Jamie Chadwick completes first Formula 1 test with Williams
Jamie Chadwick completed her first Formula 1 test in a Williams at Portimão, driving 32 laps and describing the experience as possibly the best day of her life so far.
Chadwick drove Williams’s FW47, its 2025 Formula 1 car, at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve on 21 September. Williams said its team ambassador and F1 Academy adviser completed 32 laps, becoming the second woman to test one of its cars after Susie Wolff in 2015.
In comments published by Formula 1 on 24 September, Chadwick said driving the car at speed around Portimão was ‘everything I imagined and 10 times more’. She added: ‘I’d go as far as saying it’s been the best day of my life so far.’
Williams team principal James Vowles praised her feedback and said she had gathered useful data ahead of Formula 1’s planned return to Portimão next year.
Chadwick said she hoped the experience would help her own racing and give her something valuable to pass on to younger drivers.
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Formula 1 published Chadwick’s comments on 24 September; Williams published the test details and its team principal’s assessment.