(Reuters) – Reigning champion Jamie Chadwick will drive for the Caitlyn Jenner-owned Jenner Racing team in the 2022 W Series, the all-female motor racing championship stated on Tuesday.
Briton Chadwick, the Inaugural W Series champion, efficiently defended her title final yr after the sequence didn’t happen in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Williams Formula One growth driver will bid for a hat-trick of titles working alongside Jenner, the team principal overseeing the day-to-day operating of the newly-formed team.
“I’m actually excited to be returning to W Series to defend my title,” Chadwick stated. “To be requested to return by Jenner Racing was a chance I did not suppose twice about. Together, we’re targeted on doing all we will to win title quantity three.
“I’ve spoken to Caitlyn Jenner and her imaginative and prescient for the team is superb. I’ve zero doubt that she can be ready to assist take my profession to the subsequent degree.,” the 23-year-old added.
“This is an enormous growth yr for me. I’ve plans to run a supporting racing programme and I’ve made no secret of my want to compete in F3 and F2.”
The W Series visits 5 new circuits in 2022 as a part of an eight-race calendar in which groups compete on the identical weekends as Formula One for the second successive yr.
The sequence begins in Miami from May 6-8 as a assist occasion for the inaugural Formula One Miami Grand Prix across the Hard Rock Stadium.
(Reporting by Aadi Nair in Bengaluru, enhancing by Ed Osmond)
