Williams has introduced that 2022 System 3 champion Victor Martins is becoming a member of its Academy.
Martins has a formidable racing report, having received the carefully contested 2022 F3 title, securing victory on the finale in Monza. The season noticed the Frenchman obtain two wins, six podiums and one quickest lap.
Graduating to System 2 in 2023, he closed the season as prime rookie and helped ART Grand Prix win the Groups‘ Championship alongside teammate Theo Pourchaire. He continued in System 2 for 2024, stepping onto the rostrum 5 instances throughout the season, together with one victory within the Barcelona Dash.
Martins will stay with ART Grand Prix racing in System 2, becoming a member of current Williams Racing Academy Driver Luke Browning who drives for Hitech GP within the collection. Each drivers might be taking the wheel of the FW45 as a part of the TPC (Testing of Earlier Vehicles) programme in Monza this weekend.
As an Academy driver, Martins, a former member of the Renault Sport Academy and subsequently the Alpine Academy, is about to obtain coaching and steering to proceed refining his abilities on and off the monitor.
He joins an increasing roster of future stars that Williams is investing in by way of the Academy and builds on the custom of giving younger expertise a path into F1, most lately seeing Franco Colapinto graduate to an F1 race seat. The Academy goals to help drivers all through each stage of the motorsport ladder, working with them to develop the mandatory abilities to race on the highest degree.
„I am tremendous completely happy to be becoming a member of the Williams Racing Driver Academy!“ stated Martins. „This can be a new chapter for me, however my aim stays the identical – to push myself to the restrict, each as an individual and as a racing driver, and to make it to System 1.
„Williams is an iconic group with an unbelievable historical past, and I am assured that is the very best place to be to assist me obtain my objectives. This 12 months, I will put all my focus into profitable the System 2 Drivers‘ Championship with ART Grand Prix and maximising this chance with the Driver Academy each on and off the monitor. I sit up for working with everybody at Williams as we embark on this new journey collectively.“
„We’re thrilled to welcome Victor to the Academy,“ added Sven Smeets, Sporting Director, Atlassian Williams Racing. „He has repeatedly demonstrated that he’s a proficient driver who’s able to profitable championships. We’ll proceed to help Victor’s improvement on and off the monitor as a part of the Academy and sit up for working with him in 2025.“
