| Jamie Chadwick | |||||||||||
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Chadwick in 2024 | |||||||||||
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| Full name | Jamie Laura Chadwick | ||||||||||
| Born | (1998-05-20)20 May 1998 (age 27) Bath, Somerset, England | ||||||||||
| European Le Mans Series career | |||||||||||
| Debut season | 2025 | ||||||||||
| Current team | IDEC Sport | ||||||||||
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| Car number | 18 | ||||||||||
| Starts | 6 (6 entries) | ||||||||||
| Championships | 0 | ||||||||||
| Wins | 3 | ||||||||||
| Podiums | 4 | ||||||||||
| Poles | 0 | ||||||||||
| Fastest laps | 0 | ||||||||||
| Best finish | 3rd in2025 | ||||||||||
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Jamie Laura Chadwick (born 20 May 1998) is a Britishracing driver who competes forIDEC Sport in the2025 European Le Mans Series, and previously raced forAndretti Global inIndy NXT.[1] She won the inauguralW Series season in 2019, before retaining her title in2021 and2022.[2] She has also competed in theRace of Champions forGreat Britain alongsideDavid Coulthard, and raced inExtreme E. She is aWilliams Racing ambassador and also aWilliams Driver Academy adviser forF1 Academy. She also is a test driver for theJaguarFormula E team.[3][4]
Chadwick was born on 20 May 1998 inBath and grew up on theIsle of Man.[5] Her father Michael is a property developer, and her mother Jasmine is an Indian-born businesswoman.[6] Chadwick was educated atCheltenham College,[7]Gloucestershire. She currently resides in London and is in a relationship with racing driver Struan Moore.[8][9]
Chadwick started her motorsports career inkart racing at the age of eleven, following her brother Oliver into the sport. She started car racing in 2013 when she turned down a trial with theEngland under-eighteen hockey team to compete at the Ginetta Junior scholarship weekend, where she triumphed to win a scholarship for the2013 Ginetta Junior Championship season. 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. She remained in the series for2014, taking five podium finishes during the year to finish eighth overall in the championship.[10]
In March 2015, Chadwick was announced as one of the drivers forBeechdean Motorsport in the2015 British GT Championship, competing in the GT4 class.[11] Chadwick and her co-driver,Ross Gunn, anAston Martin factory driver, took two wins and five podiums during the season in theirAston Martin V8 Vantage, including a win in theSilverstone 24-Hour race. This made Chadwick the first female and youngest ever champion of theBritish GT Championship.[12]
Going into 2016, Chadwick stayed inBritish GT Championship, driving in the GT4 pro class with Generation AMR SuperRacing for the first, second and sixth rounds, before returning toBeechdean Motorsport to race in the pro-am class withPaul Hollywood for the final three races of the season.[12] Chadwick ultimately finished fifteenth in the championship.
Chadwick also competed in race 9 of the 2016VLN season, driving the Nexcel AMRAston Martin GT8 and finishing third in the SP8 class.[13]
Chadwick moved intosingle-seater racing in 2017, joiningDouble R Racing to compete in the2017 BRDC British Formula 3 Championship. She achieved her first and only podium of the season with a third place finish atRockingham in the fifth round of the championship, ultimately finishing ninth overall for the season.[14] For the 2018 season, Chadwick remained in theBRDC British Formula 3 Championship, moving to Douglas Motorsport. In August, she became the first ever woman to win aBritish F3 race by claiming victory in the reversed-grid race atBrands Hatch, and finished the season in eighth place.[15]
Chadwick also entered the2018 24 Hours of Nürburgring, driving theAston Martin Vantage V8 GT4 in the SP8 class alongsideJonathan Adam,Alex Lynn and Pete Cate. The team finished fifth in class and sixty-third overall.[16]
Chadwick proceeded to sign on for the2018-19 MRF Challenge season in November 2018, and topped both initial practice sessions.[17] Chadwick had success in the early rounds of the championship, finishing second in three of the five races in the opening weekend inDubai. She followed this up with wins in six of the remaining ten races atBahrain andChennai to take the title, becoming the first ever woman to win theMRF Challenge.[18]

In March 2019, Chadwick was announced as one of the entrants for the inaugural season of theW Series.[19][20] Chadwick was also announced as an official junior driver forAston Martin Racing, extending an existing unofficial relationship that dated back to 2014.[21] At the first W Series race atHockenheim, Chadwick put in a dominant performance, leading both practice sessions and qualifying on pole. Despite briefly giving up the race lead toAlice Powell, Chadwick came from behind to take the first win in W Series history.[22] Two weeks later atZolder, Chadwick again started on pole, however lost the lead toBeitske 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.[23]
In the next W Series race atMisano the following month, Chadwick qualified second behindFabienne Wohlwend, but passed her on the start and held off pressure from Visser to take her second W Series win.[24] Chadwick then finished in third place behindMarta García and Visser atNorisring, 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.[25]
AtAssen, Chadwick started and finished in third, holding off late pressure from Visser.[26] In the non-championship reverse grid race the following day, Chadwick fought through the field to finish eighth after starting from the back of the grid.[27] Chadwick entered the W Series championship decider atBrands Hatch with a 13 point lead on second placed Visser, and proceeded to start on pole for the third time. Despite defending the lead initially, she lacked race pace and lost positions to Powell,Emma Kimiläinen and finally Visser, however her eventual fourth placed finish was enough to hold off Visser and win the inaugural W Series title.[28] She was then nominated for the 2019BRDC Young Driver of the Year Award.[29]

The2020 W Series season was cancelled due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.[30] In 2021, Chadwick would retain herW Series title after a close, season-long battle withAlice Powell—thus adding fifteen points to her Super Licence points tally and making her available for future free practice sessions in Formula One.[31]
On 22 February 2022, Chadwick was confirmed to stay in W Series for a third season, driving for Jenner Racing.[32] She qualified onpole position for the second race of the 2022 season, which was part of the double header at theMiami International Autodrome, as the drivers' second best qualifying times set the grid for the second race.[33] She won thefirst race, overtakingEmma Kimiläinen on the final lap.[34] She 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.[35] Following the early termination of the 2022 W Series championship for financial reasons, Chadwick was declared series champion for the third time, ahead of second-placedBeitske Visser.[36] She was once again a finalist for theBRDC Young Driver of the Year Award.[37]
Chadwick participated in the opening three races of the2019 F3 Asian Championship, as preparation for the inaugural season of theW Series. She also entered the2019 24 Hours of Nürburgring with Aston Martin, racing alongsideAlex Brundle finishing first in the SP8T class and twenty-seventh overall.[38]
In September 2019, Chadwick joinedDouble R Racing to test drive theirEuroformula Open car inSilverstone, with a view towards a competitive drive in the series in the future.[39]
In 2020, Chadwick was awarded her first ten of the forty points (25 points for free practice) needed to qualify for anFIA Super Licence, after finishing fourth overall in the 2019–20 F3 Asian Championship.[40]
On 16 June 2020, it was announced that she had joined Italian outfitPrema Powerteam, to be one of the team's four drivers in the2020 Formula Regional European Championship.[41] Despite being the most experienced driver in the field, she only managed ninth in the standings, 263 points behind her nearest teammate and third-last of all drivers to complete the whole season.[42]
Chadwick was one of the first drivers announced to compete in the inaugural season ofExtreme E in 2021.[43] She ended up running a partial campaign due to clashes with the W Series, taking part in three races withVeloce Racing.[44] The team had to withdraw from the first race due to damage to the car, but placed 2nd in the second round and 6th in the final round.[45] Chadwick then drove the car in a shootout at the 2022Goodwood Festival of Speed, partnering withMax Fewtrell.[46]
During the2018–2019 Formula E season, Chadwick participated in two test drives with theNIOFormula E team, inRiyadh andMarrakesh.[47] She then took part in the 2020 rookie test withJaguar Racing.[48]
Chadwick tested theGen3 car at the2024 Portland ePrix.[49] On 28 October,Jaguar announced that she would drive with the team for the2024–25 Formula E season women's test and rookie test.[4] She placed second in the Women's test, behindAbbi Pulling.[50] Chadwick tested for Jaguar once again for the rookie free practice coinciding the2025 Jeddah ePrix,[51] and once again during theBerlin rookie test alongside2024 Formula 3 championLeonardo Fornaroli.[52] She returned with the team during the2025–26 Formula E season women's test alongsideJuju Noda.[53]
On 20 May 2019, Chadwick became the second driver to join theWilliams Driver Academy, signing on as a development driver for the team.[54] In March 2021, Williams announced that Chadwick would continue as a development driver for the season.[55]
Chadwick remained with theWilliams Driver Academy for 2023.[56] She droveKeke Rosberg's FW08C at the 2023Goodwood Festival of Speed, marking her first time in a Formula 1 car.[57] In 2024, Chadwick's title changed to became a "Williams Racing Driver", as well as becoming theF1 Academy Advisor for fellow Williams driverLia Block.[58]
In February 2025, Chadwick was announced to remain with Williams as one of their driver ambassadors.[59]

In August 2022,Andretti Autosport announced that they planned to test Chadwick in one of the team'sDallara IL-15Indy Lights cars atSebring International Raceway in September 2022.[60] The test took place on 21 September and Chadwick covered over 120 laps of the circuit.[61] Subsequently, it was announced on 1 December 2022 that Andretti Autosport had signed Chadwick to drive in the2023 Indy NXT season.[62] Inexperience with both the car and the tracks meant Chadwick struggled to get up to speed, but she improved in the second half of the season earning five top-ten finishes over the final eight races.[63]

In October 2023, it was announced that Chadwick would return to Andretti Global (formerly Andretti Autosport) for the2024 Indy NXT season.[64] She showed immediate improvement from the previous season, qualifying tenth for the first race and inside the top-six in the next four races.[65] 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.[66] Chadwick scored her best result to date in race 3 at theIndianapolis Motor Speedway, finishing on the podium in third place. She became the first woman to finish on the podium inIndy NXT sincePippa Mann in2010.[67] In race 6 atRoad America she took a lights to flag victory, to convert her maiden pole position to a maiden win, becoming the first woman to win in Indy NXT/Indy Lights sincePippa Mann in2010. She also became the first woman in series history to claim a road course pole and road course win.[68]
On 31 July 2024, it was announced that Chadwick would be taking part in an officialIndyCar test with Andretti Global atBarber Motosports Park on 30 September.[69]
In December 2024, Chadwick signed withIDEC Sport for the2025 European Le Mans Series, driving alongsideLogan Sargeant and Mathys Jaubert.[70] The team is run in collaboration withGenesis Magma Racing, as the latter prepares for aLe Mans Hypercar debut in the 2026 FIA World Endurance Championship.[71] Sargeant later withdrew prior to the start of the season, and was replaced byDaniel Juncadella.[72][73]
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position in class) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap in class)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Pos | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | JHR Developments | BHI 1 7 | BHI 2 7 | DON 1 6 | DON 2 11 | THR 1 Ret | THR 2 13 | OUL 1 7 | OUL 2 9 | CRO 1 Ret | CRO 2 9 | SNE 1 9 | SNE 2 11 | KNO 1 9 | KNO 2 5 | ROC 1 7 | ROC 2 7 | SIL 1 8 | SIL 2 14 | BHGP 1 7 | BHGP 2 Ret | 10th | 221 |
| 2014 | JHR Developments | BHI 1 3 | BHI 2 Ret | DON 1 11 | DON 2 Ret | THR 1 3 | THR 2 5 | OUL 1 7 | OUL 2 4 | CRO 1 4 | CRO 2 13 | SNE 1 7 | SNE 2 8 | KNO 1 Ret | KNO 2 3 | ROC 1 3 | ROC 2 6 | SIL 1 3 | SIL 2 Ret | BHGP 1 10 | BHGP 2 Ret | 8th | 287 |
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| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Pos | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Beechdean-AMR | Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4 | GT4 | OUL 1 12 | OUL 2 DSQ | ROC 1 11 | SIL 1 11 | SPA 1 15 | BRH 1 13 | SNE 1 18 | SNE 2 17 | DON 1 EX | 1st | 164.5 |
| 2016 | Generation AMR SuperRacing | Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4 | GT4 | BRH 1 13 | ROC 1 20 | OUL 1 | OUL 2 | SIL 1 | 15th | 29 | ||||
| Beechdean-AMR | SPA 1 28 | SNE 1 23 | SNE 2 20 | DON 1 20 | ||||||||||
| Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Car no. | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 |
| Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4 | 35 | 3 | 529 | 1st | 1st |
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| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Double R Racing | OUL 1 11 | OUL 2 DSQ | OUL 3 Ret | ROC 1 8 | ROC 2 3 | ROC 3 11 | SNE1 1 7 | SNE1 2 7 | SNE1 3 12 | SIL 1 9 | SIL 2 10 | SIL 3 15 | SPA 1 6 | SPA 2 10 | SPA 3 11 | BRH 1 11 | BRH 2 5 | BRH 3 15 | SNE2 1 9 | SNE2 2 7 | SNE2 3 11 | DON 1 9 | DON 2 11 | DON 3 7 | 9th | 264 |
| 2018 | Douglas Motorsport | OUL 1 8 | OUL 2 36 | OUL 3 7 | ROC 1 9 | ROC 2 10 | ROC 3 Ret | SNE 1 13 | SNE 2 13 | SNE 3 7 | SIL1 1 5 | SIL1 2 94 | SIL1 3 13 | SPA 1 12 | SPA 2 52 | SPA 3 12 | BRH 1 12 | BRH 2 13 | BRH 3 11 | DON 1 10 | DON 2 12 | DON 3 4 | SIL2 1 9 | SIL2 2 8 | SIL2 3 C | 8th | 260 |
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| Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | DUB 1 2 | DUB 2 4 | DUB 3 2 | DUB 4 5 | DUB 5 2 | BHR 1 4 | BHR 2 1 | BHR 3 4 | BHR 4 1 | BHR 5 1 | CHE 1 5 | CHE 2 1 | CHE 3 5 | CHE 4 1 | CHE 5 1 | 1st | 280 |
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| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Seven GP | SEP 1 6 | SEP 2 12 | SEP 3 5 | CHA 1 | CHA 2 | CHA 3 | SUZ 1 | SUZ 2 | SUZ 3 | SIC1 1 | SIC1 2 | SIC1 3 | SIC2 1 | SIC2 2 | SIC2 3 | 14th | 18 |
| 2019-20 | Absolute Racing | SEP1 1 7 | SEP1 2 10 | SEP1 3 8 | DUB 1 6 | DUB 2 11 | DUB 3 8 | ABU 1 9 | ABU 2 8 | ABU 3 9 | SEP2 1 3 | SEP2 2 4 | SEP2 3 6 | CHA 1 2 | CHA 2 2 | CHA 3 3 | 4th | 139 |
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| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Hitech GP | HOC 1 | ZOL 2 | MIS 1 | NOR 3 | ASS 3 | BRH 4 | 1st | 110 | ||
| 2021 | Veloce Racing | RBR 6 | RBR 1 | SIL 3 | HUN 1 | SPA 2 | ZAN 2 | COA 1 | COA 1 | 1st | 159 |
| 2022 | Jenner Racing | MIA 1 | MIA 1 | CAT 1 | SIL 1 | LEC 1 | HUN 2 | SIN Ret | 1st | 143 | |
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| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Prema Powerteam | MIS 1 3 | MIS 2 8 | MIS 3 6 | LEC 1 10 | LEC 2 10† | LEC 3 9 | RBR 1 Ret | RBR 2 10 | RBR 3 5 | MUG 1 9 | MUG 2 7 | MUG 3 8 | MNZ 1 10 | MNZ 2 Ret | MNZ 3 8 | CAT 1 10 | CAT 2 9 | CAT 3 10 | IMO 1 Ret | IMO 2 9 | IMO 3 10 | VLL 1 8 | VLL 2 C | VLL 3 7 | 9th | 80 |
† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.
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| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Veloce Racing | Spark ODYSSEY 21 | DES Q 9 | DES R WD | OCE Q 5 | OCE R 2 | ARC Q | ARC R | ISL Q | ISL R | JUR Q 6 | JUR R 6 | 10th | 48 |
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| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Andretti Autosport | STP 13 | ALA 11 | IMS1 15 | DET1 11 | DET2 16 | RDA 15 | MOH 10 | IOW 10 | NSH 8 | IMS2 10 | GMP 12 | POR 6 | LAG1 15 | LAG2 12 | 12th | 262 |
| 2024 | Andretti Global | STP 20 | ALA 20 | IMS1 3 | IMS2 16 | DET 12 | RDA 1* | LAG1 9 | LAG2 6 | MOH 10 | IOW 7 | GMP 16 | POR 14 | MIL 5 | NSH 17 | 7th | 310 |
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| Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | IDEC Sport | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | CAT 1 | LEC 1 | IMO 11 | SPA 11 | SIL 1 | ALG 3 | 3rd | 90 |
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 206 | DNF | DNF |
| Sporting positions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Ross Wylie Jake Giddings | British GT Championship GT4 Champion 2015 With: Ross Gunn | Succeeded by Graham Johnson Mike Robinson |
| Preceded by | MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Champion 2018–19 | Succeeded by Michelangelo Amendola |
| Preceded by Inaugural | W Series Champion 2019–2022 | Succeeded by None (Series ended) |