Founded | Williams Young Driver Programme (2016 Williams Driver Academy (2019 ) | )
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Base | Grove, Oxfordshire, England, UK |
Team principal(s) | James Vowles (Team principal) |
Current drivers | Indy NXT Jamie Chadwick FIA Formula 2 Zak O'Sullivan Franco Colapinto FIA Formula 3 Luke Browning FR European Championship Alessandro Giusti F1 Academy Lia Block Karting Oleksandr Bondarev Sara Matsui |
The Williams Driver Academy is an initiative from Formula One team Williams to promote talent in different racing series by helping them with funds, with the hope of finding drivers who will race for the team in the future. [1] Notable graduates of the scheme are Lance Stroll, Nicholas Latifi, Jack Aitken and Logan Sargeant; who all made their F1 debuts with Williams.
Driver | Began | Current series | Titles as academy member |
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Jamie Chadwick [2] [3] | 2019 | Indy NXT | W Series (2019, 2021, 2022) |
Zak O'Sullivan [4] | 2022 | FIA Formula 2 Championship | None as Williams Driver Academy member |
Franco Colapinto [5] | 2023 | FIA Formula 2 Championship | None as Williams Driver Academy member |
Luke Browning [6] | 2023 | FIA Formula 3 Championship | FIA Formula 3 World Cup |
Oleksandr Bondarev [7] | 2023 | Karting (OK) | None as Williams Driver Academy member |
Lia Block [8] | 2023 | F1 Academy | None as Williams Driver Academy member |
Alessandro Giusti [9] | 2024 | Formula Regional European Championship | None as Williams Driver Academy member |
Sara Matsui [9] | 2024 | Karting (OKJ) | None as Williams Driver Academy member |
Driver | Years | Series competed | F1 Team(s) |
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Lance Stroll [10] | 2016 | FIA Formula 3 European Championship (2016) | Williams (2017–2018) Racing Point (2019–2020) Aston Martin (2021–) |
Oliver Rowland [11] | 2018 | Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup (2018), Formula E (2018–19) | None |
Nicholas Latifi [12] | 2019 | FIA Formula 2 Championship (2019) | Williams (2020–2022) |
Dan Ticktum [13] [14] | 2020–2021 | FIA Formula 2 Championship (2020–2021) | None |
Jack Aitken [15] | 2020–2021 | FIA Formula 2 Championship (2020–2021), GT World Challenge Europe (2021) | Williams (2020) |
Roy Nissany [16] | 2020–2022 | FIA Formula 2 Championship (2020–2022), F3 Asian Championship (2021) | None |
Logan Sargeant | 2021–2022 | FIA Formula 2 Championship (2022) | Williams (2023–2024) |
Oliver Gray | 2022–2023 | F4 British Championship (2022), FIA Formula 3 Championship (2023) | None |
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