Jamie Chadwick: W Collection champion to race in Indy NXT championship with Andretti Autosport | NEWSRUX

Britain’s Jamie Chadwick will turn into the primary lady in 13 years to compete full-time within the Indy NXT championship; Chadwick has received all three editions of the W Collection championship and has served as a growth driver for Method 1’s Williams workforce

W Collection champion Jamie Chadwick will make her American racing sequence debut within the Indy NXT championship after becoming a member of Andretti Autosport for the 2023 season.

Britain’s Chadwick will turn into the primary lady in 13 years to compete full-time within the championship, which is the chief assist occasion to the IndyCar Collection and was previously generally known as Indy Lights.

Chadwick, 24, has established herself because the main feminine driver in motorsport, having received all three editions of the W Collection since its inaugural season in 2019 and in addition served as a growth driver for Method 1’s Williams workforce.

“I am massively excited to be becoming a member of Andretti Autosport for the 2023 Indy NXT season,” Chadwick mentioned.

“My purpose is all the time to problem myself and proceed my development as a driver and this represents not solely an enormous step up but additionally an enormous step in direction of my objective of competing within the highest classes of single seater racing.

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Anthony Davidson believes W Collection champion Jamie Chadwick has a really vibrant future within the sport after she claimed her third W Collection title.

“Andretti Autosport’s standing within the sport is second to none and I hope to carry extra success to such a prestigious workforce. I am unable to wait to get began.”

Chadwick’s debut will come on the season opener on a road circuit in St Petersburg, Florida on March 5.

Andretti Autosport chairman Michael Andretti mentioned: “Jamie’s profitable profession speaks for itself, however the Indy NXT sequence offers Jamie the chance to proceed her growth in a brand new sort of racing.

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Try the successful drives that topped W Collection reigning champion Jamie Chadwick and F1 World Champion Max Verstappen.

“We have turned out 5 Indy NXT champions over time and stay up for persevering with our function in creating new expertise.”

Chadwick will drive the workforce’s No 28 automotive and race alongside team-mates Hunter McElrea and Louis Foster.

The Indy NXT championship is contested over 14 rounds at 11 circuits, with the season finale happening in Monterey, California in September.