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Mattias Vahtel joins TCR Italy grid in JAS role 1 week ago Estonian driver Mattias Vahtel has been named as the latest addition to the JAS Motorsport Driver Development Programme, and will now take up a race programme in TCR Italy. The 18-year-old joins Reece Barr, Jacopo Guidetti, Erwin Zanotti and Jack Young on the programme, which has been designed to help young drivers seeking to forge a career as a professional racing driver. Vahtel will work with JAS to develop his skills both on and off track, with his race programme seeing him join TCR Italy with ALM Honda Racing.

Another former Formula 1 world champion, Nico Rosberg, will have a team competing in a series that will see the Odyssey 21 model also race in Senegal, Greenland, the Brazilian Amazon and Tierra del Fuego in Argentina. Each of the 10 teams will have a male and female driver, both racing over a five-mile track in cars that can go from 0-62mph in 4½ seconds and reach a top speed of 125mph. British team Veloce Racing’s female driver is another world champion – 22-year-old Jamie Chadwick from Bath who in 2019 won the inaugural Women’s W Series championship. The race locations are all off-gr...

Williams Mercedes FW43B takes to the track at the Bahrain International Circuit 12 Mar 2021 Ahead of the 2021 FIA Formula One World Championship, the Williams Mercedes FW43B took to the track this morning for pre-season testing at Bahrain’s International Circuit. The team’s Development Driver, Roy Nissany was behind the wheel, with Williams race drivers set to take responsibility for the remainder of the weekend. Nicholas Latifi will drive on Saturday, and George Russell will conclude the test on Sunday 14 th March. Whilst evolutionary on the technical side, the Williams-Mercedes FW43B ha...

Williams Racing has confirmed that Jamie Chadwick will continue her work with the team as a development driver for the 2021 Formula 1 season.

Jamie Chadwick will continue with the Williams team this season, staying in her role as a development driver.