Why W Series' champion is taking nothing for granted ahead of its return

By:

Megan White

Jun 24, 2021, 8:35 AM

W Series is back this weekend after a year away. This time it’s supporting F1, and reigning champion Jamie Chadwick is up for the challenge of taking another title - but knows with higher stakes will come even more motivated opposition

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Jamie Chadwick took the first season of W Series by storm, and now she’s back to bid for another crown. And with an expanded calendar, a support slot alongside Formula 1 in place of its inaugural season on the DTM calendar, and superlicence points up for grabs, there’s even more at stake this time around.

The intended second campaign in 2020 bit the dust thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, so it’s been a long wait for the all-female series since Chadwick was crowned the inaugural champion at Brands Hatch in mid-August 2019. That will end this weekend with the first of two successive events at the Red Bull Ring, and the reigning title holder is feeling confident, but not complacent.

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Megan White is Autosport’s News Editor and Formula 2 and 3 reporter.

She began her career in national news after graduating from Kingston University, working at SWNS and the Evening Standard, with a stint working in communications in the music industry.

Megan made the switch to motorsport in 2021, swapping covering COVID and Brexit as a Digital News Editor at LBC for F2, F3 and W Series. Her love of cars began as a child, but her passion for motorsport was ignited after watching the Senna documentary. She has since also developed a fondness for MotoGP.

Away from motorsport, Megan enjoys collecting records, seeing live music and ice hockey.