Founded | 2016 | (as Williams Young Driver Programme)
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Base | Grove, Oxfordshire, England |
Team principal(s) | James Vowles |
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 Racing Driver Academy, formerly known as the Williams Young Driver Programme, 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. Notable graduates of the scheme are Lance Stroll, Nicholas Latifi, Jack Aitken, Logan Sargeant and Franco Colapinto; who all made their F1 debuts with Williams.