JAMIE CHADWICK Slams ‘First Woman’ Headlines, Demands Real Investment in Racing

September 17, 2025

by Martin Toledo // from www.ibtimes.co.uk

• JAMIE CHADWICK is done with the motorsport media’s obsession with ‘first woman’ headlines, calling them a ‘negative thing’ that reinforces tokenism rather than celebrating actual merit. The three-time W Series champion argues these labels overshadow her track performance and miss the real point – if women had equal opportunities from the start, their wins wouldn’t be treated as extraordinary unicorn moments.
• While prepping for her 2025 Le Mans debut in LMP2 and mentoring through F1 Academy, CHADWICK is pushing for the unsexy but crucial work: grassroots investment, karting programs for young women, and fixing the systemic barriers that keep the talent pipeline artificially narrow. She’s calling out the industry’s Formula One fixation, arguing that building a broader base of professional female drivers would create more sustainable change than hunting for one woman to break the F1 barrier.
• CHADWICK acknowledges progress – more women in engineering and team roles, programs like F1 Academy shifting perceptions – but she’s not sugar-coating the obstacles that remain. Funding disparities, cockpit designs based on male physiology, and the physical demands of F2/F3 cars all stack the deck against women. Her message is clear: we need structural changes and real investment, not just celebratory headlines about breaking glass ceilings.

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