Inaugural W Sequence champion Jamie Chadwick will stay a improvement driver for Williams for the 2021 season with an elevated simulator programme, the System One staff stated on Monday.

Williams stated the 22-year-old, whose success within the all-female sequence boosted her profile in 2019, would “proceed to be absolutely immersed inside the staff each trackside and sure Grands Prix and on the manufacturing facility”.

“I really feel I’m enhancing as a driver on a regular basis, and my time spent within the simulator this coming season will show to be invaluable,” Chadwick stated in a press release.

The Briton, who joined the Williams Driver Academy in 2019, will defend her W sequence title this season when the championship returns in June after being cancelled final 12 months because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The one-seater sequence makes use of equivalent System Three automobiles and its eight races will accompany chosen F1 grands prix in Europe and North America.

Chadwick has additionally signed up with the Veloce staff for the brand new electrical off-road Excessive E sequence that is because of start in April.