People also need to realise that not making it into F1 isn't a disaster. She most likely will have an amazing career in endurance racing or the newer kinds of motorsport like Extreme E and that will be an achievement in itself
Exactly and I also hate when some drivers like Buemi, Kobayashi, Vergne, Vandoorne are labeled F1 rejects when they've gone on to be really successful in other categories You don't call uni students "Ivy League rejects" or "Oxbridge rejects" on a daily so I don't really see why it happens in motorsport
But if its the dream of the driver to get to F1 and lets face it, EVERYONE i imagine who dreams of being a driver dreams of being in F1 will be a disaster for them. I don't know of a driver apart from a rally driver who doesn't dream of being in F1.
You're right. F1 needs someone like Michéle Mouton, but I doubt we'd see that anytime soon. See rallying is and has always been more of a grass roots sport and a lot easier to access than F1. Competing on a local level is hell of a lot cheaper than enterig most open wheel feeder series.
And I do think rallying is more beneficial to women seeing as they're less prone to the red mist, so less likely to crash. No point being ridiculously fast if you're always crashing.
I would love Jamie to get a chance. Even if it's just practice sessions in the short term, I'd love to see where she is in that Williams. Also, if a decent team would like to give her an F2 seat, that'd be nice.
she had a prema seat in freca and drowned horrendusly. Vips drove half a season , had a car that had brakes on for half of the season and still beat her
@@HyperAva88 I'm not expecting her to set the world alight, but if she's able to compete, even slightly, that's a good thing. This might sound controversial, but I genuinely belive we need drivers like Jamie to inspire other generations, and boost the number of young girls in karts. If that means she gets a seat ahead of a more 'deserving' driver, so be it. As long as she's not going to drown, that's good enough.
@@mikeymike1792 We already have women inspiring young girls all around the world in Endurance and GT racing, but it would be amazing if she can get into the top flight of Motorsport.
@@julian2626 No question, but there's also no question that Formula 1 and F2 are significantly higher profile. The more that make it to prominent series, the better.
@@mikeymike1792 Thats.. She is going to drown and just taking a seat in a allready congested junior formula gem (F2) just for the sake of pr whilst she will drown massively just dosent sit right with me.
I've always thought that the winner of W series should get a fully funded season in F3 as the prize. Then if they are good enough they will move to F2 and eventually F1
I see what you're trying to do, but what if someone like Kimilainen wins the championship? I don't think it's fair to have a 30 year old racing against a bunch of 18 year olds in F3...
@@knoxville1782 that is the most correct thing I've heard this year. Age doesn't matter that much anymore in racing, but more of talent, if mick was in a good car like Alonso, he could beat him sometimes. Cant base things off age.
There have been 4 W series races so far this year and she has won all 4 of them. She's at 100 points and if she can keep this up, she may be able to make it someday. I seriously hope so
@@vaxan5126 l think you need to revise the meaning of the words "may be able to". The word "translates", in this context, would only be correct if I said "will be able to". There are many drivers with her talent who also didn't get into Formula 1
Drivers are not switching...drivers can`t make it into F1 or once there are not good enough to continue in it so they go in other places. NO ONE EVER was a great F1 driver but went to other stuff.
@@de_gree I thought you meant now. He just took a break in 2010...like many others. You can see an interview with Nico Rosberg saying that going from F1 to other series is like playing for a top team and then going to a second league.
The first time I watched the w series I was amazed of how much faster she was than the rest of the whole field. I’m not that confident that she will make it to F1 but I think she will have a amazing career at things like endurance
I think Jamie may have run out of time to make it to the top series in open-wheelers (although Formula E would be a good fit for her), but I do think she's got a great future in sports car racing, and that would make it a great career for her. If we're going to get a female driver in Formula 1, it's probably going to be one of the younger ones, like Pulling, Sidorkova, Stevens, Weug or Noda, but they need more seasoning & somebody with money to believe in them & back them the way Tatiana Calderon is (no hate on her, I hope she kills it in IndyCar).
@@injeolmi6 She's a really good talent for her age, she's pretty pacey, but she needs more experience. She needs to run in multiple series this year, the more racing she can do, the better for her.
Calderon was 2019,2020 and 2021 always last in almost every formula race she entered finished 2019 EVEN behind Raghunatan a goad that should never allowed to drive an F2 car soo....how will she achive anything in Indy Car?.....basically last place als always
@@Zero.X I mean, the guy that definitely hit Grojean in Baku won an Indycar race after being on 2 wheels at one point during said race, so who the fuck knows
Chadwick is an excellent driver. I was one of those that thought at first the W series was stupid and a step backwards, by segregating women. But it turns out the driving was fantastic and given the parity between the cars, to see her so dramatically stand out from the pack was pretty telling. I don’t know that she’ll make it to F1, but she’s definitely earned the right to be in the conversation.
The only thing you prove by winning W series is that your not an amateur because unfortunately the talent pool of capable female drivers is not very large as of late. There was a lot of money thrown at W series that she got a nice cut of from winning but women don't need more money than men to get into f1, you need more women to partake in motorsport to increase the odds of one being special. But encouraging anyone to enter motorsport is morally ambiguous at best so whatever. Sorry for the long comment ;)
@@lukewood2662 Even Mazepin showed better results than her in Asian F3, and look where he is in relation to other F1 drivers are concerned: Arguably well short of what is acceptable in terms of talent. Even with that, even Mazepin had moderate success in the junior brackets. That's something Chadwick hasn't got, and winning a gimmick title against a bunch of female nobodies isn't close to cutting it. I think for most of the people who are insisting she's good enough for F1 are doing because of her looks rather than her ability, because in terms of the latter, she has very little if none at all. I wonder if all these people would be so vocal in defending her if she was less appealing on the eye.
I think she could perfectly fit in Extreme E or Formula E because for F1 the chance are too low for her because with a younger getting driver line up the chance of getting into F1 is getting smaller for everyone
She's done Extreme E and wasn't the strongest. There's some SUPER good drivers in there and Jamie's experience is more track-based than off-road. She's not even taking part this year. Form E would be a good bet, but that seems to have a pretty static driver pool so I'm not expecting anything there any time soon.
I would be happy with any woman winning F2 race(s). That would be a proper step-up. W-Series just proven that it's hard to find 10+ women with skills even close to Chadwick (she destroyed that grid, consistently). W NEED MORE WOMEN in ANY RACING SERIES. When 0.001% of drivers is considered top of the world... it would MAYBE mean 1 woman (if we are lucky)!
She did Extreme E last year. This year she is not participating any more. She was also, as far as I know, the only one last year without an off-road background. Of course, that makes it difficult in a series like this.
A women who doesn't get much mention who definitely should is Molly Taylor, she won the Australian Rally Championship and then won last year's first Extreme E season. Amazing talent who is somehow struggling to find a full time drive anywhere this year.
I'd have thought if anyone could have made the leap it would have been Sophia Flörsch pre her horror crash at Macau, since then I feel like she's not been the same kind of driver which is a really big shame.
Sophia doesn't deserve 90% of the flak she's getting. Yes, she isn't the biggest talent out there and yes, she isn't fast but i still root for her because she didn't back down from racing after that chrash and i cheer the minorities on in motorsport as i relate with them a bit.
Nah, in my opinion she was overhyped. She is a good driver, but she was never a wonderkid, and her results were not impressive either. Chadwick is way better than her.
Sophia was actually recently signed on to 1x FIA WEC and 3x ELMS LMP2 champion Team G-Drive racing, alongside Daniil Kvyat and Roman Rusinoff for the 2022 season. I have a feeling she might fit those shoes extremely well
I've had the privilege of knowing her at the start of her career in Ginetta Juniors. The issue she has is lack of backing (as always!). Even when she won the WSeres, it still wasn't enough to enter a competitive series partnered with a decent team.
remember watching her on friday last year at spa, she was leagues above the others in the w series. You could see that she was taking better lines with your bare eyes.. If anyone can do it, it's her
The problem is that while she may be leaps ahead of the rest in the really low quality W Series grid, the rest of the drivers in other Formula Regional level series are also leaps ahead of her. Her season in F.R.E.C. highlighted this, she finished behind two drivers who only entered a handful of races compared to her full season. This wouldn't happen to a driver that is actually worthy of being there.
We don't NEED representation. But if female drivers are able to compete at the top levels, there should be no reason why they shouldn't be given a seat
Unfortunately, I fear she's too old these days, she hasn't had enough seasons in feeder (not counting WS), I don't think there will be enough time to cultivate a seasonable driver from her. Which is a shame because, I really rate her and do believe that with time she could well have had the potential. I like the look of Pulling though, I think she's younger although even she will run out of time, I don't think she's had enough milage either.. We just need more girls that will inspire more girls to see the space as viable, I do think we'll get there, soon and part of that is thanks to people like Chadwick.
We shouldn't have more female drivers for the sake of having female drivers... But i do say F1 (motorsports in general) need to provide equal OPPORTUNITIES to both sexes. After all, the driver is in that seat as their purpose is to get points and win. If there's a empty seat at Alpine and the top 2 contenders for those seats are between a male and a female, of which the female is better at racing, then pick her!
@@classicjoker2008 That's what would happen if there was a female in contention that's better than a male driver. But there aren't any because you need to start racing at a very young age to get there. That's more of a family support issue. At most there can be an effort for making racing cheaper for everyone in feeder series and karting.
shes older for sure, but there would still be people in F2 older than her if she is able to join in the next few years (Nissany is 27 while Chadwick is only 23)
i really wished Katherine Legge would've been signed by Minardi in 2005. she had good pace in the tests. Thing is, we have talented female drivers, but a large majority are no longer formula 1 rookie age. Nielsen, Legge, Frey, are all in their 30s n 40s. there are very few in that rookie age.
I don't know if she will make it but I really really wish Jamie can find some absolutely banger sponsors so she can at least have a season in f2 and enough superlicense points to go up to f1. She is an absolute inspiration and a really talented driver, she just needs the opportunity to grow and develop her skills like male drivers her age have
The best compliment I can give this channel is that Josh Revell is to F1 youtube what Squidge is to Rugby. I love your content mate and I hope 2022 gives you all the subs you richly deserve
She is currently in a very interesting spot for sponsors to invest in imo. Putting her in F2 would be great just so people can finally compare her to other known drivers
I watched her (and most of the young Brits in F1, and others - including non-Brits - who've gone on to do well in other major formulae) in Ginetta Jr, and she could, and did, take it to the guys on a regular basis. Trust me, those kids are really good. You may have heard of a few other drivers, with names like Norris and Russell, who may not have been in the same years as her (it was a while back and the various seasons run into each other), but she was definitely up against some serious talent. Some weekends, there was better driving in the Ginetta Jr series than the Senior and even the British Touring Car Championship races. I'm not kidding. Had she had a decent run from the start of her racing career (thank you "need for finances"...), she could well be a lot further into it than she is. You can only ever drive as well as your car will let you (this is something that was said a lot about the new guys at the back of the F1 grid over the last few years), and she's rarely been in the best, or even close to the best, team. Unfortunately, I don't think F1 has any intention of _actually_ putting their money where their mouth is, and few, if any ladies will get a chance at an actual seat for a whole season. They're paying lip-service to "equality" and that's where it will end. Btw, what do you think about Masi getting the boot? They're bringing in 2 directors to alternate between races, one of whom is Edouard de Freitas (apologies if I've misspelled his name). I know him from WEC and he's absolutely brilliant. I've never heard him back down once he's made a decision, and though he's a "by the book" man, he's also got common sense. F1 just struck lucky IMHO.
@@miguelcardoso1903 I mean he did fuck up at the wec finale in Bahrain. Worse than Abu Dhabi for me, it was an absolute joke and showed true incompetence
Massive cope and crap logic. F1 teams WOULD LOVE TO HIRE A FEMALE DRIVER for the PR, sponsorships etc. If any female driver was even in f2 on merit and not off the pace they'd do so Jamie Chadwick isn't even good world f3 level
Masi deserved it. I'm a Max fan but even I feel like removing all the backmarkers between Hamilton and Verstappen was an idiotic move. If only whiting was still alive.
Apart from Jamie, who I believe will get to f1, another woman to look out for in the ranks is Abbi pulling (like josh said at the end, I’ll put a profile here): 1. 2nd in junior tkm in 2016 2. Super 1 junior tkm champion 2017 and 18 3. British f4 in 2020 - 6th in the standings with 4 podiums 4. 2021 W series (which Jamie has won the championship twice) 7th in the standings with 1 podium and 1 pole position
We need to see her in F3 or F2. I wish W series wasn't a thing but the sad state of affairs in motorsport means it has to be a thing, but you're not gonna get a launchpad into F1 from there. You can though, I believe, get a launchpad into F3 or even F2 if you're good enough and that's where Chadwick needs to be racing, she's defo good enough to be in that series and really really should be given that chance! But it's looking brighter for female open wheel drivers, thanks to w series, it's helped us find Abbi Pulling and Emma Kimilainen (I've defo spelt that wrong) who are also good prospects for motorsport in the future, but again neither is quite good enough for F1 and they won't get anywhere near whilst being in w series unless w series can make a way to really push beyond it.
it's honestly the money. the W series is great because it's free to enter, unlike F3/F2 which requires drivers to basically pay for seats - which again makes it unfair because those are the main feeder series into F1
@@amyckan yeah, how unfair it is that people have to pay to take part in their expensive hobbies... Now don't mind me, I'm off for a free game of golf. Oh, wait.
@@DishonourableAntony Bit of a difference between the cost of gold and motorsport though. Anyone can play golf if they want too the cost barrier isn’t that high.
You really need to mention that Giovanna Amati had a car that was a pig to drive. Yes, she failed to qualify the first 3 race and was then replaced. Her replacement then failed to qualify the next 5 races, then came 16th, failed to qualify and then 11th (and last) then one more DNQ and then was also dropped. Her replacement was Damon Hill, who we all know went on to win races and a championship. So I dont think the 1992 Brabham was a fair test of any driver.
To also be fair, Amati was consistently several seconds slower than the next slowest driver in qualifying (including being nearly five full seconds slower than team-mate van de Poele in her last attempt) and was always slowest. Hill took until his second attempt to out-pace van de Poele and, though his times varied through the season, only once was he more than one second behind all other cars and he regularly outpaced other drivers. The 1992 Brabham was an absolute dog of a car, but it's still possible to make comparisons with it. Also, Hill wasn't dropped: the team collapsed.
I don’t know the last time an F1 team took a driver that hadn’t been successful in F2. I understand to a degree why W Series exists but I think they need to be in the mix with the rest of the upcoming driver pool of F2 to be called up. Call me a cynic but I can’t see a direct W Series to F1 transfer unless a team decides they want to cash in on diversity publicity. I agree with NavF1 in the comments though that there are plenty of really worthwhile race series to establish a career that aren’t F1 & no doubt Jamie will do great wherever she ends up.
I personally think W series does more harm than good. If you're a graduate of a talent pool deliberately separated from the rest of the talent pool no one can compare you to other graduates of the main pool. If Jamie gets to F2 and lights it up. Then perfect call.
"I don’t know the last time an F1 team took a driver that hadn’t been successful in F2" ow I know one: Max Verstappen... Might have heard of him. Never even competed in F2.
Two years in Danish F4 with no concrete plans yet for this year, she really needs to join a better F4 series or start sniffing around at Formula 3, potential or not, if no one is offering her the chance, her talent will be wasted.
Unfortunately, we are in a situation where the most prominent factor nowadays in causing a lack of female drivers, is a lack of female interest (which is certainly an improvement over being barred for misogynistic reasons) but the problem is, in order for female interest to significantly increase, there would need to be female representation on some level. But since far fewer females partake in motorsports, it is far far less likely that one will be found with the merit and fortune to compete in Formula One. It's a vicious cycle, though it is also one that, with a miracle, could be broken. As it stands, I think there is a bright side. Fewer women being interested is something women have autonomous control over, and that's a damn sight better than women being unable to compete because barriers are put in their way. But frankly, just looking at the Piastri situation, even talented men, who are clearly deserving of a seat, have a bloody rough time entering the sport, even after being skilled and lucky and persistent and wealthy enough to become an F2 champion, so the odds of seeing a female F1 driver without further sacrificing meritocracy of the sport any time soon is incredibly low.
I'm a big fan of Jamie's. She deserves a seat at the pointy end of motorsport - if not F1, maybe WEC, Formula E, DTM, IndyCar, or even Super Formula. She's too talented not to be.
Great video! Now that I've watched f1 for a few months i like to see what upcoming drivers are doing and you cover each person and their story very well with a lot of jokes Keep making the good stuff Josh :D
I have incredibly high hopes as well, but I agree with you. Something to consider is that drivers like Piastri and such could not have a place in 2022, let alone this talented driver.... but I don't think at the same level. There are many promising new drivers and she is definitely among them but I'm quite sure that every team will prioritize others in the future, like Piastri and maybe Doohan and such
The issue is there is only one. If you look at all the guys are in similar position and how few of those make it. The only way to change it would be to do something ‘controversial’ like only selecting women.
The real question is does she want to? She seems more than happy with a heavily marketable brnado outside F1, always in the media & makes good money, She could be in F3/F2 if she wanted, There's no huge block even Sophia Floresch is a bigger hope for F1 despite less of the limelight
I keep hearing that "we need female representation" in all sorts of things. I agree that it would be cool, if/when earned, but certainly not "needed", and CERTAINLY not something to compromise standards(even slightly) to attain.
I became a fan of Jamie while watching the W series last year. She has the talent to get there, I just hope some teams can help her hone her skills and prove her true skills.
Well that team was Prema in 2019 and she bottled her chance. I really doubt she can do much better than what she has showed in 2020. For me she is not the face of female representation for the future of motorsport, far from it. It's sad but it's the reality. Imo the only female that could have a chance for formula 1 or other fia world championships atm Is Juju Noda.
Do you understand that if cristiano ronaldo played against US pros in the MLS he would destroy them. Now one of the worst players on that MLS team that plays for the reserves and can't get on the pitch plays in an amateur league and destroys them. Metaphor for racing through soccer Ronaldo = Max Verstappen MLS = F3 Chadwick = one of the worst players in MLS W-Series = amateur league She looks good because the standard of driving in W league is below f4 level with a couple of f4 level drivers
She already has the pr advantage of teams wanting to show diverse qualities, she doesn't need more help. F1 is a very high bar she could reach for sure with significant help and backing but whats the point, she can't beat most of the drivers in a similar situation in funding at f2 level surely she would sink rather than swim in f1 also.
I mean if she finishes behind nikita mazepin in championship.. and nikita doesnt deserve f1 .. she doesn't either.. (i would boo her too as people booed nikita) people shd be in f1 due to their talent not money or gender
6:40 Nice reference 🤘🖤. And great video. I think she can get into F1, but it will be one Hell of a job to do so. Edit: And obviously, if she doesn't, it's not the end of the world. In the end, it doesn't even matter (😏), where she'll go, she's going to have a great career.
I wish for her to make it, especially where we share the same first name haha, nah but fr watching her in W series makes me believe she is a class above the field there, and that's not discounting the other women they're brilliant too, but I think It could be possible just if time is right
Why is it so important to have a female driver. I want the best drivers in f1. I don’t want someone there only based on their gender. I would have loved to see Sabine Schmidt drive in f1 not because she was a woman but because she was the best driver that the Nurburgring ring ever saw. We need to find a way to limit the money aspect of f1 and also need to have the best drivers there. For example it is criminal that Oscar Piastri is not in f1 after his year in f2. Done make it about race gender or ethnicity. Make it about skill. This is the pinnacle of Motorsport. It should be the pinnacle of skill not settling for the 2nd best
Understandably the true reason gets lost in the noise, but it's a problem of disproportionate opportunities. It's the idea that racing is still a "Man's sport" and thus young girls need a higher barrier to get the approval of their parents, or backing from sponsors, or heck even to feel any semblance of being welcomed in a paddock. Obviously those are small reasons, but that compounds over time + your junior career is critical if you wanna make it to f1. I agree we shouldn't be giving out seats based on gender, but that doesn't mean there isn't an endemic problem either
@@AndreaAirlinesto be clear what i was trying to state that gender/ethnicity/views is not important. the only thing that should matter is the skill of the driver. if you race them 1:1 with the same car. who is going to have the closest spread at the Peak end of performance that is what should matter to F1. not who has the most money. not who has the greatest diversity in the team but primarily who has the best skill as a driver.
TBH I think putting Michelle Mouton in the same breath as Lombardi and the rest is borderline disrespectful to Mouton. They all happened to be female racers, but that's about as much as they had in common. Mouton is a huge influence still within the WRC and was a legend in her own right from a golden era of rallying, being very unlucky not to take a title in an ultra competitve era in the sport. The others were quite literally also rans. That isn't to demean them, but nobody would be comparing Senna to Taki Inoue and that's nearly what's happening here. I think some female drivers are getting a boost in media coverage because they are women, not because they are quality. I think if one of those drivers made it to F1 it would be damaging for women in motorsport, what we need is another Mouton, and then and only then can they make the step. I think trying to give young women and girls a boost in junior formulas is great, but they shouldn't make the final step until they genuinely deserve to be there. Otherwise they will become a laughing stock, heck look at even how Mazepin and Latifi are referred to, and they have more racing ability than any female driver atm unfortunately. But it's only a matter of time until some woman makes that step and is good enough and that will be a great day for the sport.
Even if she doesn’t make it to F1, I’d still want to see her get an F2 seat. It’s a foot in the door for female representation. Even just scoring points there would be huge. That said, if we’re looking for someone to kick the door open for women in F1, maybe it’s someone a bit further down the line like an Abbi Pulling or Luna Fluxa.
You keep saying that we need representation but do we? Do we really need representation? Or we only need opportunity for fast drivers without taking into account their background. I do believe we need that in particular
she finished behind nikita the russian disaster so... no I don't think she'll get a spot. In a sport like this representing everyone isn't the goal. It's crossing the line first, which you can't do without the most qualified driver, not the driver that represents something past the norm. So if she was wins an actually reliable feeder league I'm all for it. But she isn't so...
W Series is great for female visibility, but it's bad actually getting them up the ranks. At some point you need to put them into the main pipeline for young talent. If a hotshot female racer came along I don't think sponsorship cash would be too much of a problem, but they have to be picking up F2 wins before an F1 team will have them.
Honestly w series should be ditched. Instead they should just add seats to current feeder series for female talent. So then there's a more appropriate comparison and pathway for them.
Its sorta become a side series, not a feeder series. A lot of the drivers are closer to 30 then 20, and while some are quality drivers, they weren't F1 quality, and the few that got into F3 or equivalent series often don't have spectacular records.
Yup! I'd love to see more women in the F1 pipeline, but W-series doesn't seem like the way to go. to me, it seems like W-series is going to be a way to keep women in motorsport, but not get them up the ladder to other formulas.
We can only hope, I saw a few races of hers, one of which at COTA in the W series she immediately gapped the field as if they were Gran Turismo AI in just the first 3 corners, she is the most fitting prospect atm but the F1 machine is ruthless, like you said talent is a smaller portion as some very talented drivers have been dropped and ignored
Would love to see her in endurance series like IMSA/WEC or something like Indy, would be awesome. Think F1 is too far off sadly but I could see some great success in tons of series! Even extreme e/Formula e as others have said Think F1 could’ve been a chance at one point but due to her age it’s most likely off the cards
Those championships are filled with past F1 drivers, drivers that should have been in f1, or GT experts . I really don't see what would justify her getting a seat in any of those series. There's plenty of other young drivers that aren't even talked about for any of those seats, and the main reason why people want Jamie in those series is because she's a woman. Wich imo is wrong. We should talk about her because of her talent and her achievements not because of her gender. And there's isn't a lot to talk about when mentioning Jamie. I want a female driver to race in those categories because of her skill not because of her gender.
@@timmynicolas8729 Eh. It depends, just because you're not entering the series as a veteran, doesn't mean you're not worthy of that seat. If the results are there, then you deserve that seat. Plus having a female driver could be beneficial for endurance racing. Generally less likely to make stupid mistakes that can ruin the race. But results are the only thing that should truly matter when it comes to getting a top flight seat.
@@callummclachlan4771 yeah but nothing she has done in her career should justify her getting a seat without paying. Winning a British f3 race doesn't make you a capable endurance driver . She did very well in British gt4 tho so she has potential but it's still not enough to get a team in a top motorsport. If she sticks to GT and gets good results in a more competitive series then I would be very happy to see her enter elms, WEC or imsa but atm it would be unfair to other talented young driver who have achieved way more and will never get the chance to drive in those series because they can't bring more cash.
No mention of her class Win in the Nurburgring 24 hr in the Aston Martin. She is a very safe pair of hands & I recon she could have a very satisfying career in International GT racing.
While I think she missed her chance to get a fully fledged shot at F1, she definitely has the talent to have a good case for WEC, Formula E or even other big series. I'm sure she'll have an amazing career. And yeah, for sure hope she'll at least get the chance to take part in a couple Free Practice sessions in F1. But as you said, maybe I'm wrong, and I sure hope I am, get that seat!
That would be interesting to see. But I wonder if a female would endure the physical aspect of the sport as much as men. We had women in practice sessions but I think a full race is another story. People underestimate the physical effort.
I'm sorry but f1 doesn't care about which one has the strongest physical strength, you could be stronger than any f1 driver but still never win a single race because you're in a dying team such as Haas. Motorsport isn't 100% about the human body like running or swimming, the machinery plays a huge part especially if it's not a spec car series
@@ThePerks2010 Pato O'Ward drove the Abu Dhabi test and his neck was absolutely gone and he could barely see the corners at the end of the day. And he almost won IndyCar. Tsunoda has a really thick and strong neck.
Last time you made a video about female racing drivers the comments were full of bigots so I don’t even wanna look! But thank you for making this, it’s a conversation which needs to be taking place because we’re still a long way from equality in motorsport and it’s awesome that you’re using your platform to try and change that!
9:30 NO, we don't need female driver in F1. We need the best drivers in F1 no mather if they wiil be womens, dragons or monkeys("put a monkey in the car...") F1 isn't about politics, geneders, tolerance, rasism, faith ect. It's abouth the fastest drivers in the fastests cars. and for You Jamie, hope you end up in F1 becouse your driving is very impressive and don't let them use You like a muppet and pushing you somewhere just becouse you're Female.
I think she should go for Indycart. It will suit her. Trying to get into F1 is pointless at her age. Because I mean just look at Nyk De Vries, Callum Illot, Oscar Piastri. If they can't get in, who I'd say are better than Jaime some are also younger, then I can't see Jaime making it. There's just not enough seats and too many good young drivers available. Her only shot would be if some team wants to do some promotional or political event to get a woman back in f1. Otherwise, her age and the fact she's not in F2/F3 yet, plus the lack of sponsors, makes it near impossible. So if I was her, I'd go to IndyCar. It's just as good and a more realistic chance of one getting into
I think you'll find all those drivers you mentioned are a cut above Chadwick. She's good but not their level. Indycar is beyond her i think, especially with people like Rosenquist struggling.
She did Extreme E last year. This year she is not participating any more. She was also, as far as I know, the only one last year without an off-road background. Of course, that makes it difficult in a series like this. What didn't help is that her team mate smashed the car in the first practice and she didn't even get to drive. I see her more in the WEC. She also tested an LMP2 car at the end of last year.
I think that we're finally seeing a generation of parents that teach their daughters to do anything that they want. Even in the 90s, when i was a child, most parents wanted their daughters to be pretty and their sons to be sporting heroes. It's shown in a lot of sports and the testosterone fuelled environments that people train and compete in. In modern times, sexist attitudes are torn to pieces on social media, so the tendency to spout that nonsense is diminishing. My daughter and a boy at her school were the 2 fastest runners in their year. They were good friends and it was always a respectful rivalry, with victories on both sides. Not once was there a hint of, "she's fast, for a girl" or that kind of nonsense that I always used to hear when I was at school. I really hope we start to see more girls welcomed into sport at a young age, because I'm certain we've missed out on some legends.
F1 does not need her, F1 needs the best of the best, if it was reversed and it was full of women but still the best I'd still love the sport just the same. Why does the sport need it? Can you force women to love the sport? The majority of women are just not interested enough, but there are women out there that love the sport even more than you and I, and when the day comes that a woman participates and wins, it would not be needed but it will be glorified, and the lovers of the sport will love it because someone regardless of their gender did something incredible.
Super license points wise I think she's gotten as close as she needs to and that's not an every year occurrence. A practice session here and there is all most people are asking, from there it's up to her.
Saying we need more representation is completely wrong and misses the point, we need drivers that earn their spot, forcing anyone into a spot they didn't earn is just as bad as not letting people that earn it into it
As much as I'd love to see it, I'm afraid the competition at the moment to get into few is too fierce. There are already too many great non-f1 drivers out there. Maybe if she came 6 years ago, she could've had a good chance.
As much as I’d love to see a woman in f1 it’s important for them to get there on merit. They need to get there on merit, not just to fill the diversity check box. Recently I’ve read comments like “he/she is so nice, they deserve to be in f1”, or “he/she is deserves to get to f1 because we need more of this nationality”, I’m sorry but f1 an elite sport, if you are not the best then you do not deserve to be there on any other merit. That’s unfortunately a universal metric that determines success in any sport. These teams spend millions to try eek out even the smallest performance gains, why would they compromise that by using a driver who is even 2 tenths slower. I know, pay drivers, they don’t really deserve to be there but unfortunately that’s the economic reality of many sports. I’d argue that saying women do not get the same chances in motorsports as men is not correct either, in fact I think Jamie Chadwick has had far more opportunities than anyone else with a similar record.
We don't "need" a woman in F1... If she drives well enough she'll get there but this whole thing that is going on in this stupid world where we "need" to have a woman in every single position just because it is a woman is just stupid.
It would be nice if the FIA WIMC would give teams a bonus for recruiting the W Series champion, to potentially make that seem more favorable than some driver bringing in tons of sponsors, something like a $5m scholarship (still under the cost cap)
She should have really stayed in GTs....could have won some more championships by now and even take advantage of the new Hypercars rules and a reshuffled WEC this year. The fascination with F1 is understandable and she is probably the best female driver in terms of consistency and pace of the current crop, but with only 20 seats and F1 ratings escalating....you know those seats are gonna be more coveted than ever, just for the uber rich or uber talented (with lots of sponsor money anyway) so it's very hard for anyone to make it. Piastri and De Vryes couldn't, so it may be even more farfetched for Jamie sadly
There's still hope for Piastri and a little bit less hope for DeVries, I think the only way Chadewick can make it to F1, if a billionaire business woman starts her own team for female drivers but I don't see her getting a Williams seat before DeVries or Logan Sargeant .
@@elvincitore1512 yeah Piastri is probably gonna get an Alpine seat when Nando retires, unless they decide to go for French dream team of Gasly and Ocon (although they apparently don't get along anymore). But that a guy that won F3 and F2 as a rookie failed to get a seat over money speaks volumes of the current situation at F1
@@mafiousbj I don't really rate Alfa Romeo highly but Piastri is part of the Alpine academy so they shouldn't be blamed for choosing money over talent .
@@mafiousbj I mean, just look at which program De Vries is from. Mercedes had a clear line of succession from Hamilton to Russel that resulted in Ocon getting jerked around for all of 2018-2019, and no driver was going to back out of the Mercedes program if there was even the slimmest of possibilities that they could get a Mercedes drive.
Jamie Chadwick is an incredible talent undoubtedly, give it time and before the end of the 20's she could well have that seat in f1. i mark my words, she does deserve a good chance.
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Sadly this video is part of the problem. When you draw attention to a driver just because the person is female your illuding to the fact that this is the exception and not the rule. Sure it can potentially give females more motivation to become an f1 driver and teams more of an incentive to sign an f1 driver but it also enforces societal expectations that a female f1 driver is unexpected.
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People also need to realise that not making it into F1 isn't a disaster. She most likely will have an amazing career in endurance racing or the newer kinds of motorsport like Extreme E and that will be an achievement in itself
Totally agree with you. Its not like the racing is less
Exactly and I also hate when some drivers like Buemi, Kobayashi, Vergne, Vandoorne are labeled F1 rejects when they've gone on to be really successful in other categories
You don't call uni students "Ivy League rejects" or "Oxbridge rejects" on a daily so I don't really see why it happens in motorsport
she entered the williams driver academy thts enough to make any resume as attractive as a european model
But if its the dream of the driver to get to F1 and lets face it, EVERYONE i imagine who dreams of being a driver dreams of being in F1 will be a disaster for them. I don't know of a driver apart from a rally driver who doesn't dream of being in F1.
Hey if everyone made it to F1, IndyCar wouldn’t exist!
You're right. F1 needs someone like Michéle Mouton, but I doubt we'd see that anytime soon. See rallying is and has always been more of a grass roots sport and a lot easier to access than F1. Competing on a local level is hell of a lot cheaper than enterig most open wheel feeder series.
And I do think rallying is more beneficial to women seeing as they're less prone to the red mist, so less likely to crash. No point being ridiculously fast if you're always crashing.
@@callummclachlan4771 I know a certain name that would argue that & I'm sure you do too 😂😂😂
@@callummclachlan4771 you saying there's less chance of crashing in rally? lmao
MM in group B put a fire under the lads you know she did she was the real deal.
Why does f1 “need” a michele or any other women its been doing just aok
I would love Jamie to get a chance. Even if it's just practice sessions in the short term, I'd love to see where she is in that Williams.
Also, if a decent team would like to give her an F2 seat, that'd be nice.
she had a prema seat in freca and drowned horrendusly. Vips drove half a season , had a car that had brakes on for half of the season and still beat her
@@HyperAva88 I'm not expecting her to set the world alight, but if she's able to compete, even slightly, that's a good thing.
This might sound controversial, but I genuinely belive we need drivers like Jamie to inspire other generations, and boost the number of young girls in karts. If that means she gets a seat ahead of a more 'deserving' driver, so be it.
As long as she's not going to drown, that's good enough.
@@mikeymike1792 We already have women inspiring young girls all around the world in Endurance and GT racing, but it would be amazing if she can get into the top flight of Motorsport.
@@julian2626 No question, but there's also no question that Formula 1 and F2 are significantly higher profile. The more that make it to prominent series, the better.
@@mikeymike1792 Thats.. She is going to drown and just taking a seat in a allready congested junior formula gem (F2) just for the sake of pr whilst she will drown massively just dosent sit right with me.
I've always thought that the winner of W series should get a fully funded season in F3 as the prize. Then if they are good enough they will move to F2 and eventually F1
I see what you're trying to do, but what if someone like Kimilainen wins the championship? I don't think it's fair to have a 30 year old racing against a bunch of 18 year olds in F3...
@@acematheus Why not? There are no age restrictions as far as I'm aware of.
this! this is a perfect idea!
@@acematheus why? Alonso vs Mick? what is it like a 24 year age gap? makes no difference
@@knoxville1782 that is the most correct thing I've heard this year. Age doesn't matter that much anymore in racing, but more of talent, if mick was in a good car like Alonso, he could beat him sometimes. Cant base things off age.
She literally has the word "Chad" in her name. She can do anything
In the west "Chad" is considered a male version of a "Karen".......
@@ShonnDaylee hello negative person like me lmfao, so in the west you'll call her Jamie Karenwick?
@@ShonnDaylee No it isn’t, in any way, a male version of Karen is most often called a Ken.
@@Pt_Lacky Nope. A 5 minute search could have told you otherwise, but thanks for playing. You can pick up your complimentary dunce hat on the way out.
@@ShonnDaylee actually not. Go back to reddit
There have been 4 W series races so far this year and she has won all 4 of them. She's at 100 points and if she can keep this up, she may be able to make it someday. I seriously hope so
Make it 5 for 5
why do you think even if she wins all the races in W series that somehow translates to success in F1 lmao?
@@vaxan5126 l think you need to revise the meaning of the words "may be able to". The word "translates", in this context, would only be correct if I said "will be able to". There are many drivers with her talent who also didn't get into Formula 1
A lot of drivers are switching to other big series that aren't F1 and I think this is valid. She would thrive in WEC and IMSA too.
Drivers are not switching...drivers can`t make it into F1 or once there are not good enough to continue in it so they go in other places. NO ONE EVER was a great F1 driver but went to other stuff.
@@neyneynanamo2071 Kimi Raikkonen
@@de_gree He was not great anymore...
@@neyneynanamo2071 Kimi wasn't great in 2010?
@@de_gree I thought you meant now. He just took a break in 2010...like many others. You can see an interview with Nico Rosberg saying that going from F1 to other series is like playing for a top team and then going to a second league.
The first time I watched the w series I was amazed of how much faster she was than the rest of the whole field. I’m not that confident that she will make it to F1 but I think she will have a amazing career at things like endurance
I think Jamie may have run out of time to make it to the top series in open-wheelers (although Formula E would be a good fit for her), but I do think she's got a great future in sports car racing, and that would make it a great career for her. If we're going to get a female driver in Formula 1, it's probably going to be one of the younger ones, like Pulling, Sidorkova, Stevens, Weug or Noda, but they need more seasoning & somebody with money to believe in them & back them the way Tatiana Calderon is (no hate on her, I hope she kills it in IndyCar).
Yes. Juju Noda is an amazing talent.
@@injeolmi6 She's a really good talent for her age, she's pretty pacey, but she needs more experience. She needs to run in multiple series this year, the more racing she can do, the better for her.
Sidorkova is actually properly good. She’s only just older than me. Can defo see her in
Calderon was 2019,2020 and 2021 always last in almost every formula race she entered finished 2019 EVEN behind Raghunatan a goad that should never allowed to drive an F2 car soo....how will she achive anything in Indy Car?.....basically last place als always
@@Zero.X I mean, the guy that definitely hit Grojean in Baku won an Indycar race after being on 2 wheels at one point during said race, so who the fuck knows
Jamie is an amazing driver, really impressed me at Race of Champions when I watched her live. She is also really marketable
She did 4 races. Crashed out in 2 of them and beat a 53 year old Häkkinen who forgot his glasses before entering his car. 😅
@@rexuz2482 She beat Mick Schumacher lmfao? Sexist
@@ljummingen Yeah but Mick has never done off road races before.
Chadwick is an excellent driver. I was one of those that thought at first the W series was stupid and a step backwards, by segregating women. But it turns out the driving was fantastic and given the parity between the cars, to see her so dramatically stand out from the pack was pretty telling.
I don’t know that she’ll make it to F1, but she’s definitely earned the right to be in the conversation.
The only thing you prove by winning W series is that your not an amateur because unfortunately the talent pool of capable female drivers is not very large as of late.
There was a lot of money thrown at W series that she got a nice cut of from winning but women don't need more money than men to get into f1, you need more women to partake in motorsport to increase the odds of one being special.
But encouraging anyone to enter motorsport is morally ambiguous at best so whatever.
Sorry for the long comment ;)
Only if she goes to IndyCar or F2. She didn't show anything like Verstappen to just jump steps towards F1 like that.
@@lukewood2662 How many did show?lol Cmon,did Lance showed,Mazepin,Perez,Lando etc.Nobody was that good so low the bar mate
@@BladeRunner031 all drivers you mentioned showed better results than her, even Lance. Why lower the bar? Because she's a woman?
@@lukewood2662 Even Mazepin showed better results than her in Asian F3, and look where he is in relation to other F1 drivers are concerned: Arguably well short of what is acceptable in terms of talent.
Even with that, even Mazepin had moderate success in the junior brackets. That's something Chadwick hasn't got, and winning a gimmick title against a bunch of female nobodies isn't close to cutting it.
I think for most of the people who are insisting she's good enough for F1 are doing because of her looks rather than her ability, because in terms of the latter, she has very little if none at all.
I wonder if all these people would be so vocal in defending her if she was less appealing on the eye.
The most level-headed F1 content creator out there, in my opinion. Keep up the great work - I really enjoy your driver profiles!
I think she could perfectly fit in Extreme E or Formula E because for F1 the chance are too low for her because with a younger getting driver line up the chance of getting into F1 is getting smaller for everyone
She's done Extreme E and wasn't the strongest. There's some SUPER good drivers in there and Jamie's experience is more track-based than off-road. She's not even taking part this year.
Form E would be a good bet, but that seems to have a pretty static driver pool so I'm not expecting anything there any time soon.
@@Dwagginz yeah like Johan kristofersson, sebastien loab and Jutta kleinschmidt
I would be happy with any woman winning F2 race(s). That would be a proper step-up. W-Series just proven that it's hard to find 10+ women with skills even close to Chadwick (she destroyed that grid, consistently). W NEED MORE WOMEN in ANY RACING SERIES. When 0.001% of drivers is considered top of the world... it would MAYBE mean 1 woman (if we are lucky)!
She did Extreme E last year. This year she is not participating any more. She was also, as far as I know, the only one last year without an off-road background. Of course, that makes it difficult in a series like this.
A women who doesn't get much mention who definitely should is Molly Taylor, she won the Australian Rally Championship and then won last year's first Extreme E season. Amazing talent who is somehow struggling to find a full time drive anywhere this year.
I'd have thought if anyone could have made the leap it would have been Sophia Flörsch pre her horror crash at Macau, since then I feel like she's not been the same kind of driver which is a really big shame.
The next female F1 driver is probably in karting right now
Sophia doesn't deserve 90% of the flak she's getting. Yes, she isn't the biggest talent out there and yes, she isn't fast but i still root for her because she didn't back down from racing after that chrash and i cheer the minorities on in motorsport as i relate with them a bit.
Nah, in my opinion she was overhyped. She is a good driver, but she was never a wonderkid, and her results were not impressive either.
Chadwick is way better than her.
@@Heigxion way overhyped, she's hot but and marketable but that doesn't make someone competitive.
Sophia was actually recently signed on to 1x FIA WEC and 3x ELMS LMP2 champion Team G-Drive racing, alongside Daniil Kvyat and Roman Rusinoff for the 2022 season. I have a feeling she might fit those shoes extremely well
I've had the privilege of knowing her at the start of her career in Ginetta Juniors. The issue she has is lack of backing (as always!). Even when she won the WSeres, it still wasn't enough to enter a competitive series partnered with a decent team.
cough cough 2020 FREC Prema
She certainly hasn't had the backing level of Stroll or Latifi but it hasn't been abysmal either.
She literally got a seat in the best car in FREC the season after winning W Series. 😅
@@charliejackson7640 did you watch the video?
She's been given a top-team seat in Indy NXT.
God knows why, because she's way off the pace.
remember watching her on friday last year at spa, she was leagues above the others in the w series. You could see that she was taking better lines with your bare eyes.. If anyone can do it, it's her
If piastry a struggling then no chance
Yes compare her to amateurs, she must be good to beat that substantial talent pool of a grid.
@@ibrahimfaruq6630 Let's go $hou!!!!!!
Said no one ever.
The problem is that while she may be leaps ahead of the rest in the really low quality W Series grid, the rest of the drivers in other Formula Regional level series are also leaps ahead of her.
Her season in F.R.E.C. highlighted this, she finished behind two drivers who only entered a handful of races compared to her full season. This wouldn't happen to a driver that is actually worthy of being there.
@@DishonourableAntony lol ikr
We don't NEED representation. But if female drivers are able to compete at the top levels, there should be no reason why they shouldn't be given a seat
Unfortunately, I fear she's too old these days, she hasn't had enough seasons in feeder (not counting WS), I don't think there will be enough time to cultivate a seasonable driver from her. Which is a shame because, I really rate her and do believe that with time she could well have had the potential.
I like the look of Pulling though, I think she's younger although even she will run out of time, I don't think she's had enough milage either..
We just need more girls that will inspire more girls to see the space as viable, I do think we'll get there, soon and part of that is thanks to people like Chadwick.
We shouldn't have more female drivers for the sake of having female drivers... But i do say F1 (motorsports in general) need to provide equal OPPORTUNITIES to both sexes. After all, the driver is in that seat as their purpose is to get points and win. If there's a empty seat at Alpine and the top 2 contenders for those seats are between a male and a female, of which the female is better at racing, then pick her!
Pulling is 18, so she's got time to make a great racing career, both her and Chadwick will have amazing careers but neither will get to F1 sadly.
Damon Hill, Jacques Villeneuve...
@@classicjoker2008 That's what would happen if there was a female in contention that's better than a male driver. But there aren't any because you need to start racing at a very young age to get there. That's more of a family support issue. At most there can be an effort for making racing cheaper for everyone in feeder series and karting.
shes older for sure, but there would still be people in F2 older than her if she is able to join in the next few years (Nissany is 27 while Chadwick is only 23)
God tier level story telling on display here sir.
I re watch this at least once every couple of weeks just to refocus 🙏🏾💪🏾👊🏾
Thank you sir
Hopefully it plays out like my Motorsport Manager save and we have her as F1 Champ on Williams alongside Piastri in 2027 😅
Sounds like when I made Tatiana Calderón the World Champion in one of the F1 games lol
LOL, and that's the only place they'll ever be F1 champ.
Delusional just pure Delusional thinking
I would love to see Chadwick in Indycar.
i really wished Katherine Legge would've been signed by Minardi in 2005. she had good pace in the tests. Thing is, we have talented female drivers, but a large majority are no longer formula 1 rookie age. Nielsen, Legge, Frey, are all in their 30s n 40s. there are very few in that rookie age.
Really? Minardi isn't a team you should be debuting with.
@@mtekleel Better than no team.
@@mtekleel
Alonso says otherwise
@@mtekleel Well that's just a plain stupid comment!
I don't know if she will make it but I really really wish Jamie can find some absolutely banger sponsors so she can at least have a season in f2 and enough superlicense points to go up to f1. She is an absolute inspiration and a really talented driver, she just needs the opportunity to grow and develop her skills like male drivers her age have
The best compliment I can give this channel is that Josh Revell is to F1 youtube what Squidge is to Rugby. I love your content mate and I hope 2022 gives you all the subs you richly deserve
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She is currently in a very interesting spot for sponsors to invest in imo. Putting her in F2 would be great just so people can finally compare her to other known drivers
She's being compared in the US, and is failing to make any kind of impact.
I watched her (and most of the young Brits in F1, and others - including non-Brits - who've gone on to do well in other major formulae) in Ginetta Jr, and she could, and did, take it to the guys on a regular basis. Trust me, those kids are really good. You may have heard of a few other drivers, with names like Norris and Russell, who may not have been in the same years as her (it was a while back and the various seasons run into each other), but she was definitely up against some serious talent. Some weekends, there was better driving in the Ginetta Jr series than the Senior and even the British Touring Car Championship races. I'm not kidding.
Had she had a decent run from the start of her racing career (thank you "need for finances"...), she could well be a lot further into it than she is. You can only ever drive as well as your car will let you (this is something that was said a lot about the new guys at the back of the F1 grid over the last few years), and she's rarely been in the best, or even close to the best, team.
Unfortunately, I don't think F1 has any intention of _actually_ putting their money where their mouth is, and few, if any ladies will get a chance at an actual seat for a whole season. They're paying lip-service to "equality" and that's where it will end.
Btw, what do you think about Masi getting the boot? They're bringing in 2 directors to alternate between races, one of whom is Edouard de Freitas (apologies if I've misspelled his name). I know him from WEC and he's absolutely brilliant. I've never heard him back down once he's made a decision, and though he's a "by the book" man, he's also got common sense. F1 just struck lucky IMHO.
*Eduardo Freitas. And yes, he is a great race director, and can whistand a full race of WEC working very well, which is not for everyone
@@miguelcardoso1903 I mean he did fuck up at the wec finale in Bahrain. Worse than Abu Dhabi for me, it was an absolute joke and showed true incompetence
Masi got fired ?? Fuck yeah ! Finally
Massive cope and crap logic.
F1 teams WOULD LOVE TO HIRE A FEMALE DRIVER for the PR, sponsorships etc. If any female driver was even in f2 on merit and not off the pace they'd do so
Jamie Chadwick isn't even good world f3 level
Masi deserved it. I'm a Max fan but even I feel like removing all the backmarkers between Hamilton and Verstappen was an idiotic move. If only whiting was still alive.
That was one of the best videos I’ve seen from him, it had a really good message behind it. Great work
Apart from Jamie, who I believe will get to f1, another woman to look out for in the ranks is Abbi pulling (like josh said at the end, I’ll put a profile here):
1. 2nd in junior tkm in 2016
2. Super 1 junior tkm champion 2017 and 18
3. British f4 in 2020 - 6th in the standings with 4 podiums
4. 2021 W series (which Jamie has won the championship twice) 7th in the standings with 1 podium and 1 pole position
Finishing 7th in W Series last year is even more impressive when you consider that she was a reserve driver and only did half of the races.
I don't think jamie js getting into f1, she got a prema seat and was horrendous
If you think Jamie Chadwick is good enough to get to F1 on merit then I won't bother looking...🤦♂️
Great video! I always find you to be a respectful and reliable person, as a woman who wat he’s F1, thank you
We need to see her in F3 or F2. I wish W series wasn't a thing but the sad state of affairs in motorsport means it has to be a thing, but you're not gonna get a launchpad into F1 from there. You can though, I believe, get a launchpad into F3 or even F2 if you're good enough and that's where Chadwick needs to be racing, she's defo good enough to be in that series and really really should be given that chance! But it's looking brighter for female open wheel drivers, thanks to w series, it's helped us find Abbi Pulling and Emma Kimilainen (I've defo spelt that wrong) who are also good prospects for motorsport in the future, but again neither is quite good enough for F1 and they won't get anywhere near whilst being in w series unless w series can make a way to really push beyond it.
it's honestly the money. the W series is great because it's free to enter, unlike F3/F2 which requires drivers to basically pay for seats - which again makes it unfair because those are the main feeder series into F1
@@amyckan yeah, how unfair it is that people have to pay to take part in their expensive hobbies...
Now don't mind me, I'm off for a free game of golf. Oh, wait.
@@DishonourableAntony Bit of a difference between the cost of gold and motorsport though. Anyone can play golf if they want too the cost barrier isn’t that high.
@@thunderbug8640 The cost to your dignity to be seen in golf clothing though...
So... You want a smaller talent pool
You really need to mention that Giovanna Amati had a car that was a pig to drive. Yes, she failed to qualify the first 3 race and was then replaced. Her replacement then failed to qualify the next 5 races, then came 16th, failed to qualify and then 11th (and last) then one more DNQ and then was also dropped. Her replacement was Damon Hill, who we all know went on to win races and a championship. So I dont think the 1992 Brabham was a fair test of any driver.
To also be fair, Amati was consistently several seconds slower than the next slowest driver in qualifying (including being nearly five full seconds slower than team-mate van de Poele in her last attempt) and was always slowest. Hill took until his second attempt to out-pace van de Poele and, though his times varied through the season, only once was he more than one second behind all other cars and he regularly outpaced other drivers. The 1992 Brabham was an absolute dog of a car, but it's still possible to make comparisons with it. Also, Hill wasn't dropped: the team collapsed.
I don’t know the last time an F1 team took a driver that hadn’t been successful in F2. I understand to a degree why W Series exists but I think they need to be in the mix with the rest of the upcoming driver pool of F2 to be called up. Call me a cynic but I can’t see a direct W Series to F1 transfer unless a team decides they want to cash in on diversity publicity. I agree with NavF1 in the comments though that there are plenty of really worthwhile race series to establish a career that aren’t F1 & no doubt Jamie will do great wherever she ends up.
Verstappen came third in F3 and never driven a centimeter in F2. And won the title. I think he is doing alright in F1.
I personally think W series does more harm than good. If you're a graduate of a talent pool deliberately separated from the rest of the talent pool no one can compare you to other graduates of the main pool. If Jamie gets to F2 and lights it up. Then perfect call.
@@tjiddenl Fair point, though perhaps he’s an exception to the rule
I can see w series to f2 though
"I don’t know the last time an F1 team took a driver that hadn’t been successful in F2" ow I know one: Max Verstappen... Might have heard of him. Never even competed in F2.
It will be interesting to see how Juju Noda's career progresses, she's showing hella potential
is she tho
Two years in Danish F4 with no concrete plans yet for this year, she really needs to join a better F4 series or start sniffing around at Formula 3, potential or not, if no one is offering her the chance, her talent will be wasted.
She's being beaten by a guys called Mads Hoe though. Kind of dampens her chances
@@TheJonesdude A Danish driver in a Danish Championship, still impressive for an outsider
@@g-chanthesage79 I know but his name is Mads Hoe. Doesn't matter if he's in a Mercedes its not a good look being beaten by someone with that name
Unfortunately, we are in a situation where the most prominent factor nowadays in causing a lack of female drivers, is a lack of female interest (which is certainly an improvement over being barred for misogynistic reasons) but the problem is, in order for female interest to significantly increase, there would need to be female representation on some level. But since far fewer females partake in motorsports, it is far far less likely that one will be found with the merit and fortune to compete in Formula One. It's a vicious cycle, though it is also one that, with a miracle, could be broken. As it stands, I think there is a bright side. Fewer women being interested is something women have autonomous control over, and that's a damn sight better than women being unable to compete because barriers are put in their way.
But frankly, just looking at the Piastri situation, even talented men, who are clearly deserving of a seat, have a bloody rough time entering the sport, even after being skilled and lucky and persistent and wealthy enough to become an F2 champion, so the odds of seeing a female F1 driver without further sacrificing meritocracy of the sport any time soon is incredibly low.
I'm a big fan of Jamie's. She deserves a seat at the pointy end of motorsport - if not F1, maybe WEC, Formula E, DTM, IndyCar, or even Super Formula. She's too talented not to be.
She doesn’t though. Look at her performance in junior categories.
if she was good enough teams would have paid 10x to get her to drive for them but she simply isnt
She isn't that good someone from formula 3 is better like Arthur leclerc
@@JStryker7 did you watch the video?
@@thomascarlyle8015 yes and it was a month ago so I don’t remember. My point still stands.
Great video! Now that I've watched f1 for a few months i like to see what upcoming drivers are doing and you cover each person and their story very well with a lot of jokes
Keep making the good stuff Josh :D
I am new to F1 but I am rooting for Jamie and Juju Noda if it is possible for women to make it to F1.
Just posted the same name. Doubt Jamie will make it but got high hopes for Juju. Honda might even stick around if they have one of their own racing.
@@JL-cn1qi another possible prospect (we'll see how she adapts once she goes to cars) is Luna Fluxa
I'd love a driver like Noda or Fluxa in the future, but they'll have an uphill battle for recognition because they're also not British.
@@camillaquelladegliaggettiv4303 Fluxa is like 11 years old. Jeeez leave her alone for 5 years.
@KangmasTris Noda is 16.
I have incredibly high hopes as well, but I agree with you. Something to consider is that drivers like Piastri and such could not have a place in 2022, let alone this talented driver.... but I don't think at the same level. There are many promising new drivers and she is definitely among them but I'm quite sure that every team will prioritize others in the future, like Piastri and maybe Doohan and such
Not even close to the bar set by the likes of Piastri and Ilott, if some of the best talents can't get in she'd need one hell of a backer.
The issue is there is only one. If you look at all the guys are in similar position and how few of those make it. The only way to change it would be to do something ‘controversial’ like only selecting women.
The real question is does she want to? She seems more than happy with a heavily marketable brnado outside F1, always in the media & makes good money, She could be in F3/F2 if she wanted, There's no huge block even Sophia Floresch is a bigger hope for F1 despite less of the limelight
I keep hearing that "we need female representation" in all sorts of things. I agree that it would be cool, if/when earned, but certainly not "needed", and CERTAINLY not something to compromise standards(even slightly) to attain.
I became a fan of Jamie while watching the W series last year. She has the talent to get there, I just hope some teams can help her hone her skills and prove her true skills.
Well that team was Prema in 2019 and she bottled her chance. I really doubt she can do much better than what she has showed in 2020. For me she is not the face of female representation for the future of motorsport, far from it. It's sad but it's the reality. Imo the only female that could have a chance for formula 1 or other fia world championships atm Is Juju Noda.
Do you understand that if cristiano ronaldo played against US pros in the MLS he would destroy them. Now one of the worst players on that MLS team that plays for the reserves and can't get on the pitch plays in an amateur league and destroys them. Metaphor for racing through soccer
Ronaldo = Max Verstappen
MLS = F3
Chadwick = one of the worst players in MLS
W-Series = amateur league
She looks good because the standard of driving in W league is below f4 level with a couple of f4 level drivers
She already has the pr advantage of teams wanting to show diverse qualities, she doesn't need more help.
F1 is a very high bar she could reach for sure with significant help and backing but whats the point, she can't beat most of the drivers in a similar situation in funding at f2 level surely she would sink rather than swim in f1 also.
Companies would rather hire Arthur Leclerc from Formula 3 than her because he is simply better
I mean if she finishes behind nikita mazepin in championship.. and nikita doesnt deserve f1 .. she doesn't either.. (i would boo her too as people booed nikita) people shd be in f1 due to their talent not money or gender
6:40 Nice reference 🤘🖤. And great video. I think she can get into F1, but it will be one Hell of a job to do so.
Edit: And obviously, if she doesn't, it's not the end of the world. In the end, it doesn't even matter (😏), where she'll go, she's going to have a great career.
@Benedek Varga factsss
I wish for her to make it, especially where we share the same first name haha, nah but fr watching her in W series makes me believe she is a class above the field there, and that's not discounting the other women they're brilliant too, but I think It could be possible just if time is right
She needs to win in F2 first. Not necessarily the title, but top 5-6 in points like Mazepin
"Meh of the Year". You're savage, Josh.
Some of the best motorsport content on UA-cam. Keep it coming.
"Some of the best motorsport content on UA-cam. Keep it coming.". If you're a cuck.
It's not about representation, it's about giving women the same opportunities to succeed, may the best driver make it to F1, whichever their sex.
Why is it so important to have a female driver. I want the best drivers in f1. I don’t want someone there only based on their gender. I would have loved to see Sabine Schmidt drive in f1 not because she was a woman but because she was the best driver that the Nurburgring ring ever saw. We need to find a way to limit the money aspect of f1 and also need to have the best drivers there. For example it is criminal that Oscar Piastri is not in f1 after his year in f2. Done make it about race gender or ethnicity. Make it about skill. This is the pinnacle of Motorsport. It should be the pinnacle of skill not settling for the 2nd best
Understandably the true reason gets lost in the noise, but it's a problem of disproportionate opportunities. It's the idea that racing is still a "Man's sport" and thus young girls need a higher barrier to get the approval of their parents, or backing from sponsors, or heck even to feel any semblance of being welcomed in a paddock. Obviously those are small reasons, but that compounds over time + your junior career is critical if you wanna make it to f1.
I agree we shouldn't be giving out seats based on gender, but that doesn't mean there isn't an endemic problem either
"i'm a dude and this doesn't bother me"
@@AndreaAirlinesto be clear what i was trying to state that gender/ethnicity/views is not important. the only thing that should matter is the skill of the driver. if you race them 1:1 with the same car. who is going to have the closest spread at the Peak end of performance
that is what should matter to F1. not who has the most money. not who has the greatest diversity in the team but primarily who has the best skill as a driver.
@@timjennings8152 you're just repeating yourself
Mouton was SO badass. She was one of the very best during the Group B era.
TBH I think putting Michelle Mouton in the same breath as Lombardi and the rest is borderline disrespectful to Mouton. They all happened to be female racers, but that's about as much as they had in common. Mouton is a huge influence still within the WRC and was a legend in her own right from a golden era of rallying, being very unlucky not to take a title in an ultra competitve era in the sport. The others were quite literally also rans. That isn't to demean them, but nobody would be comparing Senna to Taki Inoue and that's nearly what's happening here. I think some female drivers are getting a boost in media coverage because they are women, not because they are quality. I think if one of those drivers made it to F1 it would be damaging for women in motorsport, what we need is another Mouton, and then and only then can they make the step. I think trying to give young women and girls a boost in junior formulas is great, but they shouldn't make the final step until they genuinely deserve to be there. Otherwise they will become a laughing stock, heck look at even how Mazepin and Latifi are referred to, and they have more racing ability than any female driver atm unfortunately. But it's only a matter of time until some woman makes that step and is good enough and that will be a great day for the sport.
Good video man, very realistic and no sugar coating
She could also find her war to the Formula E grid. Which would be awesome!
Lets be real. She would be a backmarker in F2.
Hopefully Williams gives her a free practice session, would love to see that.
Even if she doesn’t make it to F1, I’d still want to see her get an F2 seat. It’s a foot in the door for female representation. Even just scoring points there would be huge.
That said, if we’re looking for someone to kick the door open for women in F1, maybe it’s someone a bit further down the line like an Abbi Pulling or Luna Fluxa.
You keep saying that we need representation but do we? Do we really need representation? Or we only need opportunity for fast drivers without taking into account their background. I do believe we need that in particular
I agree
You cant force representation in sports
Can Jamie Chadwick make it to F3 would probably be a more realistic title
she finished behind nikita the russian disaster so... no I don't think she'll get a spot. In a sport like this representing everyone isn't the goal. It's crossing the line first, which you can't do without the most qualified driver, not the driver that represents something past the norm. So if she was wins an actually reliable feeder league I'm all for it. But she isn't so...
Unless she gets a chance nobody can assess her ultimate potential but I think she would be an upgrade to some of the men currently driving in F1.
W Series is great for female visibility, but it's bad actually getting them up the ranks. At some point you need to put them into the main pipeline for young talent. If a hotshot female racer came along I don't think sponsorship cash would be too much of a problem, but they have to be picking up F2 wins before an F1 team will have them.
Honestly w series should be ditched. Instead they should just add seats to current feeder series for female talent. So then there's a more appropriate comparison and pathway for them.
The w series has shit competition so any wins or titles is hollow. If you want successful female racers, just put them in F3
Its sorta become a side series, not a feeder series. A lot of the drivers are closer to 30 then 20, and while some are quality drivers, they weren't F1 quality, and the few that got into F3 or equivalent series often don't have spectacular records.
Yup! I'd love to see more women in the F1 pipeline, but W-series doesn't seem like the way to go. to me, it seems like W-series is going to be a way to keep women in motorsport, but not get them up the ladder to other formulas.
We can only hope, I saw a few races of hers, one of which at COTA in the W series she immediately gapped the field as if they were Gran Turismo AI in just the first 3 corners, she is the most fitting prospect atm but the F1 machine is ruthless, like you said talent is a smaller portion as some very talented drivers have been dropped and ignored
Would love to see her in endurance series like IMSA/WEC or something like Indy, would be awesome. Think F1 is too far off sadly but I could see some great success in tons of series! Even extreme e/Formula e as others have said
Think F1 could’ve been a chance at one point but due to her age it’s most likely off the cards
Those championships are filled with past F1 drivers, drivers that should have been in f1, or GT experts . I really don't see what would justify her getting a seat in any of those series. There's plenty of other young drivers that aren't even talked about for any of those seats, and the main reason why people want Jamie in those series is because she's a woman. Wich imo is wrong. We should talk about her because of her talent and her achievements not because of her gender. And there's isn't a lot to talk about when mentioning Jamie. I want a female driver to race in those categories because of her skill not because of her gender.
@@timmynicolas8729 Exactly but the fembots always make everything about gender, they can't compete otherwise so.
@@timmynicolas8729 Eh. It depends, just because you're not entering the series as a veteran, doesn't mean you're not worthy of that seat. If the results are there, then you deserve that seat.
Plus having a female driver could be beneficial for endurance racing. Generally less likely to make stupid mistakes that can ruin the race.
But results are the only thing that should truly matter when it comes to getting a top flight seat.
@@callummclachlan4771 yeah but nothing she has done in her career should justify her getting a seat without paying. Winning a British f3 race doesn't make you a capable endurance driver . She did very well in British gt4 tho so she has potential but it's still not enough to get a team in a top motorsport. If she sticks to GT and gets good results in a more competitive series then I would be very happy to see her enter elms, WEC or imsa but atm it would be unfair to other talented young driver who have achieved way more and will never get the chance to drive in those series because they can't bring more cash.
No mention of her class Win in the Nurburgring 24 hr in the Aston Martin. She is a very safe pair of hands & I recon she could have a very satisfying career in International GT racing.
Can you do a video on Jutta Kleinschmidt? She won Dakar in 2001
Thanks Josh...i was asking for this video since long... Specially after the Carmen jorda and Tatiana Calderon videos
I want to see another woman make it to F1! That would be awesome!
While I think she missed her chance to get a fully fledged shot at F1, she definitely has the talent to have a good case for WEC, Formula E or even other big series. I'm sure she'll have an amazing career.
And yeah, for sure hope she'll at least get the chance to take part in a couple Free Practice sessions in F1.
But as you said, maybe I'm wrong, and I sure hope I am, get that seat!
She's been given a shot in a big series, with a top team.
She ain't anywhere near the midfield, let alone the front...
That would be interesting to see. But I wonder if a female would endure the physical aspect of the sport as much as men. We had women in practice sessions but I think a full race is another story. People underestimate the physical effort.
Dude the physical aspect thing is nonsense, look at Yuki Tsunoda for instance I've had shits bigger than him if you'll pardon my french
I'm sorry but f1 doesn't care about which one has the strongest physical strength, you could be stronger than any f1 driver but still never win a single race because you're in a dying team such as Haas. Motorsport isn't 100% about the human body like running or swimming, the machinery plays a huge part especially if it's not a spec car series
@@ThePerks2010 Pato O'Ward drove the Abu Dhabi test and his neck was absolutely gone and he could barely see the corners at the end of the day. And he almost won IndyCar.
Tsunoda has a really thick and strong neck.
Last time you made a video about female racing drivers the comments were full of bigots so I don’t even wanna look! But thank you for making this, it’s a conversation which needs to be taking place because we’re still a long way from equality in motorsport and it’s awesome that you’re using your platform to try and change that!
9:30
NO, we don't need female driver in F1.
We need the best drivers in F1 no mather if they wiil be womens, dragons or monkeys("put a monkey in the car...")
F1 isn't about politics, geneders, tolerance, rasism, faith ect.
It's abouth the fastest drivers in the fastests cars. and for You Jamie, hope you end up in F1 becouse your driving is very impressive and don't let them use You like a muppet and pushing you somewhere just becouse you're Female.
lol no, F1 its about how deep your wallet is, even lord Mahaveer with a big amount of money would get a seat(/s).
“Even F1 jurnos...”
Like they’re the champions of unbiased, accurate and expert reporting 😂
I think she should go for Indycart. It will suit her. Trying to get into F1 is pointless at her age. Because I mean just look at Nyk De Vries, Callum Illot, Oscar Piastri. If they can't get in, who I'd say are better than Jaime some are also younger, then I can't see Jaime making it. There's just not enough seats and too many good young drivers available. Her only shot would be if some team wants to do some promotional or political event to get a woman back in f1. Otherwise, her age and the fact she's not in F2/F3 yet, plus the lack of sponsors, makes it near impossible. So if I was her, I'd go to IndyCar. It's just as good and a more realistic chance of one getting into
I think you'll find all those drivers you mentioned are a cut above Chadwick. She's good but not their level. Indycar is beyond her i think, especially with people like Rosenquist struggling.
Indy car is too high of a level and requires more brute strength than other series
She did Extreme E last year. This year she is not participating any more. She was also, as far as I know, the only one last year without an off-road background. Of course, that makes it difficult in a series like this. What didn't help is that her team mate smashed the car in the first practice and she didn't even get to drive. I see her more in the WEC. She also tested an LMP2 car at the end of last year.
I think that we're finally seeing a generation of parents that teach their daughters to do anything that they want. Even in the 90s, when i was a child, most parents wanted their daughters to be pretty and their sons to be sporting heroes. It's shown in a lot of sports and the testosterone fuelled environments that people train and compete in. In modern times, sexist attitudes are torn to pieces on social media, so the tendency to spout that nonsense is diminishing. My daughter and a boy at her school were the 2 fastest runners in their year. They were good friends and it was always a respectful rivalry, with victories on both sides. Not once was there a hint of, "she's fast, for a girl" or that kind of nonsense that I always used to hear when I was at school. I really hope we start to see more girls welcomed into sport at a young age, because I'm certain we've missed out on some legends.
Yawn.
It's 2022 and it's been 30 years since 1992 (Giovanna Amati) was on the F1 grid.
F1 does not need her, F1 needs the best of the best, if it was reversed and it was full of women but still the best I'd still love the sport just the same. Why does the sport need it? Can you force women to love the sport? The majority of women are just not interested enough, but there are women out there that love the sport even more than you and I, and when the day comes that a woman participates and wins, it would not be needed but it will be glorified, and the lovers of the sport will love it because someone regardless of their gender did something incredible.
Super license points wise I think she's gotten as close as she needs to and that's not an every year occurrence. A practice session here and there is all most people are asking, from there it's up to her.
When she placed behind Mazepin, you knew she was doomed.
Agree !
Saying we need more representation is completely wrong and misses the point, we need drivers that earn their spot, forcing anyone into a spot they didn't earn is just as bad as not letting people that earn it into it
If that was how it worked like half the current drivers wouldn't have their seat including the current 'champ'
This was a good video 👍🏾 really loved this one!
we totally need a "Sophia Floersch" piece and we need to make sure she sees it.. maybe then she finally faces the fact...
Maria de Villota was a test driver too in F1 as Susie. She run for Marussia in 2012
As much as I'd love to see it, I'm afraid the competition at the moment to get into few is too fierce. There are already too many great non-f1 drivers out there. Maybe if she came 6 years ago, she could've had a good chance.
But we don't need women in F1. We need fast, talented and fearsome drivers, regardless of gender..
As much as I’d love to see a woman in f1 it’s important for them to get there on merit. They need to get there on merit, not just to fill the diversity check box. Recently I’ve read comments like “he/she is so nice, they deserve to be in f1”, or “he/she is deserves to get to f1 because we need more of this nationality”, I’m sorry but f1 an elite sport, if you are not the best then you do not deserve to be there on any other merit. That’s unfortunately a universal metric that determines success in any sport. These teams spend millions to try eek out even the smallest performance gains, why would they compromise that by using a driver who is even 2 tenths slower. I know, pay drivers, they don’t really deserve to be there but unfortunately that’s the economic reality of many sports. I’d argue that saying women do not get the same chances in motorsports as men is not correct either, in fact I think Jamie Chadwick has had far more opportunities than anyone else with a similar record.
The wholesomeness of this video and the top comments restores my faith in humanity. Thank you 🙏
We don't "need" a woman in F1...
If she drives well enough she'll get there but this whole thing that is going on in this stupid world where we "need" to have a woman in every single position just because it is a woman is just stupid.
I often sit back and imagine how the driver would react to this video
I personally love her. I am really rooting for her. Hopefully she gets a proper chance at formula 1 soon.
She ain't good enough, not even close...
6:42 had me on the floor lmao
I just want to see her win 😭
Lol
You should do a video on Sophia Floersch, who’s in f3 right now, she has a pretty incredible story too.
Where she's come 23rd and 29th in the last two seasons lol
@ yeah 😂 she had a cool stat last year, but this year. Not as much
She should be in F1 because of talent not because of "representation"
It would be nice if the FIA WIMC would give teams a bonus for recruiting the W Series champion, to potentially make that seem more favorable than some driver bringing in tons of sponsors, something like a $5m scholarship (still under the cost cap)
She should have really stayed in GTs....could have won some more championships by now and even take advantage of the new Hypercars rules and a reshuffled WEC this year.
The fascination with F1 is understandable and she is probably the best female driver in terms of consistency and pace of the current crop, but with only 20 seats and F1 ratings escalating....you know those seats are gonna be more coveted than ever, just for the uber rich or uber talented (with lots of sponsor money anyway) so it's very hard for anyone to make it. Piastri and De Vryes couldn't, so it may be even more farfetched for Jamie sadly
There's still hope for Piastri and a little bit less hope for DeVries, I think the only way Chadewick can make it to F1, if a billionaire business woman starts her own team for female drivers but I don't see her getting a Williams seat before DeVries or Logan Sargeant .
@@elvincitore1512 yeah Piastri is probably gonna get an Alpine seat when Nando retires, unless they decide to go for French dream team of Gasly and Ocon (although they apparently don't get along anymore).
But that a guy that won F3 and F2 as a rookie failed to get a seat over money speaks volumes of the current situation at F1
@@mafiousbj I don't really rate Alfa Romeo highly but Piastri is part of the Alpine academy so they shouldn't be blamed for choosing money over talent .
@@mafiousbj I mean, just look at which program De Vries is from. Mercedes had a clear line of succession from Hamilton to Russel that resulted in Ocon getting jerked around for all of 2018-2019, and no driver was going to back out of the Mercedes program if there was even the slimmest of possibilities that they could get a Mercedes drive.
Jamie Chadwick is an incredible talent undoubtedly, give it time and before the end of the 20's she could well have that seat in f1. i mark my words, she does deserve a good chance.
No, she doesn't - and no normal driver becomes an F1 rookie at the end of their 20's. 🤦♂️
Simple answer… NO. I know we’re trying to progress in the Motorsport world, but she simply isn’t good enough for F1… not even close
Woman can’t drive we known this fact for sense the automobile was invented
@@Ibol406 hoping this is a joke
How do you know tho
@@lamp2391 yea half a joke half the truth
@@Ibol406 surely you can't be serious
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Sadly this video is part of the problem. When you draw attention to a driver just because the person is female your illuding to the fact that this is the exception and not the rule. Sure it can potentially give females more motivation to become an f1 driver and teams more of an incentive to sign an f1 driver but it also enforces societal expectations that a female f1 driver is unexpected.