Williams development driver Jamie Chadwick is having a hard time finding her footing in the INDY NXT category. ✍️ Formula_Nerds then have taken an in-depth look at the three-time W Series champ's struggles. jamiechadwick williams Formula1 f1
Jamie Chadwick, three-time W Series champion, has had a tough time adjusting to INDY NXT. It’s been a surprise for some people, who, given her previous success, expected her to dominate the category much like she dominated in W Series. But are those expectations fair, given the circumstances?INDY NXT isn’t one of the more well-known feeder series, like Formula 2 or Formula 3.
But W Series was unique: it didn’t have a specific series below it or above it. This structure was a large part of the reason the category came under so much criticism in its later years: it was set up as a way to promote female drivers in motorsport but provided no tangible way for them to progress out of it.
After placing third in her first race in the category, Chadwick went on to have a few other respectable finishes to place ninth overall, albeit behind two drivers who only raced in three of the eight rounds. But just a brief look at some of the drivers who have come out of INDY NXT in recent years proves that isn’t true. Drivers like Colton Herta, Pato O’Ward, Rinus VeeKay, and Kyle Kirkwood all graduated from INDY NXT to IndyCar in the past four seasons and are now all race winners in one of the most competitive top series of all time.
Christian Rasmussen, the current championship leader, has only finished outside of the top three once in every single-seater series he’s raced in. He’s also coming into his second season of INDY NXT as a champion of both the prior levels of the Road To Indy ladder. Kyffin Simpson, age 18, is already a race winner in the IMSA SportsCar Championship and the Asian Le Mans Series. Already in 2023, he’s competed in IMSA, the Asian Le Mans Series, and the European Le Mans Series, and that’s on top of his INDY NXT campaign.
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