Jamie Chadwick - First competitive female driver in F1?
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Yes, unfortunate, and may have had damage. But, it will be a tough year for her.
Linus Lundquist, last year's winner, said it was a difficult series and he did 3 years in the US.
And the Livestream commentary I heard said it was the biggest grid they've had - 9 experienced, and 10 rookies, but only Nannini and Chadwick are brand new to the US street and oval format. So, top 10s will be respectable.
Linus Lundquist, last year's winner, said it was a difficult series and he did 3 years in the US.
And the Livestream commentary I heard said it was the biggest grid they've had - 9 experienced, and 10 rookies, but only Nannini and Chadwick are brand new to the US street and oval format. So, top 10s will be respectable.
She's starting tomorrow from second to last after qualifying (17th). She has commented on the how physically demanding the track is in Alabama on her instagram. Yet she has a pretty intense training regimen.
I kind of wonder if having an all woman's racing league is a rather bad idea.
Google News search function pulls nothing up when I type in her name but has her image and name as a 'topic'.
I kind of wonder if having an all woman's racing league is a rather bad idea.
Google News search function pulls nothing up when I type in her name but has her image and name as a 'topic'.
Edited by PiB on Sunday 30th April 03:51
In other news Lilou Wadoux won GT Am at the Spa 6 hours yesterday, in her stint, caught and passed every car in the field, gave her team mate a lead which he held to the end, she is very young.
Doriane Pin 19 did a great job in LMP2, and the Iron Dames had a tough weekend actually not front running pace but still got top 5 think in GTE Am.
Doriane Pin 19 did a great job in LMP2, and the Iron Dames had a tough weekend actually not front running pace but still got top 5 think in GTE Am.
LukeBrown66 said:
In other news Lilou Wadoux won GT Am at the Spa 6 hours yesterday, in her stint, caught and passed every car in the field, gave her team mate a lead which he held to the end, she is very young.
Doriane Pin 19 did a great job in LMP2, and the Iron Dames had a tough weekend actually not front running pace but still got top 5 think in GTE Am.
Indeed, all those women drivers are doing far more impressive jobs than Jamie. The Iron Dames team are genuinely on the pace quality drivers.Doriane Pin 19 did a great job in LMP2, and the Iron Dames had a tough weekend actually not front running pace but still got top 5 think in GTE Am.
The only thing I will say is that Chadwick is going up against professionals who are pushing to be the next big thing.
the endurance racing teams are often racing against amateurs who are racing, it does not lessen their achievement as often the girls in the GT cars are as quick as the top drivers as it is Pro/Am as we know, but Jamie is in a new series, learning, so I hope she is given the chance to learn.
the endurance racing teams are often racing against amateurs who are racing, it does not lessen their achievement as often the girls in the GT cars are as quick as the top drivers as it is Pro/Am as we know, but Jamie is in a new series, learning, so I hope she is given the chance to learn.
500TORQUES said:
LukeBrown66 said:
The only thing I will say is that Chadwick is going up against professionals who are pushing to be the next big thing.
The subject of this thread is "Jamie Chadwick - First competitive female driver in F1?"She is supposed to be one of those professionals Luke.
LukeBrown66 said:
In other news Lilou Wadoux won GT Am at the Spa 6 hours yesterday, in her stint, caught and passed every car in the field, gave her team mate a lead which he held to the end, she is very young.
That was a stunning stint, and she was suitably humble about it during the in-race interview, I thought.I am not going to rip the bottom off of a driver who has done all she can up to now, won a bunch of money and decided to take a chance on learning a totally new way of driving in the States. A lot of drivers have tried it and failed and she might be one too. but you have to give her a chance.
if it does not work I am sure she can find plenty of work in WEC or ELMS and start proving people wrong, but there is nothing wrong with chasing that single seater dream at the moment.
if it does not work I am sure she can find plenty of work in WEC or ELMS and start proving people wrong, but there is nothing wrong with chasing that single seater dream at the moment.
LukeBrown66 said:
I am not going to rip the bottom off of a driver who has done all she can up to now, won a bunch of money and decided to take a chance on learning a totally new way of driving in the States. A lot of drivers have tried it and failed and she might be one too. but you have to give her a chance.
if it does not work I am sure she can find plenty of work in WEC or ELMS and start proving people wrong, but there is nothing wrong with chasing that single seater dream at the moment.
I don't always agree with you, Luke, but on this I am in 100% in agreement with you if it does not work I am sure she can find plenty of work in WEC or ELMS and start proving people wrong, but there is nothing wrong with chasing that single seater dream at the moment.
New way of driving? It's just your average run of the mill low-mid range single seater on a traditional road course this weekend.
Started at the back and had a shunt with a fellow backmarker on lap one and is now circulating 1.5 seconds off the pace. Not a great second effort. There are rookies running 2-3 at the moment.
Started at the back and had a shunt with a fellow backmarker on lap one and is now circulating 1.5 seconds off the pace. Not a great second effort. There are rookies running 2-3 at the moment.
500TORQUES said:
New way of driving? It's just your average run of the mill low-mid range single seater on a traditional road course this weekend.
Started at the back and had a shunt with a fellow backmarker on lap one and is now circulating 1.5 seconds off the pace. Not a great second effort. There are rookies running 2-3 at the moment.
Driver in front went off and came straight back on at the exit of turn 1, came back on into the car on her right and she was on the outside and got hit by the car in the middle. Not her fault.Started at the back and had a shunt with a fellow backmarker on lap one and is now circulating 1.5 seconds off the pace. Not a great second effort. There are rookies running 2-3 at the moment.
JonChalk said:
LukeBrown66 said:
I am not going to rip the bottom off of a driver who has done all she can up to now, won a bunch of money and decided to take a chance on learning a totally new way of driving in the States. A lot of drivers have tried it and failed and she might be one too. but you have to give her a chance.
if it does not work I am sure she can find plenty of work in WEC or ELMS and start proving people wrong, but there is nothing wrong with chasing that single seater dream at the moment.
I don't always agree with you, Luke, but on this I am in 100% in agreement with you if it does not work I am sure she can find plenty of work in WEC or ELMS and start proving people wrong, but there is nothing wrong with chasing that single seater dream at the moment.
500TORQUES said:
New way of driving? It's just your average run of the mill low-mid range single seater on a traditional road course this weekend.
Started at the back and had a shunt with a fellow backmarker on lap one and is now circulating 1.5 seconds off the pace. Not a great second effort. There are rookies running 2-3 at the moment.
Plenty of examples of drivers with far more experience who have gone from one series were they were at the top to another where they were at the bottom even though the basics of the cars seem the same.Started at the back and had a shunt with a fellow backmarker on lap one and is now circulating 1.5 seconds off the pace. Not a great second effort. There are rookies running 2-3 at the moment.
It doesn't mean those drivers are rubbish.
Tazar said:
I see that David Dicker, the guy who owns Rodin and has bought into Carlin , is putting himself forward for a F1 team . Interestingly he has spoken of Jamie as one of his drivers. Maybe this has been mentioned earlier in this post but it’s an interesting talking point.
I mean it's interesting but it's still incredibly unlikely. Andretti Cadillac are much further ahead and not guaranteed for a 2026 entry either. He also apparently would run it out of New Zealand which is ambitious to say the least. I'd like to see if new teams can come in and have a good go of it but it's incredibly hard.Not to mention that Chadwick is currently the only female with enough points for a super license and no guarantee she'll still have enough points in a few seasons time with her needing to win NXT for consecutive years or move up to Indy and be super competitive.
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