Founded | Williams Young Driver Programme (2016 Williams Driver Academy (2019 ) | )
---|---|
Base | Grove, Oxfordshire, England, UK |
Team principal(s) | James Vowles (Team principal) |
Current drivers | Indy NXT Jamie Chadwick FIA Formula 2 Zak O'Sullivan FIA Formula 3 Luke Browning FR European Championship Alessandro Giusti F1 Academy Lia Block Karting Oleksandr Bondarev Sara Matsui Dean Hoogendoorn Lucas Palacio |
The Williams Driver Academy is a driver development programme by Formula One team Williams. It is meant 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.