Jamie Chadwick, a prominent advocate for women in motorsport, believes significant changes are underway regarding female participation, marking a promising transition in the industry. As she prepares to debut in the esteemed Le Mans 24 Hours with the IDEC team, Chadwick reflects on the progress made in recent years, noting an increase in female mechanics, engineers, and drivers within paddocks. Her recent successes in the European Le Mans Series further bolster her confidence in the sport's evolution, with hopes for even greater advancements in the next decade.
Jamie Chadwick believes motor racing is undergoing a fundamental change in female participation, a transition the British driver has played a central role in.
If you look where we were six or seven years ago, it's a huge transition... It's changing so quickly and that's only going to go from strength to strength.
In the short term it will make some difference but in the long term it's going to make a massive difference.
She will compete in the LMP2 class, a fiercely competitive field that sits immediately beneath the top hypercar category in a three-class, 62-car field.
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