1. Jamie Laura Chadwick was born on 20 May 1998 and is a British racing driver who competes for IDEC Sport in the 2025 European Le Mans Series, and previously raced for Andretti Global in Indy NXT.
51 Facts About Jamie Chadwick
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Jamie Chadwick won the inaugural W Series season in 2019, before retaining her title in 2021 and 2022.
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Jamie Chadwick has competed in the Race of Champions for Great Britain alongside David Coulthard, and raced in Extreme E Jamie Chadwick is a development driver for the Williams Formula One team and a test driver for the Jaguar Formula E team.
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Jamie Chadwick's father Michael is a property developer, and her mother Jasmine is an Indian-born businesswoman.
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Jamie Chadwick started her motorsports career in kart racing at the age of 11, following her brother Oliver into the sport.
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Jamie Chadwick started car racing in 2013 when she turned down a trial with the England under-18 hockey team to compete at the Ginetta Junior scholarship weekend, where she triumphed to win a scholarship for the 2013 Ginetta Junior Championship season.
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Jamie Chadwick raced alongside her brother for the JHR Developments team, finishing tenth in the championship, second-last of all full-time competitors and behind her teammate and brother Oliver.
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Jamie Chadwick remained in the series for 2014, taking five podium finishes during the year to finish eighth overall in the championship.
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In March 2015, Jamie Chadwick was announced as one of the drivers for Beechdean Motorsport in the 2015 British GT Championship, competing in the GT4 class.
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Jamie Chadwick competed in race 9 of the 2016 VLN season, driving the Nexcel AMR Aston Martin GT8 and finishing third in the SP8 class.
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Jamie Chadwick moved into single-seater racing in 2017, joining Double R Racing to compete in the 2017 BRDC British Formula 3 Championship.
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Jamie Chadwick achieved her first and only podium of the season with a third place finish at Rockingham in the fifth round of the championship, ultimately finishing ninth overall for the season.
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Jamie Chadwick entered the 2018 24 Hours of Nurburgring, driving the Aston Martin Vantage V8 GT4 in the SP8 class alongside Jonathan Adam, Alex Lynn and Pete Cate.
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Jamie Chadwick had success in the early rounds of the championship, finishing second in three of the five races in the opening weekend in Dubai.
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Jamie Chadwick followed this up with wins in six of the remaining ten races at Bahrain and Chennai to take the title, becoming the first ever woman to win the MRF Challenge.
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In March 2019, Jamie Chadwick was announced as one of the entrants for the inaugural season of the W Series.
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Jamie Chadwick was announced as an official junior driver for Aston Martin Racing, extending an existing unofficial relationship that dated back to 2014.
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At the first W Series race at Hockenheim, Jamie Chadwick put in a dominant performance, leading both practice sessions and qualifying on pole.
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Two weeks later at Zolder, Jamie Chadwick again started on pole, however lost the lead to Beitske Visser from the start, and had to fight off Powell after locking up and running wide later in the race, ultimately holding onto second place.
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Jamie Chadwick then finished in third place behind Marta Garcia and Visser at Norisring, after a long battle with the latter that saw her lose second place on the start and make a late lunge in an attempt to regain the place towards the end of the race.
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At Assen, Jamie Chadwick started and finished in third, holding off late pressure from Visser.
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Jamie Chadwick entered the W Series championship decider at Brands Hatch with a 13 point lead on second placed Visser, and proceeded to start on pole for the third time.
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Jamie Chadwick was then nominated for the 2019 BRDC Young Driver of the Year Award.
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On 22 February 2022, Jamie Chadwick was confirmed to stay in W Series for a 3rd season, driving for Jenner Racing.
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Jamie Chadwick won the first race, overtaking Emma Kimilainen on the final lap.
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Jamie Chadwick won the second race the next day, as well as the one at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, meaning she had won five consecutive W Series races, four of which were in America.
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Jamie Chadwick was a finalist for the BRDC Young Driver of the Year Award.
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Jamie Chadwick participated in the opening three races of the 2019 F3 Asian Championship, as preparation for the inaugural season of the W Series.
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Jamie Chadwick entered the 2019 24 Hours of Nurburgring with Aston Martin, racing alongside Alex Brundle finishing first in the SP8 class and twenty-seventh overall.
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In September 2019, Jamie Chadwick joined Double R Racing to test drive their Euroformula Open car in Silverstone, with a view towards a competitive drive in the series in the future.
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Jamie Chadwick was one of the first drivers announced to compete in the inaugural season of Extreme E in 2021.
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Jamie Chadwick ended up running a partial campaign due to clashes with the W Series, taking part in three races with Veloce Racing.
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Jamie Chadwick then drove the car in a shootout at the 2022 Goodwood Festival of Speed, partnering with Max Fewtrell.
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Jamie Chadwick then took part in the 2020 rookie test with Jaguar Racing.
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Jamie Chadwick tested the Gen3 car at the 2024 Portland ePrix.
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Jamie Chadwick placed second in the Women's test, behind Abbi Pulling.
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Jamie Chadwick is set to test for Jaguar for the rookie free practice coinciding the 2025 Jeddah ePrix.
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On May 20,2019, Jamie Chadwick became the second driver to join the Williams Driver Academy, signing on as a development driver for the team.
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In March 2021, Williams announced that Jamie Chadwick would continue as a development driver for the season.
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Jamie Chadwick drove Keke Rosberg's FW08C at the 2023 Goodwood Festival of Speed, marking her first time in a Formula 1 car.
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In 2024, Jamie Chadwick's title changed to became a "Williams Racing Driver", as well as becoming the F1 Academy Advisor for fellow Williams driver Lia Block.
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In February 2025, Jamie Chadwick was announced to remain with Williams as one of their driver ambassadors.
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Subsequently, it was announced on 1 December 2022 that Andretti Autosport had signed Jamie Chadwick to drive in the 2023 Indy NXT season.
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Inexperience with both the car and the tracks meant Jamie Chadwick struggled to get up to speed, but she improved in the second half of the season earning five top-10 finishes over the final 8 races.
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Jamie Chadwick showed immediate improvement from the previous season, qualifying 10th for the first race and inside the top 6 in the next 4 races.
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Jamie Chadwick fought in the front of the pack for the first races, but contact and mechanical issues meant she didn't achieve results representative of her pace.
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Jamie Chadwick scored her best result to date in race 3 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, finishing on the podium in third place.
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Jamie Chadwick became the first woman to finish on the podium in Indy NXT since Pippa Mann in 2010.
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Jamie Chadwick became the first woman in series history to claim a road course pole and road course win.
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On July 31,2024, it was announced that Jamie Chadwick would be taking part in an official IndyCar test with Andretti Global at Barber Motosports Park on September 30.
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In December 2024, Jamie Chadwick signed with IDEC Sport for the 2025 European Le Mans Series, driving alongside Logan Sargeant and Mathys Jaubert.