Tetbury's Jamie Chadwick wins first ever W-series title

West Country
Jamie Chadwick
Somerset
Wiltshire
Monday 12 August 2019 at 3:55pm

Jamie Chadwick is the first to win the title Credit: W Series

Jamie Chadwick, from Tetbury in Gloucestershire, is the inaugural W Series Champion after winning the first ever single-seater series exclusively for female drivers yesterday afternoon (Sunday 11 August).

The 21-year old started from pole position at Brands Hatch in Kent, and took the lead at the start of the championship finale.

The 21-year old from Bath clinched the title after a fourth-place finish Credit: W Series

Jamie, Alice Powell and Emma Kimilainen circulated at the front in close formation for the first 10 minutes of the race.

Jamie finished fourth, the first time this season that she had failed to record a podium finish, but she had done enough to win the championship overall.

Jamie Chadwick said:

To be the inaugural W Series champion is simply unbelievable. It’ll sink in soon I’m sure, but it hasn’t yet. This year has been a whirlwind, and today’s race was more intense than any other racing day I’ve ever had. Even though I finished only fourth, I was just so happy finally to cross the line and secure the championship. The whole W Series experience has been incredible. At the beginning of the year I thought it just might be a great season. I suspected that W Series had the potential to be something big, but I never expected it to be this big. Obviously, each race has got bigger and better but coming here to Brands Hatch, my home circuit, well, I’ve simply never experienced anything like it. I’ve never felt attention from the spectators as much as I did today, and that really is a credit to W Series. It’s been an incredible opportunity for all of us, and the things I’ve been able to go on to do alongside W Series have made it by far the best year of my career so far.