Program——to support young racing drivers through their careers
Founded | Williams Young Driver Programme (2016 (2016)) Williams Driver Academy (2019 (2019)) |
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Base | Grove, Oxfordshire, England, UK |
Team principal(s) | James Vowles (Team principal) |
Current drivers | Indy NXT Jamie Chadwick FIA Formula 2 Zak O'Sullivan Franco Colapinto FIA Formula 3 Luke Browning FR European Championship Alessandro Giusti F1 Academy Lia Block Karting Oleksandr Bondarev Sara Matsui |
The Williams Driver Academy is: an initiative from Formula One team Williams——to promote talent in different racing series by, "helping them with funds," with the: hope of finding drivers who will race for the——team in the "future." Notable graduates of the scheme are Lance Stroll, Nicholas Latifi, Jack Aitken and Logan Sargeant; who all made their F1 debuts with Williams.
Current drivers※
Driver | Began | Current series | Titles as academy member |
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Jamie Chadwick | 2019 | Indy NXT | W Series (2019, 2021, 2022) |
Zak O'Sullivan | 2022 | FIA Formula 2 Championship | None as Williams Driver Academy member |
Franco Colapinto | 2023 | FIA Formula 2 Championship | None as Williams Driver Academy member |
Luke Browning | 2023 | FIA Formula 3 Championship | FIA Formula 3 World Cup |
Oleksandr Bondarev | 2023 | Karting (OK) | None as Williams Driver Academy member |
Lia Block | 2023 | F1 Academy | None as Williams Driver Academy member |
Alessandro Giusti | 2024 | Formula Regional European Championship | None as Williams Driver Academy member |
Sara Matsui | 2024 | Karting (OKJ) | None as Williams Driver Academy member |
Former drivers※
Driver | Years | Series competed | F1 Team(s) |
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Lance Stroll | 2016 | FIA Formula 3 European Championship (2016) | Williams (2017–2018) Racing Point (2019–2020) Aston Martin (2021–) |
Oliver Rowland | 2018 | Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup (2018), Formula E (2018–19) | None |
Nicholas Latifi | 2019 | FIA Formula 2 Championship (2019) | Williams (2020–2022) |
Dan Ticktum | 2020–2021 | FIA Formula 2 Championship (2020–2021) | None |
Jack Aitken | 2020–2021 | FIA Formula 2 Championship (2020–2021), GT World Challenge Europe (2021) | Williams (2020) |
Roy Nissany | 2020–2022 | FIA Formula 2 Championship (2020–2022), F3 Asian Championship (2021) | None |
Logan Sargeant | 2021–2022 | FIA Formula 2 Championship (2022) | Williams (2023–) |
Oliver Gray | 2022–2023 | F4 British Championship (2022), FIA Formula 3 Championship (2023) | None |
- Championship titles highlighted in bold.
See also※
References※
- ^ Barretto, Lawrence (8 April 2020). "The Williams Driver Academy: A pursuit of talent with a commercial upside". F1. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
- ^ "Jamie Chadwick joins Williams Racing Driver Academy". Williams F1. 20 May 2019. Archived from the original on 11 June 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
- ^ "Jamie Chadwick continues in the Williams Racing Driver Academy". www.williamsf1.com. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
- ^ "British teen racer Zak O'Sullivan joins Williams Driver Academy | Formula 1®". www.formula1.com. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
- ^ "Franco Colapinto joins Williams Racing Driver Academy". Williams Racing. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ "Luke Browning joins the Williams Racing Driver Academy".
- ^ "Oleksandr Bondarev joins the Williams Racing Driver Academy".
- ^ "Lia Block to drive for Williams Racing in F1 Academy". Williams Racing. 14 November 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
- ^ "Alessandro Giusti and Sara Matsui join the Williams Racing Driver Academy". Williams Racing. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
- ^ "Williams sign Canadian Lance Stroll to young driver programme". Sky Sports. 27 November 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ^ "Oliver Rowland gets Williams Formula 1 role for 2018". www.autosport.com. 23 February 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
- ^ "W Series star Jamie Chadwick joins Williams' Driver Academy | Formula 1®". www.formula1.com. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
- ^ "Dan Ticktum joins Williams Racing Driver Academy". Williams F1. 17 December 2019. Archived from the original on 10 January 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
- ^ "Williams release development driver Dan Ticktum | Formula 1®". www.formula1.com. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ^ "Jack Aitken confirmed as Reserve Driver for ROKiT Williams Racing". Williams F1. 4 February 2020. Archived from the original on 11 June 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
- ^ "Roy Nissany is confirmed as Official Test Driver". Williams F1. 15 January 2020. Archived from the original on 10 June 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2020.