S^ BLOXHAMInaugural W Series
title gives Chadwick
a place in history“I just want to be out there racing as much as possible”
So what comes next for Jamie
Chadwick? Her development role
with Williams suggests that the
potential for a Formula 1 testing
or free practice appearance may be
on the horizon, but for that there’s
the small hurdle of superlicence
points to overcome, of which
Chadwick currently has none.
It was announced by the FIA
at the World Motor Sport Council
in June that from next season
W Series will be eligible for
superlicence points and, unlike
many junior single-seater
categories, Chadwick is welcome
to return in 2020 to bid for a second
title, giving her the chance to earn
those valuable points and an extra
$500,000 if she wins again.
“I just want to be out there
racing as much as possible; I don’t
care what it’s in,” says Chadwick,
admitting no decisions on her next
move have been made yet. I just
love spending my weekends
in a racing car, so to have the
opportunity to have the diversity
I’ve had this year with my
relationship with Aston Martin
has been great. It’s all about seat
time, so it’s been great to have thesportscar racing alongside
W Series, and hopefully that’s
something I’ll be able to balance
all the way through my career.”
Despite her successes in
single-seaters this year and her F1
ambitions, Chadwick is adamantthat she won’t eschew
opportunities that appear
elsewhere in the motorsport
landscape or turn her back on
her proven success in GT racing.
“There’s so many things you
can do that are so cool,” she
says. “Obviously, I’m under no
illusions about how hard it is to
get to the top of our sport and F1
is the ultimate goal. But I think
something has definitely changed.
My eyes have been opened and
a lot of young drivers are usually
just blinkered on F1 and that’s all
they want to do. If they don’t make
it, that’s when they look at other
options, whereas now the view
has become a lot more open and
more people think that actually
they could look towards Formula E
or x-y-z, as opposed to just focusing
on one thing.
“The way I see it is that I need to
do as much as I can while I can.”Chadwick has had
two test outings with
Formula E squad NIO
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on its inaugural season22 AUGUST 2019 AUTOSPORT.COM 21JAMIE CHADWICK