move to Formula 2 also be on the cards? The latter has been brought into question following an interview with Caitlyn Jenner, founder of
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The increasingly popular all-female W Series championship is currently facing worrying financial concerns, with recent reports suggesting that the championship might be unable to complete the 2022 season. The series is currently coming towards the end of its third season, with British driver Jamie Chadwick set to claim her third consecutive title in the series, should she
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W Series champion, Jamie Chadwick, has reiterated her intent to race in Formula 1 in the coming years. The Briton finished eighth in British Formula 3 in 2018, before winning the MRF Challenge Formula 2000 a year later, and this coincided with her debut in the new all-female series. The W Series was created to
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Williams team principal and CEO, Jost Capito, is not sure he is on board with the opinion of Formula 1 CEO, Stefano Domenicali, that women cannot compete in Formula 1. Jamie Chadwick won the British GT4 Championship in 2015, before claiming first in the MRF Challenge Formula 2000 in 2019, ahead of drivers such as
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BBC Sport editor Andrew Benson believes that Ferrari will have had a moment of clarity after Carlos Sainz’s reliability failure at last weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix. The Spaniard had been following team-mate Charles Leclerc in the Ferraris’ pursuit of Max Verstappen in Spielberg amid an engrossing strategical battle between themselves and Red Bull. After Leclerc
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W Series driver and Formula 1 hopeful Jamie Chadwick has conceded that she is not sure that he has the physical attributes to make it to the pinnacle of motorsport. Chadwick is the defending W Series champion having won both of the first two titles in 2019 and 2021, and leads the way this year
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