Williams Components 1 group ambassador Jamie Chadwick has revealed she is actively contacting former sponsors to assist Abbi Pulling safe a race seat within the United States-based Indy NXT championship.
Pulling lately accomplished a take a look at within the IndyCar feeder sequence. It coincidentally came about on the identical day as Chadwick’s personal current take a look at within the 2025 Williams F1 equipment at Portimao.
Talking throughout the Sky Sports activities F1 broadcast in Azerbaijan alongside 1997 F1 champion Jacques Villeneuve, Chadwick confirmed she had spoken with Pulling concerning the alternative and shared some recommendation, having spent two years competing within the sequence.
“Identical day as me. Which may have been my outdated automotive. Lots of my outdated crew from once I did Indy NXT, so I spoke so much with Abbi about it,” the three-time W Sequence champion defined.
“I actually hope she will be able to get a seat over there. I completely cherished the 2 years I spent over with Andretti in Indy NXT, so I’ve emailed a few outdated sponsors and stuff to try to assist her out, as a result of I would like to see that occur for her.”
Chadwick examined the 2025 Williams F1 equipment on the identical day, finishing 32 laps at Portimao. The 28-year-old described it as a “phenomenal day and an unbelievable expertise”.
Jamie Chadwick, Williams
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“Few issues can put together you for driving a Components 1 automotive at pace round a monitor like Portimao, however it was all the things I imagined and 10 instances extra,” she stated.
“I am extremely grateful to Atlassian Williams F1 Crew for this chance. I bear in mind being younger and watching Susie Wolff step right into a Williams F1 automotive and the way a lot that impressed my very own journey.
“I would love to have the ability to do the identical for the subsequent technology, and the expertise I gained in the present day will make an actual distinction each to my very own racing and to what I can go on to the drivers coming by way of.
“I am so grateful and extremely pleased with how the day went. It is an expertise I am going to bear in mind for a really very long time – I would go so far as saying it has been the perfect day of my life to this point.”
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